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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27-19-38
Section 27-19-38 Coverage of newly born children in health insurance policies. (a) All individual and group health insurance policies providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis and individual and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit service corporation which provide coverage for a family member of the insured or subscriber shall, as to such family members' coverage, also provide that the health insurance benefits applicable for children shall be payable with respect to a newly born child of the insured or subscriber from the moment of birth. (b) The coverage for newly born children shall consist of coverage of injury or sickness including the necessary care and treatment of medically diagnosed congenital defects and birth abnormalities, but need not include benefits for routine well-baby care. (c) The requirements of this section shall apply to all insurance policies and subscriber contracts renewed, delivered, or issued for delivery in this state, 60...
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16-17A-2
Section 16-17A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER. The teaching, research, and clinical facilities provided, established, or operated by a constitutionally created public university in the state or a university that operates a school of medicine. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of an authority. (5) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. The state, a county, a municipality, or any department, agency, board, or commission of the state, a county, or a municipality. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. All property or rights in property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, useful to an authority in its operations, including without limitation, the following: a. Facilities necessary or desirable to the operation of an academic medical center, one or more health sciences schools,...
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25-5-290
Section 25-5-290 Ombudsman program, creation; purpose; members; notification of service; benefit review conferences. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall establish an Ombudsman Program to assist injured or disabled employees, persons claiming death benefits, employers, and other persons in protecting their rights and obtaining information available under the Workers' Compensation Law. (b) Providing that the employer and the employee agree to participate in the benefit review conference, the ombudsmen shall meet with or otherwise provide information to injured or disabled employees, investigate complaints, and communicate with employers, insurance carriers, and health care providers on behalf of injured or disabled employees. (c) Ombudsmen shall be Merit System employees and demonstrate familiarity with the Workers' Compensation Law. An ombudsman shall not be an advocate for any person who shall assist a claimant, employer, or other person in any proceeding beyond the...
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11-97-18
Section 11-97-18 Exemption from taxation. (a) Every corporation shall exercise its powers in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well being, and for the improvement of their health, welfare, and social condition, and the exemptions from taxation hereinafter described are hereby granted in order to promote the more effective and economical exercise of such powers. (b) No income, sales, use, or other excise or license tax shall be levied upon or collected in the state with respect to any corporate activities of a corporation or any of its revenues, income, or profit. No ad valorem tax or assessment for any public improvement shall be levied upon or collected in the state with respect to any property during any time that title to such property is held by a corporation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any time that such property is leased to a provider by a corporation pursuant to a lease which provides that title to such property...
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27-21A-2
Section 27-21A-2 Establishment of health maintenance organizations. (a) Notwithstanding any law of this state to the contrary, any person may apply to the commissioner for and obtain a certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in compliance with this chapter. No person shall establish or operate a health maintenance organization in this state without obtaining a certificate of authority under this chapter. A foreign corporation may qualify under this chapter, subject to its registration to do business in this state as a foreign corporation under the provisions of Sections 10-2A-220, et seq. (b) Health maintenance organizations licensed as of May 29, 1986, shall be issued a certificate of authority in accordance with Section 27-21A-29. (c) Each application for a certificate of authority shall be verified by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant, shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner, and shall set forth or be...
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27-42-12
Section 27-42-12 Exhaustion of rights; nonduplication of recovery. (a) Any person having a claim under an insurance policy, whether or not it is a policy issued by a member insurer, where the claim under the other policy arises from the same facts, injury, or loss that gave rise to the covered claim against the association, shall be required first to exhaust all coverage provided by any such policy. Any amount payable on a covered claim under this chapter shall be reduced by the full applicable limits stated in the other insurance policy and the association shall receive a full credit for the stated limits, or, where there are no applicable stated limits, the claim shall be reduced by the total recovery. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person shall be required to exhaust any right under the policy of an insolvent insurer. (1) A claim under a policy providing liability coverage to a person who may be jointly and severally liable with, or a joint tortfeasor with, the person covered...
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36-36-6
Section 36-36-6 Sources of funding; use of assets; distributions; modification and termination of trusts; taxation; financial statement. (a) The sources of funding to the Alabama Retired State Employees' Health Care Trust may be: (1) appropriations made by the Legislature; (2) contributions by employees and retired employees; (3) employer contributions; (4) investment income; (5) proceeds of any gifts, grants, or contributions; (6) transfers from the State Employees' Insurance Fund; and (7) all other sources permitted by law. (b) The sources of funding to the Alabama Retired Education Employees' Health Care Trust may be: (1) appropriations made by the Legislature; (2) contributions by employees and retired employees; (3) employer contributions; (4) investment income; (5) proceeds of any gifts, grants, or contributions; (6) transfers from the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Fund; and (7) all other sources permitted by law. (c) The agreements creating the trusts shall be...
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16-22-17
Section 16-22-17 Payroll deductions for participation in statewide programs. (a) When used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person employed full-time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section and adult bus drivers. (2) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Department District Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department District; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; the State Board of Education as applied to the payroll office of two-year postsecondary education institutions; and the Board of Trustees of Alabama A and M University. (3) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION or ORGANIZATION. The employees' local professional organization representing the...
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22-21-370
Section 22-21-370 Posting of securities or surety bond; custody of securities; exemption from taxation; release of securities or bond; modification orders; hearing; effect of failure to comply. (a) To assure the faithful performance of its obligations in the event of insolvency each dental service corporation authorized under Section 22-21-364 shall, through the commissioner, deposit and maintain with the Treasurer of the State Securities of the type eligible for deposit by insurers under Section 27-6-3, which securities shall have at all times a market value as follows: (1) A corporation which has operated no dental service plan in this state prior to January 1, 1983, shall, prior to the issuance of its certificate of authority and before receiving any subscription payments, place in trust with the Treasurer of the State, through the commissioner an initial amount of $50,000.00; (2) A corporation operating a dental service plan business in this state prior to January 1, 1983, and...
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