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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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40-26B-21
Section 40-26B-21 Privilege assessment on nursing facilities. To provide further for the availability
of indigent health care, the operation of the Medicaid program, and the maintenance and expansion
of medical services: (a) There is levied and shall be collected a privilege assessment on
the business activities of every nursing facility in the State of Alabama. The privilege assessment
imposed is in addition to all other taxes and assessments, and shall be at the annual rate
of one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six cents ($1,899.96) for each
bed in the nursing facility. Beginning September 1, 2020, the privilege assessment shall be
increased from one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six cents ($1,899.96)
for each bed in the nursing facility, by an addition to the privilege assessment equal to
three hundred twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents ($327.48) per annum. The addition
to the privilege assessment shall be paid in equal monthly...
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16-16B-2.1
Section 16-16B-2.1 Wireless infrastructure and mobile digital computing devices; application
for funds; implementation plan. (a)(1) Contingent on funding, during the 2016-2017 school
year, local school systems may begin installing sufficient, high-quality standards-based broadband
WiFi infrastructure and, where possible, mobile digital devices to enable access to digital
instructional materials and, to the extent practicable, textbooks in electronic format. (2)
In order to accomplish subdivision (1), the following priorities are established: a. Wireless
infrastructure: The first priority for the expenditure of Alabama Ahead Act funds is the establishment
of a high-quality, standards-based wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure capable
of providing all teachers and students with sufficient WiFi broadband access in all classrooms
and common areas of schools, where feasible as described in WIRED. b. Standards: Local school
systems shall use applicable funds to install wireless...
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36-1A-5
Section 36-1A-5 Participation limited to voluntary, charitable, health and human care federations
and agencies with a substantial local presence. (a) Participation in the Alabama State Employee
Combined Charitable Campaign shall be limited to voluntary, charitable, health and human care
federations and agencies with a substantial local presence that provide or support direct
health and welfare services to individuals or their families and meet the criteria set forth
in this section. "Substantial local presence" is defined as a facility, staffed
by professionals or volunteers, available to provide its services and open at least 15 hours
a week. Such services must be available to state employees in the local campaign community,
unless they are rendered to needy persons overseas. Such services must directly benefit human
beings, whether children, youth, adults, the aged, the ill and infirm, or the mentally or
physically handicapped. Such services must consist of care, research, or...
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38-15-8
Section 38-15-8 Rulemaking authority; authority of department to act in loco parentis; registration
approval required; performance of services in accordance with religious beliefs. (a) On or
before January 1, 2018, the department shall adopt rules to implement this chapter, in consultation
with interested parties, including representatives of any institution with any combination
of organizational characteristics defined by this section, former residents of long-term youth
residential facilities, advocates for youth, and private concerned parties. Until rules are
adopted by the department and become effective any existing child or youth residential organization,
facility, institution, boarding school, or program operating in this state shall be governed
by the rules applicable to residential care facilities regulated by the Department of Human
Resources pursuant to published minimum standards for residential child care facilities. Any
institution, facility, or program subject to this...
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44-2-20
Section 44-2-20 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby
enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in
form substantially as follows: Article I. Purpose and Policy. It is the purpose and policy
of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to
the end that: (a) Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to
be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications
and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care. (b) The appropriate
authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain
the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable
requirements for the protection of the child. (c) The proper authorities of the state from
which the placement is made may obtain the most complete...
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12-21-147
Section 12-21-147 Use of registered therapy dog in certain legal proceedings. (a) For purposes
of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVE MEMBER.
Therapy dog teams who have had recorded visits at facilities including hospitals, nursing
homes, libraries, and extended care facilities in the past 18 months. (2) REGISTERED HANDLER.
A volunteer registered by the court system as a therapy dog handler who has not been convicted
of sexual, animal, or domestic abuse or any felony, who has been registered by a qualifying
therapy dog organization, and has taken an oath of confidentiality. An officer of the court
may be a handler only if there is no expense to the state. (3) REGISTERED THERAPY DOG. a.
A trained emotional support dog that has been tested and registered by a nonprofit therapy
dog organization that sets standards and requirements for the health, welfare, task work,
and oversight for therapy dogs and their handlers, including at a minimum, all...
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16-6B-2.1
Section 16-6B-2.1 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2016 REGULAR SESSION,
EFFECTIVE APRIL 11, 2016. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)(1) Contingent on
funding, during the 2016-2017 school year, local school systems may begin installing sufficient,
high-quality standards-based broadband WiFi infrastructure and, where possible, mobile digital
devices to enable access to digital instructional materials and, to the extent practicable,
textbooks in electronic format. (2) In order to accomplish subdivision (1), the following
priorities are established: a. Wireless infrastructure: The first priority for the expenditure
of Alabama Ahead Act funds is the establishment of a high-quality, standards-based wireless
local area network (WLAN) infrastructure capable of providing all teachers and students with
sufficient WiFi broadband access in all classrooms and common areas of schools, where feasible
as described in WIRED. b. Standards: Local school systems...
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22-21-271
Section 22-21-271 Certificates of need - Application fees; appropriation of funds; disposition
of fees. (a) Each application for a certificate of need shall be accompanied by a fee of one
percent of the estimated cost of the proposed cost of the new Institutional Health Service,
or a maximum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) (indexed) per application. Provided, that
the application fee shall be three-fourths of one percent of the estimated cost of the proposed
new Institutional Health Service, or a maximum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) if the applicant
has had an average daily census comprised of 50 percent or more Medicaid patients within the
last year prior to the filing of the application and a maximum of six thousand dollars ($6,000)
if a rural hospital applicant has had an average daily census comprised of 30 percent or more
Medicaid/Medicare patients within the last year prior to the filing of the application. The
minimum fee shall be set by the SHPDA. Fees shall be used...
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23-7-2
Section 23-7-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) BANK. The Alabama Transportation Infrastructure Bank. (2) BOARD.
The board of directors of the bank. (3) BONDS. Includes bonds, notes, or other evidence of
indebtedness except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (4) DEPARTMENT or DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. The Alabama Department of Transportation. (5) ELIGIBLE COST. As applied to
a qualified project to be financed from the federal highway account, the costs that are permitted
under applicable federal laws, requirements, procedures, and guidelines in regard to establishing,
operating, and providing assistance from the bank. As applied to a qualified project to be
financed from the state highway account, these costs include the costs of preliminary engineering,
traffic, and revenue studies; environmental studies; right-of-way acquisition; legal and financial
services associated with the development of the...
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