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22-21-7
Section 22-21-7 Itemized statement of services rendered to be furnished patient upon
request; provisions of statement; itemization of services and expenses; action by Attorney
General; payment of claims by insurance companies. (a) For the purposes of this section,
the term "hospital" shall mean any hospital in which human patients are given medical
care. It shall include all emergency rooms or outpatient facilities connected thereto. (b)
Within 10 days following discharge or release from confinement in a hospital or nursing home,
or within 10 days after the earliest date at which the expense from the confinement or service
may be determined, which in the case of long-term confinement may be the monthly charge, the
hospital or nursing home providing the service shall submit to the patient, or to his survivor
or legal guardian as may be appropriate, upon written request, an itemized statement detailing
in language comprehensible to an ordinary layman the specific nature of charges or...
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22-52-17
Section 22-52-17 Public facilities other than Department of Mental Health not required
to perform mental evaluations; exceptions. Notwithstanding any other language in this article,
the following limitations shall apply. No public facility other than the Department of Mental
Health may be required (as distinguished from authorized) by the probate court to perform
any mental evaluation of a person sought to be committed for use in any final commitment hearing
except: (1) In an emergency case wherein no other source or agency which is funded or mandated
by federal law, state law or both to provide such services is objectively capable of performing
such evaluation within the time limit imposed by law; or (2) In an emergency case wherein
no other source or agency operates to perform such evaluation in such emergency case, a public
hospital may be required to accept a person sought to be committed for the provision of hospital
care, if such person is admitted to the public hospital or other...
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25-2-2
Section 25-2-2 Duties generally. (a) The general functions and duties of the Department
of Labor shall be as follows: (1) To administer all labor laws and all laws relating to the
relationship between employer and employee, including laws relating to hours of work, and
working conditions in places of employment. (2) To make or cause to be made all necessary
inspections to determine whether or not the laws, the administration of which is delegated
to the Department of Labor, and rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, are being complied
with by employers and employees, and to take such action as may be necessary to enforce compliance;
provided, however, that there shall be no inspection of boilers which have been inspected,
approved, and insured by an insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Alabama.
Provided, however, that this provision may not prevent compliance verification by the department.
(3) To propose to the board of appeals, provided for in this...
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25-4-118
Section 25-4-118 Cooperation with state and federal agencies, institutions of higher
education, public and law enforcement officials, etc.; penalty for wrongfully securing or
misusing information. (a) In the administration of this chapter, the secretary shall cooperate
to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter with the U.S. Secretary
of Labor and his successors, and the Federal Internal Revenue Service, and, notwithstanding
any other provisions of this chapter, shall make such reports in such form and containing
such information as either may from time to time require, and shall comply with such provisions
as the U.S. Secretary of Labor, or his successors, or the Federal Internal Revenue Service
may from time to time find necessary to insure the correctness and verification of such reports,
and shall comply with the regulations prescribed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor, and his successors,
governing the expenditures of such sums as may be allotted and paid to...
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34-23-181
Section 34-23-181 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings
as used in this article: (1) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, employee welfare
benefit plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery,
or renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization, accident
and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit
medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation,
joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for insureds or beneficiaries in
this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article
6 of Chapter 20 of Title 10A. A health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State
of Alabama is deemed to be subject to this article if it receives, processes, adjudicates,
pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or...
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34-24-125
Section 34-24-125 Chiropractic agreements. (a) For the purposes of this section,
the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIROPRACTOR. A person licensed
to practice chiropractic in this state. (2) CHIROPRACTIC AGREEMENT or AGREEMENT. A contract
between a chiropractor and a patient or his or her legal representative in which the chiropractor
or the chiropractor's chiropractic practice agrees to provide chiropractic services to the
patient for an agreed upon fee and period of time. (3) CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE. A chiropractor
or a chiropractic practice of a chiropractor that charges a periodic fee for chiropractic
services and which does not bill a third party any additional fee for services for patients
covered under a chiropractic agreement. The per visit charge of the practice shall be less
than the monthly equivalent of the periodic fee. (b) A chiropractic agreement is not insurance,
may not be deemed an insurance arrangement, and is not subject to state insurance...
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22-35-4
Section 22-35-4 Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund. There is
hereby created the Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund, hereinafter
referred to as the "fund," to be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Retirement Systems of Alabama. The fund shall be used by the department as a revolving fund
for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The fund is not an insurance company and the
laws relating to the conduct of business in this state by an insurance company do not apply
to the fund. A decision that underground or aboveground storage tanks are ineligible for benefits
under the fund does not expose the fund, the director, department, or commission to a claim
of bad faith as such terms are used in general insurance law. Further, in no event shall combined
claims against the fund for payment of response actions and third-party claims exceed the
per occurrence indemnification limit set by the commission. Under no circumstances shall...
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26-16-51
Section 26-16-51 Department of Human Resources to adopt guidelines and criteria; general
role and functions of teams. The Department of Human Resources shall adopt guidelines and
criteria relating to the operations and functions of the team as promulgated by the advisory
committee created pursuant to Section 26-16-52. The guidelines will be supplemental
to the existing protective service activities of the children, youth, and family programs
of the State of Alabama. Nothing in this section shall be construed to remove or reduce
the duty and responsibility of any person to report all suspected or actual cases of child
abuse or neglect or sexual abuse of a child pursuant to law. The general role of the teams
shall be to support activities of the program and to provide services to abused and neglected
children upon referral by the county departments of human resources, or any other agency as
set forth in the guidelines and criteria established. To the extent that resources are available...
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27-19-105
Section 27-19-105 Regulations for long-term care policies; outline of coverage, policy
summary, and monthly report. (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations that include standards
for full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures for
the sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent
conditions of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents,
preexisting conditions, termination of insurance, continuation or conversion, probationary
periods, limitations, exceptions, reductions, elimination periods, requirements for replacement,
recurrent conditions, and definitions of terms. Regulations under this subsection should recognize
the developing and unique nature of long-term care insurance and the distinction between group
and individual long-term insurance policies. (b) No long-term care insurance policy may do
any of the following: (1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed, or otherwise...
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31-5-10
Section 31-5-10 County service commissioners and district service commissioners - Duties.
(a) The county service commissioner and district service commissioner shall perform such duties
as may be prescribed by policies, rules, and regulations and instructions promulgated by the
State Board of Veterans' Affairs and shall be administratively responsible to the State Service
Commissioner. (b) It shall be the duty of the county service commissioner and district service
commissioner to: (1) Cooperate with and assist the volunteer county veterans' service committees
in his district or county in the development of a veterans' assistance program for his district
or county. (2) Furnish information and data to the office of the State Service Commissioner
relative to the various aspects of the problems of veterans and dependents of veterans in
his jurisdiction. (3) Provide in his office an information and referral service to veterans
seeking aid and assistance in connection with matters...
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