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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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27-19A-3
Section 27-19A-3 Prohibited provisions. No health insurance policy or employee benefit plan
which is delivered, renewed, issued for delivery, or otherwise contracted for in this state
shall: (1) Prevent any person who is a party to or beneficiary of any such health insurance
policy or employee benefit plan from selecting the dentist of his choice to furnish the dental
care services offered by said policy or plan or interfere with said selection provided the
dentist is licensed to furnish such dental care services in this state; (2) Deny any dentist
the right to participate as a contracting provider for such policy or plan provided the dentist
is licensed to furnish the dental care services offered by said policy or plan; (3) Authorize
any person to regulate, interfere, or intervene in any manner in the diagnosis or treatment
rendered by a dentist to his patient for the purpose of preventing, alleviating, curing, or
healing dental illness or injury provided said dentist practices within...
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27-19A-4
Section 27-19A-4 Required provisions. Any health insurance policy or employee benefit plan
which is delivered, renewed, issued for delivery, or otherwise contracted for in this state
shall, to the extent that it provides benefits for dental care expenses: (1) Disclose, if
applicable, that the benefit offered is limited to the least costly treatment; (2) Define
and explain the standard upon which the payment of benefits or reimbursement for the cost
of dental care services is based, such as "usual and customary," "reasonable
and customary," "usual, customary, and reasonable," fees or words of similar
import or specify in dollars and cents the amount of the payment or reimbursement for dental
care services to be provided. Said payment or reimbursement for a noncontracting provider
dentist shall be the same as the payment or reimbursement for a contracting provider dentist;
provided, however, that the health insurance policy or the employee benefit plan shall not
be required to make...
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27-45-3
Section 27-45-3 Choice of pharmaceutical services; right to participate as contracting provider.
No health insurance policy or employee benefit plan which is delivered, renewed, issued for
delivery, or otherwise contracted for in this state shall: (1) Prevent any person who is a
party to or beneficiary of any such health insurance policy or employee benefit plan from
selecting the pharmacy or pharmacist of his choice to furnish the pharmaceutical services,
including without limitation, prescription drugs, offered by said policy or plan or interfere
with said selection provided the pharmacy or pharmacist is licensed to furnish such pharmaceutical
services in this state; or (2) Deny any pharmacy or pharmacist the right to participate as
a contracting provider for such policy or plan provided the pharmacist is licensed to furnish
pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription drugs offered by said
policy or plan. (Acts 1988, No. 88-379, p. 565, ยง3.)...
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36-27-50
Section 36-27-50 Temporary legislative employees covered by retirement system and health insurance
plan; limitations; procedure; purchase of prior service. (a) Notwithstanding any provision
of this title to the contrary, any state employee who has worked during at least five regular
sessions of the Legislature since 1971 or any employee who has worked during five consecutive
regular sessions of the Legislature and who is termed "temporary employee" shall
be considered a full-time employee of the State of Alabama and may, at the option of the employee,
be covered as a member of the state Employees' Retirement System and the State Employees'
Health Insurance Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, coverage shall continue as if the person
is employed full time. The employee shall pay the full health insurance cost during the time
the employee is not on the legislative payrolls but remains eligible to continue employment
during the next regular or special session of the Legislature. During...
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27-45-2
Section 27-45-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE
CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall have the meaning
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section
27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively, shall have the meanings
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any obligation under covered policies
or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any policy, employee benefit plan,
or contract within the scope of this article. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY. Any individual,
group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service
contract providing for pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription
drugs, incurred as a result of accident or sickness, or to prevent same....
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34-23-181
Section 34-23-181 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings as used
in this article: (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 article if it receives, processes, adjudicates,
pays, or denies claims for health care services submitted by or...
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36-35-3
Section 36-35-3 Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board. (a) The Alabama Prescription Cost
Initiative Board is created. (b) The board shall consist of the following voting members:
The executive director or chief staff person of the State Employees Insurance Board (SEIB)
and the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Plan (PEEHIP), the Chair of the Board
of Directors of SEIB, the Chair of the Board of Directors of PEEHIP, and the State Health
Officer. The Director of the Medicaid Agency may serve in a nonvoting capacity. (c) The board
shall promulgate policies to implement this chapter and may hire an executive director and
necessary staff to implement and administer this chapter with or without regard to the state
Merit System. (d) The board through its executive director may enter into agreements with
a prescription drug buying group or manufacturer to negotiate price discounts or rebates on
behalf of the board or any participating department or governmental entity. (e) The...
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27-1-17.1
Section 27-1-17.1 Payment of providers through electronic funds transfer methods. (a) As used
in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACH ELECTRONIC
FUNDS TRANSFER. An electronic funds transfer through the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPPA) standard Automated Clearing House network. (2) COVERED HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER. A physician as defined in Section 34-24-50.1; a dentist as defined in Section 34-9-1;
a chiropractor as defined in Section 34-24-120; an individual engaged in the practice of optometry
as defined in Section 34-22-1; other licensed health care professionals as defined in Title
34; a hospital as defined in Section 22-21-20; and a health care facility, or other provider
who or that is accredited, licensed, or certified and who or that is performing within the
scope of that accreditation, license, or certification. (3) HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN. Any hospital
and medical expense incurred policy, health maintenance...
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27-56-10
Section 27-56-10 Vision care providers - Contract requirements; rates; reimbursements; discounts.
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CONTRACTUAL
DISCOUNT. A percentage reduction from a provider's usual and customary rate for covered services
and materials required under a participating provider agreement. (2) COVERED MATERIALS. Materials
for which reimbursement from the insurer or vision care plan is provided to a vision care
provider by an enrollee's plan contract, or for which a reimbursement would be available but
for the application of the enrollee's contractual limitations of deductibles, copayments,
or coinsurance. (3) COVERED SERVICES. Services for which reimbursement from the insurer or
vision care plan is provided to a vision care provider by an enrollee's plan contract, or
for which a reimbursement would be available but for the application of the enrollee's contractual
plan limitations of deductibles, copayments, or...
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