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36-36-8
Section 36-36-8 Liability of trustees. (a) A trustee shall not be: (1) personally liable
for any liability, loss, or expense suffered by the trust, unless such liability, loss, or
expense arises out of or results from the willful misconduct or intentional wrongdoing of
such trustee; (2) responsible for the adequacy of the trust to meet and discharge any obligation
under the relevant health care post-employment benefit plan; or (3) required to take action
to enforce the payment of any contribution or appropriation to the trust. (b) The trustees
may be indemnified by the trusts and from funds of the trusts against costs, liabilities,
losses, damages, and expenses, including their attorneys fees, as more fully provided in the
respective trust agreements, unless such cost, liability, loss, damage, or expense arises
out of or results from the willful misconduct or intentional wrongdoing of such trustee. (Act
2007-16, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 25, ยง8.)...
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11-91A-2
Section 11-91A-2 Local Government Health Insurance Board; governance and administration
of program. (a) The Local Government Health Insurance Board shall govern and administer the
Local Government Health Insurance Program currently governed and administered by the State
Employees' Insurance Board (SEIB) pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 36. The transfer of the
governance and administration to the board shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015,
and thereafter the board shall take all control and responsibility for the program under procedures
and authority set out in this chapter. (b) The program governed and administered by the board
shall provide a reasonable relationship between the health care benefits to be included and
the expected health care expenses to be incurred by affected employees, retirees, and their
dependents. The board may establish a fully insured or self-insured health care plan for employees
and retirees as defined in this chapter and may adopt rules for the...
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22-13A-5
Section 22-13A-5 Needs assessment; list of services and providers. (a) The department
shall conduct a needs assessment to identify any or all of the following: (1) Research being
conducted within the state. (2) Available technical assistance and educational materials and
programs nationwide. (3) The level of public and professional awareness about osteoporosis.
(4) The needs of osteoporosis patients, their families, and caregivers. (5) Needs of health
care providers, including physicians, nurses, managed care organizations, and other health
care providers. (6) The services available to the osteoporosis patient. (7) Existence of osteoporosis
treatment programs. (8) Existence of osteoporosis support groups. (9) Existence of rehabilitation
services. (10) The number and location of bone density testing equipment. (b) Based on the
needs assessment, the department shall develop and maintain a list of osteoporosis-related
services and osteoporosis health care providers with specialization in...
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22-50-1
Section 22-50-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) CLIENTS. Those
persons identified as receiving or needing services for an intellectual disability. (2) DEPARTMENT.
The Department of Mental Health. (3) INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES. Evaluation for, amelioration
of, habilitation for, prevention of, and research into the causes of intellectual disability.
(4) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. Diagnosis of, treatment of, rehabilitation for, follow-up care
of, prevention of and research into the causes of all forms of mental or emotional illness,
including, but not limited to, alcoholism, drug addiction, or epilepsy in combination with
mental illness or an intellectual disability. (5) MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.
The application of professionally planned, managed, administered, or monitored clinical procedures
or evidenced-based interventions to identify, stabilize,...
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22-6-120
Section 22-6-120 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds the following: (1) The
availability of appropriate pharmaceutical benefits to every Alabama citizen is a critical
component to the overall health of its population. (2) Alabama should strive to provide appropriate,
safe, effective, and cost-efficient pharmaceutical care to those who depend on health benefits
through state funded programs. (3) The Alabama Medicaid Agency should endeavor to manage the
Medicaid Pharmacy Program utilizing clinical management tools in a manner to foster optimal
health outcomes at reasonable costs. (4) State Medicaid programs and private insurance plans
across the country utilize preferred drug lists as an effective way to foster and encourage
clinically appropriate and safe use of pharmaceuticals in a cost-effective manner. (5) Based
on the proven effectiveness of preferred drug programs to foster appropriate use of drugs,
it is in the best interests of Alabama and its citizens for the Alabama...
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22-6-153
Section 22-6-153 Contract to provide medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries; enrollment;
grievance procedures; duties of Medicaid Agency. (a) Subject to approval of the federal Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Medicaid Agency shall enter into a contract in each
Medicaid region for at least one fully certified regional care organization to provide, pursuant
to a risk contract under which the Medicaid Agency makes a capitated payment, medical care
to Medicaid beneficiaries. However, the Medicaid Agency may enter into a contract pursuant
to this section only if, in the judgment of the Medicaid Agency, care of Medicaid beneficiaries
would be better, more efficient, and less costly than under the then existing care delivery
system. The Medicaid Agency may contract with more than one regional care organization in
a Medicaid region. Pursuant to the contract, the Medicaid Agency shall set capitation payments
for the regional care organization. (b) The Medicaid Agency shall...
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27-19-28
Section 27-19-28 Exclusion of hospitalization benefits for mental patients in tax-supported
institutions. (a) No policy of health, sickness, or accident insurance delivered, or issued
for delivery, in this state, including both individual and group policies, which provide coverage
for psychiatric treatment or mental illness shall exclude hospitalization benefits for mental
patients in tax-supported institutions of the State of Alabama, or any county or municipality
thereof. (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any policy of insurance
in effect prior to September 20, 1971, nor shall the provisions of this section apply
to any employee benefit plan providing hospital benefits for mental patients where such employee
benefit plan is established by the employer and contributions to the plan are provided by
the employer and the employee, or either of them, and such plan is not evidenced by individual,
or group or blanket policies of health, sickness, or accident insurance...
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27-47-2
Section 27-47-2 Deduction for premiums paid for long-term care insurance contract; treatment
of contract; coverage. (a) The premiums paid for a long-term care insurance contract are deductible
pursuant to Section 40-18-15, if the contract meets the following requirements: (1)
Offers coverage only for qualified long-term care services and benefits incidental to the
coverage. (2) Guaranteed renewal. (3) No cash surrender value. (4) All refunds of premiums
and all policyholder dividends or similar amounts under the contract are to be applied as
a reduction in future premiums or to increase future benefits, except for a refund of premiums
on surrender or cancellation of the policy. (b) For purposes of this chapter, a long-term
care insurance contract shall be treated as an accident or health insurance contract. The
amount of coverage under the long-term care insurance contract shall be equal to or greater
than Medicaid coverage for a period of at least three years. (c) An insurance...
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34-24-75.1
Section 34-24-75.1 Certificate and limited license under Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
(a) The State Board of Medical Examiners may, at its discretion and subject to the rules and
regulations promulgated by the board, issue a certificate of qualification in behalf of physicians
meeting the requirements for participation in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The Retired
Senior Volunteer Program is created for the purpose of permitting doctors of medicine and
doctors of osteopathy who are fully retired from the active practice of medicine to obtain
a limited license without cost which would permit the provision of outpatient health care
services at established free clinics operated pursuant to the Volunteer Medical Professional
Act, Section 6-5-660, et seq. Physicians having certificates issued under this section
must perform no fewer than 100 hours of voluntary service annually and must limit their practice
to the confines of an established free medical clinic, as that term is...
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36-1A-2
Section 36-1A-2 Purpose. The Legislature finds that: (1) It is the policy of the state
to lessen the burden of government at both the state and local levels in meeting the needs
of human health, welfare and human care services by supporting charitable giving; (2) There
is a need to provide a single convenient channel through which public employees may support
charitable fund-raising federations and agencies of their choice while minimizing workplace
disruption and administrative cost to Alabama taxpayers; (3) It is necessary to establish
a system to plan and implement one annual charitable fund-raising campaign among state employees
in order to ensure that the funds will be collected and distributed in a responsible manner;
and (4) It is the policy of the state to permit time in the working day during the prescribed
campaign period sufficient for volunteers to participate in the state campaign, with the approval
of the department heads. (Acts 1991, No. 91-561, p. 1037, §2.)...
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