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22-5A-4
Section 22-5A-4 Selection of community ombudsmen; training; certification; duties; area plan
to describe program; notification of department as to prospective ombudsmen; advisory committee
on program. (a) Each area agency on aging funded by the department shall select at least one
community ombudsman in each planning and service area established according to regulations
issued pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The community ombudsman shall
be an employee or contractual employee of the area agency on aging and shall certify to having
no association with any health care facility or provider for reward or profit. (b) The duties
of each community ombudsman shall be as follows: (1) To receive, investigate, respond to,
and attempt informally to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of recipients; (2) To report
immediately instances of fraud, abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the department of pensions
and security for investigation and follow-up pursuant to Chapter...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama hereby
agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation
Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint and
cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest of
consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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16-1-8.1
Section 16-1-8.1 Classroom instructional support. (a) For purposes of this section, classroom
instructional support means all elements of classroom instructional support as provided in
the Foundation Program, with the exception of textbook funds, as specified in Sections 16-6B-10
and 16-13-231, including, but not limited to, library enhancement, student materials, professional
development, technology, common purchases, and other classroom instructional support approved
by the State Board of Education. All funds allocated in the Foundation Program for library
enhancement, student materials, technology, professional development, and common purchases
shall be spent only for the purpose for which they were allocated. Library media specialists
shall be consulted in budgeting all library enhancement funds. (b) The procedures for ordering,
and the regulations applying to, classroom instructional support shall be as follows: (1)
BUDGET COMMITTEE. Each school shall have a budget committee. The...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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22-6-232
Section 22-6-232 Coverage of Medicaid beneficiaries by integrated care networks. (a) The Medicaid
Agency shall determine by rule which groups of Medicaid beneficiaries to include for coverage
by an integrated care network. The Medicaid Agency, without the approval of the Governor,
shall not make a coverage decision that would affect Medicaid beneficiaries who are directly
served by another state agency. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the current Medicaid long-term
care programs shall continue as currently administered by the Medicaid Agency until one or
more integrated care networks are fully operational and has entered into a risk contract as
provided herein. (Act 2015-322, §14.)...
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22-6-224
Section 22-6-224 Medicaid Agency to contract for medical care; enrollment; delivery of services;
reimbursement. (a) Subject to approval of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
the Medicaid Agency shall enter into contracts with one or more integrated care networks to
provide, pursuant to a risk contract under which the Medicaid Agency makes a capitated payment,
medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to the integrated care network. The Medicaid
Agency may enter into a contract pursuant to this section only if, in the judgment of the
Medicaid Agency, care of Medicaid beneficiaries would be better, more efficient, and less
costly than under the then existing care delivery system. Pursuant to the contract, the Medicaid
Agency shall set capitation payments for the integrated care network. (b) The Medicaid Agency
shall enroll beneficiaries it designates into an integrated care network consistent with guidance
from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (c)...
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22-6-230
Section 22-6-230 Rates for contracting services; provider requirements. An integrated care
network shall contract with any willing nursing home, doctor, home and community waiver program,
or other provider to provide services through an integrated care network if the provider is
willing to accept the payments and terms offered comparable providers, where applicable, but
in no event less than amounts historically paid by the Medicaid Agency to comparable providers.
To the extent that the Medicaid Agency currently calculates and establishes provider-specific
rates for any provider category on an annualized basis, it shall continue to calculate and
establish such rates and the integrated care network shall be required to offer providers
from that category not less than their established rates. Any provider shall meet licensing
requirements set by law, shall have a Medicaid provider number, and shall not otherwise be
disqualified from participating in Medicare or Medicaid. (Act 2015-322,...
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22-6-229
Section 22-6-229 Termination of certification. (a) The Medicaid Agency shall establish by rule
the procedure for the termination of an integrated care network certification for non-performance
of contractual duty or for failure to meet or maintain standards or requirements provided
by this article or established by the Medicaid Agency as required by this article. (b) Termination
of an integrated care network certification shall follow the standard administrative process
with the right to a hearing before a hearing officer appointed by the Medicaid Agency. (Act
2015-322, §11.)...
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22-6-159
Section 22-6-159 Implementation of article. (a) The following is the timeline for implementation
of this article: (1) Not later than October 1, 2013, the Medicaid Agency shall establish Medicaid
regions. (2) Not later than October 1, 2014, an organization seeking to become a regional
care organization shall have established a governing board and structure as approved by the
Medicaid Agency. An organization may receive probationary certification as a regional care
organization upon submission of an application for, and demonstration of, a governing board
acceptable to the Medicaid Agency. Probationary certification shall expire on October 1, 2016,
or a later date established by the Medicaid Agency. (3) Not later than April 1, 2015, an organization
with probationary regional care organization certification shall have demonstrated to Medicaid's
approval the ability to establish an adequate medical service delivery network. (4) Not later
than October 1, 2015, an organization with...
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