27-19-55
Section 27-19-55 Standards for loss ratios. Medicare supplement policies shall return to policyholders
benefits which are reasonable in relation to the premium charged. The commissioner shall issue
reasonable regulations to establish minimum standards for loss ratios of Medicare supplement
policies on the basis of incurred claims experience, or incurred health care expenses where
coverage is provided by a health maintenance organization on a service rather than reimbursement
basis, and earned premiums in accordance with accepted actuarial principles and practices.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-560, p. 940, §6; Act 2000-795, p. 1876, §3.)...
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27-21A-14
Section 27-21A-14 Regulation of producers. (a) Unless exempted pursuant to subsection (c),
health maintenance organizations in this state shall only solicit enrollees or otherwise market
their services through producers duly licensed in accordance with Chapters 7 and 8A of this
title. (b) The commissioner shall, after notice and hearing, promulgate such reasonable rules
and regulations as are necessary to provide for the licensing of producers. (c) The commissioner
may, by rule, exempt certain classes of persons from the requirement of obtaining a license
for either of the following reasons: (1) If the functions they perform do not require special
competence, trustworthiness, or the regulatory surveillance made possible by licensing. (2)
If other existing safeguards make regulation unnecessary. (d) Nothing in this section shall
be deemed to prohibit a health maintenance organization from advertising. (Acts 1986, No.
86-471, p. 854, §14; Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §15.)...
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27-50-3
Section 27-50-3 Health benefit plan. As used in this chapter, the term "health benefit
plan" has the following meaning: 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 business entity that
pays for, purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries
in this state. The term does not include accident-only, specified disease, individual hospital
indemnity, credit, dental-only, Medicare-supplement, long-term care, or disability income
insurance; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers' compensation or
similar insurance; or automobile medical-payment insurance. For the purpose of this chapter,
a health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State of...
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38-9A-5
Section 38-9A-5 State Support Council. (a) The State Support Council is created and shall be
comprised of not more than 15 consumer and family members. Of these, there will be three representatives
appointed by each regional support council. These shall include a regional council officer,
one other regional council member, and a community council member. Additionally, the following
individuals or their designees shall serve as nonvoting advisory members: The Chair of the
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources,
the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, the State Superintendent of Education,
the Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Services, and the State Health Officer of
the Department of Public Health. The State Support Council shall provide a forum for the development
of a state plan for an individual and family support system reflecting the experiences and
needs of each region which shall be updated at...
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45-15-171.01
Section 45-15-171.01 Issuance of death certificates; fees. (a) In Cleburne County, any county
health officer or administrator is hereby authorized to issue an official death certificate
in any case within the county, except where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the
attending physician or funeral director shall be kept on file for one year following the death
for the purpose of issuing such death certificate. Such certificate shall be in all particulars
the same as those issued by the State Department of Public Health in any court or for insurance
purposes. Nothing in this section shall affect any existing duty of any person to gather and
transmit data to the local registrar or to the State Health Department. (b) The county health
officer, not later than 10 days from the date of death, shall make such official death certificate
available to the surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than
that charged by the State Health Department for the same...
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45-28-170
Section 45-28-170 Death certificates. (a) Any Etowah County health officer or administrator
is authorized to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except
where an autopsy is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director
shall be kept on file for one year following the death for the purpose of issuing such death
certificate. Such certificate shall be in all particulars the same as those issued by the
State Department of Public Health in any court or for insurance purposes. Nothing in this
section shall affect any existing duty of any person to gather and transmit data to the local
registrar or to the State Health Department. (b) The county health officer shall not later
than 10 days from the date of death, make such official death certificate available to the
surviving spouse or next of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than that charged by
the State Health Department for the same service. The county health officer shall...
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45-5-170
Section 45-5-170 Issuance; fees. (a) Any Blount County health officer or administrator is authorized
to issue an official death certificate in any case within the county, except where an autopsy
is required. Data obtained from the attending physician or funeral director shall be kept
on the file for one year following the death for the purpose of issuing such death certificate.
Such certificate shall be in all particulars the same as those issued by the State Department
of Public Health in any court or for insurance purposes. Nothing in this section shall affect
any existing duty of any person to gather and transmit data to the local registrar or to the
State Health Department. (b) The county health officer shall not later than 10 days from the
date of death, make such official death certificate available to the surviving spouse or next
of kin of the deceased at a fee not greater than that charged by the State Health Department
for the same service. The county health officer shall...
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22-6-156
Section 22-6-156 Contracts with alternate care providers. The Medicaid Agency may contract
with an alternate care provider in a Medicaid region only under the terms of this section:
(1) If a regional care organization failed to provide adequate service pursuant to its contract,
or had its certification terminated, or if the Medicaid Agency could not award a contract
to a regional care organization under the terms of Section 22-6-153, or if no organization
had been awarded a regional care organization certificate by October 1, 2016, or a later date
established by the Medicaid Agency if an extension is determined, in the Medicaid Agency's
sole discretion, to be in the best interest of the state, then the Medicaid Agency shall first
offer a contract, to resume interrupted service or to assume service in the region, under
the conditions of Section 22-6-153 to any other regional care organization that Medicaid judged
would meet its quality criteria. (2) If by October 1, 2014, no...
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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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31-5-10
Section 31-5-10 County service commissioners and district service commissioners - Duties. (a)
The county service commissioner and district service commissioner shall perform such duties
as may be prescribed by policies, rules, and regulations and instructions promulgated by the
State Board of Veterans' Affairs and shall be administratively responsible to the State Service
Commissioner. (b) It shall be the duty of the county service commissioner and district service
commissioner to: (1) Cooperate with and assist the volunteer county veterans' service committees
in his district or county in the development of a veterans' assistance program for his district
or county. (2) Furnish information and data to the office of the State Service Commissioner
relative to the various aspects of the problems of veterans and dependents of veterans in
his jurisdiction. (3) Provide in his office an information and referral service to veterans
seeking aid and assistance in connection with matters...
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