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16-60-242
Section 16-60-242 Appointment of director of programs; contents of programs. (a) The
Chancellor of Postsecondary Education may appoint a director of displaced homemakers programs
to conduct, or cause to be conducted, programs to assist displaced homemakers at such two-year
institutions as the Chancellor may approve through a request for proposal process. (b) Programs
to assist displaced homemakers may include: (1) Job counseling services which are specifically
designed for displaced homemakers who may be entering the job market for the first time or
who may be reentering the job market after a number of years as a homemaker; (2) Job training
and job placement services which shall be developed by working with federal, state, and local
government agencies and the private sector; (3) Assistance in gaining admission to existing
public and private job training programs and opportunities; (4) Assistance in identifying
community needs and in creating new jobs for displaced homemakers in the...
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27-19-52
Section 27-19-52 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall
have the meaning indicated herein: (1) APPLICANT. Includes either of the following: a. In
the case of an individual Medicare supplement policy or subscriber contract, the person who
seeks to contract for insurance benefits. b. In the case of a group Medicare supplement policy
or subscriber contract, the proposed certificate holder. (2) CERTIFICATE. Any certificate
issued under a group Medicare supplement policy, which policy has been delivered or issued
for delivery in this state. (3) CERTIFICATE FORM. The form on which the certificate is delivered
or issued for delivery by the issuer. (4) ISSUER. Insurance companies, fraternal benefit societies,
health care service plans, health maintenance organizations, and any other entity delivering
or issuing for delivery in this state Medicare supplement policies or certificates. (5) MEDICARE.
The "Health Insurance for the Aged Act," Title XVIII of the Social...
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22-4-2
Section 22-4-2 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the
context: (1) STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. The statutory agency of the State of Alabama operative
in the field of general health matters and performing the duties and exercising the powers
as set forth in the statutory provisions relating thereto. (2) STATEWIDE HEALTH COORDINATING
COUNCIL. The advisory council established pursuant to this article which shall advise the
State Board of Health on matters relating to health planning and resource development. (3)
HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY. An entity which is organized and operated under the provisions of Title
XV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 3001 et seq.) and is responsible for the
health planning and development in a health service area designated by the Governor. (4) HEALTH
SERVICE AREA. A geographical area designated by the Governor as being appropriate...
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27-21B-10
Section 27-21B-10 Enforcement of health care coverage for certain employers. (a) In
any case in which a noncustodial parent is required by a court or administrative order to
provide health care coverage for such child and the employer of the noncustodial parent is
known to the Department of Human Resources, the department shall use the federally required
medical support notice to provide notice to the employer of the requirement for employer-based
health care coverage for the child through the parent of the child who has been ordered to
provide health care coverage for the child unless a court or administrative order stipulates
that alternative health care coverage to employer-based coverage is to be provided for a child
subject to a Title IV-D child support order. In the case of an employer entered in the directory
of new hires pursuant to Section 25-11-5, the department shall send the federal medical
support notice to any employer of a noncustodial parent subject to the order 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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27-7-1
Section 27-7-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) BUSINESS ENTITY.
A corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
or other legal entity. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (3) HOME STATE.
The District of Columbia and any state or territory of the United States in which an insurance
producer maintains his or her principal place of residence or principal place of business
and is licensed to act as an insurance producer. (4) INSURANCE. As defined in Section
27-1-2. (5) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER. A person required to be licensed under the laws
of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. (6) INSURER. As defined in Section
27-1-2. For the purposes of this chapter, insurer shall also mean an insurance company licensed
pursuant to Chapter 3, commencing with Section 27-3-1 of this title; a health...
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36-29-23
Section 36-29-23 Authorization to establish flexible employee benefit plan; provisions
of plan. The board, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to establish a flexible
employee benefit plan for state employees in compliance with Section 125 and any other
applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The flexible employee benefit plan may provide
for payments or salary reductions for qualified benefits in accordance with Section
125 of the Internal Revenue Code, which presently include health insurance premiums, group
life insurance, disability insurance, supplemental health and accident insurance, dependent
care expenses, and such other types of employee benefits permitted under Section 125
and any other applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. Futhermore, the board may
establish a long-term care plan for employees. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §4; Act 98-639,
p. 1410, §1.)...
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27-1-16
Section 27-1-16 Standard health insurance claim form; electronic claims form; various
claim forms. (a)(1) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance shall prescribe a standard
health insurance claim form to be used by all hospitals. The forms shall be prescribed in
a format which allows for the use of generally accepted diagnosis and treatment coding systems
by providers of health care and payors. The standard form shall be accepted and used by all
insurers doing business in the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers
of health care for hospital services. (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Insurance
shall also prescribe a format for all health insurance claims transmitted or submitted for
payment by electronic or electro-mechanical means. Such a format shall be used by all insurers
doing business in the State of Alabama and by all state agencies which pay providers of health
care for hospital services. (b) An advisory committee of five persons, two...
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45-41-83.12
Section 45-41-83.12 Drug court coordinator; meetings of drug court team; transfer of
participants. (a) Specifically with a drug court program, the board shall hire or contract
for an individual as the drug court coordinator. The drug court coordinator shall be responsible
for the general administration of drug court, with the assistance of the drug court team.
The drug court team, when practicable, shall conduct a meeting prior to each drug court session
to discuss and provide updated information regarding persons who have applied to participate
in the program and regarding persons who are participating in the program. The drug court
team shall make a determination as to the progress of each participant and shall agree on
the appropriate incentive or sanction to be applied to each participant in accordance with
the program rules, policy, and procedure. If the drug court team cannot agree on the appropriate
action, the court shall make the decision based upon information presented in...
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22-8A-9
Section 22-8A-9 Withholding or withdrawal of treatment, etc., not suicide; execution
of advance directive not to affect sale, etc., of life or health insurance nor be condition
for receipt of treatment, etc.; provisions of chapter cumulative. (a) The withholding or withdrawal
of life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration from a patient
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall not, for any purpose, constitute a
suicide and shall not constitute assisting suicide. (b) The making of an advance directive
for health care pursuant to this chapter shall not affect in any manner the sale, procurement,
or issuance of any policy of life or health insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the
terms of an existing policy of life or health insurance. No policy of life or health insurance
shall be legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of
life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration...
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