30-3-62
Section 30-3-62 Who may petition for withholding order; withholding on existing support orders; filing with clerk; service; hearing; issuance of order; contents; when order takes effect; entry of support and withholding orders by different courts; termination of withholding. (a) Section 8-5-21 to the contrary notwithstanding, and in addition to and independent of any other remedy provided by law for the enforcement of support, the obligee, district attorney, or representative of the Department of Human Resources may file with a court of this state, as defined in this article, a petition seeking an order of income withholding. Additionally, for all existing support orders issued in the State of Alabama that do not provide for income withholding and upon the filing of an application for support services by the obligee with the department, the department shall petition the court for an income withholding order pursuant to this section. The obligee, district attorney, or representative of...
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40-18-100
Section 40-18-100 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CLAIMANT AGENCY. Any of the following: a. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education with respect to the collection of debts under either of the following: 1. The Alabama Student Grant Program provided for by Chapter 33A of Title 16. 2. The Alabama Guaranteed Student Loan Program provided for by Chapter 33B of Title 16. b. The Alabama Department of Human Resources with respect to the collection of debts and money owed under any and all of its public assistance programs and other programs administered by that department, including support programs administered pursuant to the requirements of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. c. The Alabama Medicaid Agency with respect to the collection of debts and money owed under any and all of the programs it administers. d. The Alabama Department of Labor with respect to the collection or recovery, or both, of debts owed...
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26-14-3
Section 26-14-3 Mandatory reporting. (a) All hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, doctors, physicians, surgeons, medical examiners, coroners, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, chiropractors, podiatrists, physical therapists, nurses, public and private K-12 employees, school teachers and officials, peace officers, law enforcement officials, pharmacists, social workers, day care workers or employees, mental health professionals, employees of public and private institutions of postsecondary and higher education, members of the clergy as defined in Rule 505 of the Alabama Rules of Evidence, or any other person called upon to render aid or medical assistance to any child, when the child is known or suspected to be a victim of child abuse or neglect, shall be required to report orally, either by telephone or direct communication immediately, and shall be followed by a written report, to a duly constituted authority. (b)(1) When an initial report is made to a law enforcement official, the...
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26-14-7.2
Section 26-14-7.2 Child denied medical treatment due to parents' religious beliefs. (a) When an investigation of child abuse or neglect by the Department of Human Resources determines that a parent or legal guardian legitimately practicing his or her religious beliefs has not provided specific medical treatment for a child, the parent or legal guardian shall not be considered a negligent parent or guardian for that reason alone. This exception shall not preclude a court from ordering that medical services be provided to the child when the child's health requires it. (b) The department may, in any case, pursue any legal remedies, including the initiation of legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, as may be necessary to provide medical care or treatment for a child when the care or treatment is necessary to prevent or remedy serious harm to the child, or to prevent the withholding of medically indicated treatments from infants with disabilities and with life-threatening...
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36-1-6.1
Section 36-1-6.1 Professional liability coverage for state employees or agents; duties of Finance Director; self-insurance; costs of insurance. (a) The various state agencies, departments, boards, or commissions shall determine and report their needs for liability coverage to the Finance Director, the Insurance Commissioner, and the Attorney General. The Finance Director, with the advice of the Insurance Commissioner and Attorney General, shall then determine the type of blanket policy needed to provide basic coverage for deaths, injuries, or damages arising out of the negligent or wrongful acts or omissions committed by state employees or agents of the state, including retired licensed physicians and dentists while they are voluntarily serving at free health care clinics and individuals serving as foster parents licensed or approved by the Department of Human Resources to maintain homes for a child or children under the supervision of the department or serving as adult foster care...
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38-12-31
Section 38-12-31 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) There exists in this state a number of children who cannot reside with their parents, legal guardians, or legal custodians because of such parents', legal guardians', or custodians' incapacity or inability to perform the regular and expected functions of care and support of the children and family care and who thereby come to the attention of juvenile court and into the care and custody of the Department of Human Resources. (2) An increasing number of relatives, including grandparents, find themselves wanting to provide care to related foster children on a long-term basis to prevent the children from remaining in foster care with unrelated caregivers yet these relatives are either unable or unwilling to seek termination of the legal relationships between the parent and the child, particularly when it is the caregiver's own child or sibling who is the parent. (3) It is in the public interest to...
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38-15-3
Section 38-15-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CHILD. A person under the age of 18 years. (2) COMMUNITY TREATMENT FACILITY FOR YOUTHS. A religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit youth residential facility that provides mental health treatment services to children in a group setting and that has the capacity to provide secure containment. (3) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Human Resources. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Department of Human Resources. (5) LONG TERM YOUTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit long term residential facility, group care facility, or similar facility as determined by the director, providing 24-hour nonmedical care of youth in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the child and...
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38-2-10
Section 38-2-10 Authority of state department with respect to granting of public assistance. The state department is authorized and it shall be its duty to develop standards of assistance for the administration of the various public assistance programs in the state, to administer these programs through county departments of human resources and to provide such forms, records, reports and rules of procedure as may be necessary in order to obtain uniform practices with respect to public assistance throughout the state. The state department shall make such reports and furnish such information as shall be required by the social security administration in the administration of the public assistance program. The state department shall have the power to review all applications for public assistance received by the county departments, to review all disallowances of awards, amounts of awards or modifications of awards made by the county departments and to make such decision as to the granting of...
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38-9-8
Section 38-9-8 Reports by physicians, etc., of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, neglect, or exploitation - Required; contents; investigation. (a) All physicians and other practitioners of the healing arts or any caregiver having reasonable cause to believe that any protected person has been subjected to physical abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse shall report or cause a report to be made as follows: (1) An oral report, by telephone or otherwise, shall be made immediately, followed by a written report, to the county department of human resources or to the chief of police of the city or city and county, or to the sheriff of the county if the observation is made in an unincorporated territory, except that reports of a nursing home employee who abuses, neglects, or misappropriates the property of a nursing home resident shall be made to the Department of Public Health. The requirements to report suspicion of suspected abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of...
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16-38A-2
Section 16-38A-2 Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board - Creation; composition. There is created the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board to be appointed as herein provided. The following agencies and organizations shall appoint one representative to the board: (1) The Alabama Medical Association. (2) The Alabama Head Injury Foundation. (3) The Governor. (4) The Department of Public Health. (5) The Department of Human Resources. (6) The Division of Special Education Services of the Department of Education. (7) The Alabama Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. (8) The Department of Mental Health. (9) The Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. (10) The Alabama Head Injury Task Force. (11) The Alabama Hospital Association. (12) The Insurance Commissioner of Alabama. (13) The Epilepsy Foundation of North and Central Alabama. (14) The Alabama Medicaid Agency. (15) The Alabama Coalition of Citizens...
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