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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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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this
section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.
The design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral
stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including
the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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38-15-4
Section 38-15-4 Registration of certain youth residential institutions or organizations;
staff training plans; rights of children; licensing and inspection of food preparation areas;
access by law enforcement agencies. (a) Commencing on January 1, 2018, the department shall
register any religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit affiliated
youth residential facility, youth social rehabilitation facility, community treatment facility
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, whenever children are housed at the facility or location of the program
for a period of more than 24 hours. At a minimum, registered youth residential institution
or organization under this section shall do all of the following: (1) Be...
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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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27-1-20
Section 27-1-20 Patient Right to Know Act. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the "Patient Right to Know Act." (b) As used in this section,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ENROLLEE. A person who purchases individual health care coverage or an employer
who purchases a group health care plan. (2) PROVIDER. A physician, dentist, podiatrist, pharmacist,
optometrist, psychologist, clinical social worker, advanced nurse practitioner, registered
optician, licensed professional counselor, physical therapist, and chiropractor. (c)(1) All
persons, firms, corporations, associations, health maintenance organizations, health insurance
services, or preferred provider organizations, any employer-sponsored health benefit plan,
or any similar organization or entity, providing health, accident, or dental insurance coverage,
either directly or indirectly, shall provide an enrollee with a written description of the...
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22-21-179
Section 22-21-179 Powers of corporation. The corporation shall have all the powers and
authority inhering in, or conferred upon, counties in the State of Alabama operating public
hospitals, except as otherwise provided, as well as the following specific powers, together
with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time, which may be in perpetuity,
specified in its certificate of incorporation or until dissolved as provided in Section
22-21-191; (2) Subject to the limitations contained in the provisions of this section,
to maintain actions and have actions maintained against it in its own name in civil, including
ex delicto and ex contractu, actions; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to
alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt bylaws and amend the same; (5) To receive, acquire,
take and hold, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning
October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues
and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1)
Ten percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution
to one or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for
tobacco control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive
denials, adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health
benefit plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits
for medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by
Alabama health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim
or 30 calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and
30 calendar days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder
of the reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is
required to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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11-26-2
Section 11-26-2 Health and accident group authorized; appropriation and collection of
funds. Any county or group of counties, either individually or collectively, may establish
a health and accident self-insurance group for the purpose of providing health care and hospitalization
benefits for their officers, employees, and family members dependent upon such officers or
employees. Member counties may appropriate such funds as necessary to the health and accident
self-insurance group to provide such hospitalization and health care benefits. Member counties
may collect from its officers and employees such amounts necessary for dependent family coverage
and remit the same to the health and accident self-insurance group. (Acts 1981, No. 81-265,
p. 348, ยง2.)...
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11-91-1
Section 11-91-1 Provision by governing bodies of counties and municipalities for group
life, health, accident, etc., insurance, etc., for officers and employees authorized. (a)
The council, commission, or similar governing body of each municipal corporation, the board
of directors of each incorporated municipal board, the county commission of each county, the
board of education of each city and the board of education of each county, now existing or
established after August 16, 1947, shall have power and authority to contract for and obtain
and maintain policies of group life, health, accident, and hospitalization insurance or any
one or more of them and shall have power and authority to contract for and obtain and maintain
individual annuity contracts, retirement income policies or group annuity contracts to provide
a retirement plan for the benefit of such of the officers and employees of such municipality,
incorporated municipal board, county, or board as may be determined by such...
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