27-1-10.1
Section 27-1-10.1 Insurance coverage for drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The citizens of this state rely upon health insurance to cover the cost of obtaining health care and it is essential that the citizens' expectation that their health care costs will be paid by their insurance policies is not disappointed and that they obtain the coverage necessary and appropriate for their care within the terms of their insurance policies. (2) Some insurers deny payment for drugs that have been approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, hereafter referred to as FDA, when the drugs are used for indications other than those stated in the labelling approved by the FDA, off-label use, while other insurers with similar coverage terms do pay for off-label use. (3) Denial of payment for off-label use can interrupt or effectively deny access to necessary and appropriate treatment for a person being treated for a...
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37-6-3
pledge, or otherwise dispose of or encumber electric transmission and distribution lines or systems, electric generating plants, electric refrigeration plants, water lines, sanitary sewer lines, water systems, and sanitary sewer systems, television reception equipment through the use of television program decryption equipment and subscriber owned, leased, or rented satellite dishes, lands, buildings, structures, dams, plants, and equipment and any and all kinds and classes of real or personal property whatsoever, which shall be deemed necessary, convenient or appropriate to accomplish the purpose for which the cooperative was organized or in which it subsequently lawfully engages. Electric generating plants, transmission, and distribution lines or systems as referred to in this section shall include any arrangement or agreement for the purchase, exchange, or transmission of electric power, capacity or energy, whether sole or as joint owner of all or any part in common with one...
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22-6-122
Section 22-6-122 Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee - Classification and recommendation of drugs; assurance of quality patient care; review of pharmaceutical products. (a) The Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall review and recommend classes of drugs to the Medicaid Commissioner for inclusion in the Medicaid Preferred Drug Plan. Class means a therapeutic group of pharmaceutical agents approved by the FDA as defined by the American Hospital Formulary Service. The classes of anti-retroviral and anti-psychotic drugs shall not be included in the Medicaid Preferred Drug Plan. (b) The Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall develop its preferred drug list recommendations by considering the clinical efficacy, safety, and cost effectiveness of a product. Within each covered class, the committee shall review and recommend drugs to the Medicaid Commissioner for inclusion on a preferred drug list. Generics and over the counter drugs covered by Medicaid may be...
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27-60-2
committees as its bylaws may provide for the carrying out of its functions. 4. Corporate records of the commission. The commission shall maintain its corporate books and records in accordance with the bylaws. 5. Qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification. a. The members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability, or both, for any damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful and wanton...
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34-23-1
Food and Drug Administration has made either a determination of licensure based on standards for interchangeability pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ยง262(k)(4), or a determination of therapeutic equivalence based on the latest edition of or supplement to the federal Food and Drug Administration's publication Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (Orange Book). (10) INTERN. An individual who is currently licensed by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacy while under the personal supervision of a pharmacist and is satisfactorily progressing toward meeting the requirements for licensure as a pharmacist, a graduate of an approved college of pharmacy who is currently licensed by the board for the purpose of obtaining practical experience as a requirement for licensure as a pharmacist, or a qualified applicant awaiting examination for licensure. (11) LEGEND DRUG. Any drug, medicine, chemical, or poison bearing on the label the words, "Caution, federal law prohibits...
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25-5-293
and insurers operating in Alabama shall, at the secretary's request, provide the secretary such data as he or she deems necessary to evaluate costs and quality. The data shall be provided in the form and content to the secretary's specifications and in a manner deemed timely by the secretary. The secretary may gather from health care claims intermediaries that operate in Alabama any claims data related to diagnoses and procedures encountered in the treatment of workers'-compensation-type injury and illness in Alabama. Results from all data gathered shall be made available to employers or their representatives for use in decisions regarding the direction of care or to determine appropriateness of reimbursement. (i) Beginning immediately after May 19, 1992, and to be completed within six months thereafter, the secretary may engage an independent firm to identify the initial costs for the program. These initial expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment of a data...
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45-31-84.07
as defined in Section 13A-1-2. (14) To pay supervision fees and application fees pursuant to this part. (15) To observe curfews or home detention or travel constraints as set out in agreement signed by the offender. (16) To have restitution, court costs, fees, child support, and any other moneys withheld or garnished from the wages or salary of the offender or withheld from any Alabama income tax due the offender, or from any available insurance policy, or forfeited from any other real or personal property of the offender, and applied to the above. (17) To be admitted to a drug or alcohol treatment program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abuse. (18) To submit to periodic or random drug testing as part of the program and other terms and conditions related to substance abuse as the city attorney may direct. (19) To waive in writing the right of the offender to a probation hearing in the event of termination or withdrawal from...
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45-35A-56.06
as defined in Section 13A-1-2. (14) To pay supervision fees and application fees pursuant to this part. (15) To observe curfews or home detention or travel constraints as set out in agreement signed by the offender. (16) To have restitution, court costs, fees, child support, and any other moneys withheld or garnished from the wages or salary of the offender or withheld from any Alabama income tax due the offender, or from any available insurance policy, or forfeited from any other real or personal property of the offender, and applied to the above. (17) To be admitted to a drug or alcohol treatment program on an inpatient or outpatient basis or receive other treatment alternatives for substance abuse. (18) To submit to periodic or random drug testing as part of the program and other terms and conditions related to substance abuse as the city attorney may direct. (19) To waive in writing the right of the offender to a probation hearing in the event of termination or withdrawal from...
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38-15-4
for youths, youth transitional care facility, long term youth residential facility, private alternative boarding school, private alternative outdoor program, and any organization entrusted with the residential care of children in any organizational form or combination defined by this section shall be afforded the following rights and any other rights adopted by the department through rule, which shall be publicly posted and accessible to youth: a. To be afforded dignity in his or her personal relationships with staff, youth, and other persons. b. To live in a safe, healthy, and comfortable environment where he or she is treated with respect. c. To be free from physical, sexual, emotional, or other abuse or corporal punishment. d. To be granted a reasonable level of personal privacy in accommodations, personal care and assistance, and visits. e. To confidential care of his or her records and personal information, and to approve release of those records prior to the release of...
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27-44-3
Section 27-44-3 Scope of chapter. (a) This chapter shall provide coverage for the policies and contracts specified in subsection (b) as follows: (1) To persons who, regardless of where they reside (except for non-resident certificate holders under group policies or contracts), are the beneficiaries, assignees, or payees of the persons covered under subdivision (2). (2) To persons who are owners of or certificate holders under the policies or contracts, other than structured settlement annuities, and in each case who are either of the following: a. Residents b. Not residents, but only under all of the following conditions: 1. The insurer that issued the policies or contracts is domiciled in this state. 2. The states in which the persons reside have associations similar to the association created by this chapter. 3. The persons are not eligible for coverage by an association in any other state due to the fact the insurer was not licensed in the state at the time specified in the state's...
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