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22-5B-2
Section 22-5B-2 Legislative findings. (a) The legislative findings, purpose, and intent
of this chapter are to develop the infrastructure for a statewide network of lifespan respite
programs in Alabama and for Alabama Respite to be the statewide entity to address issues relating
to respite care in our state. (b) The Alabama Legislature makes the following findings: (1)
Respite is short term temporary relief that can make a world of difference for family caregivers
of both children and adults with disabilities and other health care needs. (2) Respite is
one of the home and community-based services most requested by family caregivers, yet remains
in short supply. (3) As of 2012, over 818,000 adults in Alabama are caregivers for a family
member. (4) Respite helps preserve families by reducing stress, supporting stability, preventing
situations that can lead to abuse and neglect, and reducing the incidence of divorce and out-of-home
placement. (5) Respite is a simple, cost-effective...
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26-10D-2
Section 26-10D-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1)
Alabama provides state licensed child placing services through various state, charitable,
religious, and private organizations. (2) Religious organizations, in particular, have a lengthy
and distinguished history of providing child placing services that predate government involvement.
(3) Religious organizations have long been licensed and should continue to contract with and
be licensed by the state to provide child placing services. (4) The faith of the people of
the United States has always played a vital role in efforts to serve the most vulnerable,
and this chapter seeks to ensure that people of any faith, or no faith at all, are free to
serve children and families who are in need in ways consistent with the communities that first
inspired their service. (5) Religious organizations display particular excellence when providing
child placing services. (6) Religious organizations cannot provide...
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22-5B-4
Section 22-5B-4 Alabama Lifespan Respite Resource Network. There is created the Alabama
Lifespan Respite Resource Network as the statewide entity that shall do the following: (1)
Address issues relating to respite care in our state. (2) Maintain a statewide system that
facilitates the availability and use of high quality, cost-effective lifespan respite services
that provide caregivers the break they need from caring for a loved one with disability or
chronic illness. (3) Develop and coordinate the Alabama Lifespan Respite Coalition. (4) Work
in collaboration with the eligible state agency and the Governor's Office to access funding
through the federal Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2006 (PL109-442). (5) Identify statewide
respite care providers. (6) Maintain a directory of respite services in Alabama and link family
caregivers with respite care providers and other types of respite-related programs. (7) Provide
technical assistance to community-based organizations and other entities that...
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22-5B-6
Section 22-5B-6 Meetings; coordination of activities; funding. (a) The Alabama Lifespan
Respite Resource Network shall be designated as the entity to facilitate a minimum of two
meetings per year for the Alabama Lifespan Respite Coalition and to coordinate activities
and initiatives of the coalition and that the Alabama Lifespan Respite Coalition shall be
the statewide respite coalition referred to in the Federal Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2006
(PL109-442). Alabama Respite will work in coordination with the eligible state agency, as
mandated by the act, to develop a Memorandum of Agreement with the eligible state agency in
order to allow Alabama to compete for federal funding. (b) Should funding be obtained through
the act, the coalition will support Alabama Respite's efforts to actively develop and continue
respite-related services with funds utilized for the following mandated purposes: (1) Development
or enhancement of lifespan respite programs at state and local levels. (2)...
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22-5B-5
Section 22-5B-5 Alabama Lifespan Respite Coalition. (a) There is created the Alabama
Lifespan Respite Coalition composed of members who shall be culturally, economically, and
geographically diverse and representative of the state demographics and appointed by the Governor
or his or her designee. The membership may include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) The Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee on Education. (2) The Chair of the Senate
Judiciary Committee. (3) The Chair of the House of Representatives Health Committee. (4) The
Chair of the Senate Health Committee. (5) A member from the Governor's Office on Disability.
(6) A member from the Department of Senior Services. (7) A member from the Department of Medicaid.
(8) A member from the Department of Rehabilitation Services. (9) A member from the Department
of Human Resources. (10) A member from the Alabama Health Department. (11) A member from the
Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention. (12) A member from...
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22-21B-2
Section 22-21B-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares: (1) It is
the public policy of the State of Alabama to respect and protect the fundamental right of
conscience of individuals who provide health care services. (2) Without comprehensive protection,
health care rights of conscience may be violated in various ways, such as harassment, demotion,
salary reduction, termination, loss of privileges, denial of aid or benefits, and refusal
to license, or refusal to certify. (3) It is the purpose of this chapter to protect religious
or ethical rights of all health care providers to decline to provide, perform, assist, or
participate in providing or performing certain health care services that violate their consciences,
where they have made their objections known in writing in advance. (4) It is the purpose of
this chapter to prohibit discrimination, disqualification, or coercion upon such health care
providers who decline to perform any health care service that violates...
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22-6-163
Section 22-6-163 Legislative findings; rules; collaboration; approval of agreements
and contracts; state action immunity; confidentiality of records; additional duties. (a) The
Legislature declares that collaboration among public payers, private health carriers, third
party purchasers, and providers to identify appropriate service delivery systems and reimbursement
methods in order to align incentives in support of integrated and coordinated health care
delivery is in the best interest of the public. Collaboration pursuant to this article is
to provide quality health care at the lowest possible cost to Alabama citizens who are Medicaid
eligible. The Legislature, therefore, declares that this health care delivery system affirmatively
contemplates the foreseeable displacement of competition, such that any anti-competitive effect
may be attributed to the state's policy to displace competition in the delivery of a coordinated
system of health care for the public benefit. In furtherance of...
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22-6-233
Section 22-6-233 Legislative findings; certification of collaborators; powers of Medicaid
Agency; state action immunity. (a) The Legislature declares that collaboration among public
payers, private health carriers, third party purchasers, and providers to identify appropriate
service delivery systems and reimbursement methods in order to align incentives in support
of integrated and coordinated health care delivery is in the best interest of the public.
Collaboration pursuant to this article is to provide quality health care at the lowest possible
cost to Alabama citizens who are Medicaid eligible. The Legislature, therefore, declares that
this health care delivery system affirmatively contemplates the foreseeable displacement of
competition, such that any anti-competitive effect may be attributed to the state's policy
to displace competition in the delivery of a coordinated system of health care for the public
benefit. In furtherance of this goal, the Legislature declares its intent...
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11-49B-1
Section 11-49B-1 Declaration of purpose and legislative findings. The Legislature finds
that it is estimated that by the year 2040, 40 percent of the economy of this nation, both
people and jobs, will be located in a 14-state region between Texas and Virginia. Alabama,
and in particular the Class 1 municipality and surrounding counties, will be in the very center
of this geographic spread. This center of the growth pattern when combined with our educational
facilities, quality of life, abundance of natural and cultural resources, steady economic
growth, range of housing options, quality health care, climate, affordability, and accessibility
provides this region with an unprecedented opportunity to attract new business both service
based and manufacturing. It, therefore, is the intent of this chapter to take advantage of
this growth opportunity by providing for a unified, coordinated, centrally orchestrated, genuinely
regional system of public transportation embracing services in the...
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22-57-3
Section 22-57-3 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) AUTISM SERVICES. Any developmental services that include
all of the following: a. Are designed to meet developmental needs of an individual with ASD
across the lifespan, including transitions from early intervention to preschool, childhood
to adolescence, and adolescence to adulthood. b. Are selected in collaboration with the parents
or guardians of children with ASD or adults with ASD. c. Are delivered in inclusive environments,
to the extent practical. d. Are part of a coordinated system of care. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM
DISORDER (ASD). ASD is a developmental disability that causes substantial impairments in social
interaction and communication and the presence of unusual behaviors and interests. Many people
with ASD have unusual ways of learning, paying attention, and reacting to different sensations.
The thinking and learning abilities of people with ASD can vary from...
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