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26-23C-2
Section 26-23C-2 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds all
of the following: (1) Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148,
federal tax dollars, via affordability credits, subsidies provided to individuals between
150-400 percent of the federal poverty level, are routed to exchange participating health
insurance plans, including plans that provide coverage for abortions. (2) Federal funding
of insurance plans that provide abortions is an unprecedented change in federal abortion funding
policy. The Hyde Amendment, as passed each year in the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations
bill, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, FEHBP, prohibit federal funds from
subsidizing health insurance plans that provide abortions. Under this new law, however, exchange
participating health insurance plans that provide abortions can receive federal funds. (3)
The provision of federal funding for health insurance plans that...
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27-19A-3
Section 27-19A-3 Prohibited provisions. No health insurance policy or employee benefit plan
which is delivered, renewed, issued for delivery, or otherwise contracted for in this state
shall: (1) Prevent any person who is a party to or beneficiary of any such health insurance
policy or employee benefit plan from selecting the dentist of his choice to furnish the dental
care services offered by said policy or plan or interfere with said selection provided the
dentist is licensed to furnish such dental care services in this state; (2) Deny any dentist
the right to participate as a contracting provider for such policy or plan provided the dentist
is licensed to furnish the dental care services offered by said policy or plan; (3) Authorize
any person to regulate, interfere, or intervene in any manner in the diagnosis or treatment
rendered by a dentist to his patient for the purpose of preventing, alleviating, curing, or
healing dental illness or injury provided said dentist practices within...
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27-53-1
Section 27-53-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS. A scientifically or medically identifiable gene or
chromosome, or alteration thereof, that is known to be a cause of a disease or disorder, or
determined to be associated with a statistically increased risk of development of a disease
or disorder. (2) GENETIC TEST. A pre-symptomatic laboratory test which is generally accepted
in the scientific and medical communities for the determination of the presence or absence
of the genetic characteristics that cause or are associated with risk of a disease or disorder.
(3) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. A health insurance policy, including a self-insured health plan,
that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations, preferred
provider organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or
any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar...
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6-12-1
Section 6-12-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds as follows: (1) Cigarette
smoking presents serious public health concerns to the state and to the citizens of the state.
The Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, and other
serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related deaths in the
United States each year. These diseases most often do not appear until many years after the
person in question begins smoking. (2) Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial concerns
for the state. Under certain health care programs, the state may have a legal obligation to
provide medical assistance to eligible persons for health conditions associated with cigarette
smoking, and those persons may have a legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance.
(3) Under these programs, the state pays millions of dollars each year to provide medical
assistance for these persons for health conditions associated...
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6-5-663
Section 6-5-663 Liability of volunteer medical professionals. (a) A medical professional who,
in good faith, provides, without fee or compensation, medical treatment, diagnosis, advice,
or nursing services as a part of the services of an established free medical clinic, shall
not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in providing the
medical treatment, diagnosis, advice, or nursing services, unless the act or omission was
the result of the licensed healthcare provider's willful or wanton misconduct. (b) Subsection
(a) does not apply to a particular case unless the free medical clinic has posted in a conspicuous
place on its premises an explanation of the immunity from civil liability provided by this
article. (c) The immunity from civil liability provided under subsection (a) also applies
to medical professionals who provide, without fee or compensation, further medical treatment,
diagnosis, advice, or nursing services to a patient upon referral from...
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22-11D-10
Section 22-11D-10 Statewide Health System Fund. (a) The Statewide Health System Fund is created.
The department shall distribute funding allocated to the department for the purpose of creating,
administering, maintaining, or enhancing the statewide health system. The department may apply
for, receive, and accept gifts and other payments, including property and services, for the
fund from any governmental or other public or private entity or person and may utilize the
fund for activities related to the design, administration, operation, maintenance, or enhancement
of the statewide health system. (b) The methodology of distribution of funds and allocation
of funds shall be established by the council and subsequently adopted by the board pursuant
to the Administrative Procedure Act. Fund allocation to health care centers shall be based
upon the designated level of health care and the number of qualified patients directed through
the health care centers, as defined by the rules of the...
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22-8-7
Section 22-8-7 Effect of minor's consent; liability of physicians, etc.; waiver of rights or
causes of action. (a) The consent of a minor who professes to be, but is not, a minor whose
consent alone is effective to medical, dental, health or mental health services shall be deemed
effective without the consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian if the physician or
other person relied in good faith upon the presentations of the minor. (b) Any physician or
other person who has relied in good faith upon the representations of any persons under any
of the provisions of this chapter or who acts in good faith under any of the provisions of
this chapter shall not be liable for not having consent. (c) No provision of this chapter
shall be interpreted to empower any minor, mental incompetent or any other person who is not
otherwise by law entitled to enter into a binding agreement to, expressly or impliedly, waive
any right or cause of action arising by virtue of any treatment or procedure...
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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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27-20A-1
Section 27-20A-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others
evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise,
be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) ALCOHOLISM. A chronic disorder
or illness in which the individual is unable, for psychological or physical reasons, or both,
to refrain from the frequent consumption of alcohol in quantities sufficient to produce intoxication
and, ultimately, injury to health and effective functioning. (2) DETOXIFICATION. Supervised
physical withdrawal from alcohol. (3) INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM. Care provided in
a licensed hospital and is normally limited to detoxification where severe medical or psychiatric
complications are present or may be anticipated. (4) SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT
FACILITY. A state certified facility which provides structured programs of intensive treatment
services for people addicted to alcohol....
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13A-6-155
Section 13A-6-155 Mandatory restitution. (a) A person or entity convicted of any violation
of this article shall be ordered to pay mandatory restitution to the victim, prosecutorial,
or law enforcement entity, with the proceeds from property forfeited under Section 13A-6-156
applied first to payment of restitution. Restitution under this section shall include items
covered under Article 4A, commencing with Section 15-18-65 of Chapter 18 of Title 15, and
any of the following: (1) Costs of medical and psychological treatment, including physical
and occupational therapy and rehabilitation, at the court's discretion. (2) Costs of necessary
transportation, temporary housing, and child care, at the court's discretion. (3) Cost of
the investigation and prosecution, attorney's fees, and other court-related costs such as
victim advocate fees. (4) The greater of a. the value of the human trafficking victim's labor
as guaranteed under the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor...
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