27-56-5
Section 27-56-5 Third-party payment. (a) No insurance policy, plan, or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses that provides coverage for eye care services shall be issued or renewed after August 1, 2001, unless such insurance policy, plan, or contract does the following: (1) Provides a covered person direct access to any eye care provider participating in, or otherwise eligible to provide services under, the policy, plan, or contract for all eye care services covered under the policy, plan, or contract, without any referral or preapproval requirement, including, but not limited to, the following services, if covered: a. Medical treatment of glaucoma. b. Postoperative eye care. (2) Ensures that any list of medical or health care providers participating in, or otherwise eligible to provide services under, the policy, plan, or contract includes eye care providers to the same extent that such list includes other medical or health care...
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27-19A-2
of this chapter. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY. Any individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service contract providing benefits for dental care expenses incurred as a result of an accident or sickness. (8) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN. Any plan, fund, or program heretofore or hereafter established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization, or by both, to the extent that such plan, fund, or program was established or is maintained for the purpose of providing for its participants or their beneficiaries, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, dental care benefits in the event of accident or sickness. (9) DENTAL CARE SERVICES. Any services furnished to any person for the purpose of preventing, alleviating, curing, or healing human dental illness or injury. (10) DENTIST. Any person who furnishes dental care services and who is licensed as a dentist by the State of Alabama. (Acts 1984, No. 84-411, p. 960, §2.)...
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27-1-10
Section 27-1-10 Payment for health services of chiropractor; insured to have exclusive right to select practitioner of healing arts. Any contract or policy of insurance or any plan or agreement for health services providing for reimbursement or payment for health services performed by a medical doctor or physician or upon the certification of a medical doctor, surgeon, osteopath or physician, shall also reimburse or pay for such health services performed by a doctor of chiropractic or upon his certificate; provided, that the health services performed by the doctor of chiropractic are within the scope of his license and he is duly licensed by the State of Alabama. The insured or such other person entitled to benefits under such contract or policy of insurance or plan or agreement for health services shall have the exclusive right to choose or select any practitioner or member of the healing arts of Alabama to perform such services, notwithstanding any provisions of such contract or...
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27-54-2
Section 27-54-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) DAY TREATMENT SERVICES. Includes, but is not limited to: Physiological, psychological, and psychosocial concepts, techniques, and processes necessary to maintain or develop functional skills of clients, provided to individuals and groups for periods of more than two hours but less than 24 hours a day. (2) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. A health care service plan governed by the provisions of Article 6, Chapter 4, Title 10, and a group health insurance policy, including an employee welfare health benefit plan, that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, issued by insurers, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for, purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or...
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27-58-1
Section 27-58-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (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 chapter if it receives, processes, adjudicates, pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or on...
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27-59-1
Section 27-59-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (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 chapter if it receives, processes, adjudicates, pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or on...
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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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26-10B-8
Section 26-10B-8 Department to provide coverage and benefits not provided by residence state; procedure for reimbursement. The State Department of Human Resources shall provide coverage and benefits for a child who is in another state and who is covered by an adoption assistance agreement made by the State Department of Human Resources for coverage or benefits, if any, not provided by the residence state. To this end, the adoptive parents acting for the child must obtain prior approval from the State Department of Human Resources and may submit evidence of payment for services or benefit amounts not payable in the residence state and shall be reimbursed therefor. However, there shall be no reimbursement for services or benefit amounts covered under any insurance or other third party medical contract or arrangement held by the child or the adoptive parents. The State Department of Human Resources shall make regulations implementing this section. Among other things, such regulations...
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27-43-10
Section 27-43-10 Types of legal expense insurance; policy and certificate forms; issuance of policies and certificates. (a) Legal expense insurance may be written as individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance. Each contractual obligation for legal expense insurance must be evidenced by a policy. Each person insured under a group policy must be issued a certificate of coverage. (b) No policy or certificate of legal expense insurance may be issued in this state unless a copy of the form has been filed and approved by the commissioner. (c) The commissioner may not approve any form that does not meet the following requirements: (1) Policies must contain a list and description of the legal service payments promised or the legal matters for which expenses are to be reimbursed and any limits on the amounts to be paid or reimbursed; (2) Policies and certificates must indicate the name of the insurer and the full address of its principal place of business; (3) Certificates issued under...
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27-58-4
Section 27-58-4 Benefits subject to annual deductible, coinsurance, exclusions, reductions, etc. (a) The benefits provided in this chapter shall be subject to the same annual deductible or coinsurance established for all covered benefits within a given policy. Private third party payors may not reduce or eliminate coverage due to the requirements of this chapter. (b) A health benefit plan subject to this chapter shall not terminate services, reduce capitation payment, or otherwise penalize an attending physician or health care provider who orders medical care consistent with this chapter. (c) Nothing in this chapter is intended to expand the list of designations of covered providers as specified in any health benefit plan. (Act 2007-389, p. 778, §4.)...
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