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6-5-543
Section 6-5-543 Damages against health care provider to be itemized; future damages over $150,000
to be paid by periodic payments over period of years; judgment to specify payment terms; requirement
to post security or provide evidence of insurance; future damages not to be reduced to present
value; attorney's fees; termination of periodic payments; contempt of court upon continuing
pattern of failure to make payments; modification of judgment; legislative intent. (a) In
any action for injury or damages whether in contract or in tort against a health care provider
based on a breach of the standard of care the damages assessed by the trier of fact shall
be itemized as follows: (1) Past damages, (2) Future damages, (3) Punitive damages. The trier
of fact shall not reduce any future damages to present value. If the trial court determines
that any one or more of the above categories is not recoverable in the action, that category
or categories shall be omitted from the itemization. (b)...
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11-91A-8
Section 11-91A-8 Awarding of contracts. (a) Before entering into any contract or contracts
for a carrier or third party administrator, the board shall solicit competitive proposals
from companies or agencies qualified to administer or offer plans for group health care coverage.
The board shall carefully evaluate all proposals received and award the contract or contracts
to the most qualified company or agency taking into consideration all relevant factors, including,
but not limited to, the following: The benefits offered; the proposed administrative costs
and the costs to be incurred by the employer participant and its employees, retirees, and
dependents; and the experience of the companies or agencies submitting proposals. In evaluating
these factors, the board may employ the services of impartial professional insurance analysts
or actuaries. The contract or contracts executed by the board with the selected carrier or
third party administrator shall be a contract to offer coverage to...
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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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16-25A-1
Section 16-25A-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) EMPLOYEE.
Any person covered by the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan pursuant to Section
16-25A-11 or person who is employed full-time in any public institution of education within
the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination of grades K through 14,
exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or the Alabama Institute for
Deaf and Blind; provided, any person employed part-time by any public institution of education
within the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination of grades K through
14, exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or the Alabama Institute
for Deaf and Blind, shall be included in the definition of employee if such person shall agree
to have deducted from his or her compensation a pro rata...
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27-22-42
Section 27-22-42 Policyholders Bill of Rights. The following shall serve as the minimum standards
to be followed by the Alabama Department of Insurance in exercising the department's powers
and duties in regulating insurance companies pursuant to Chapter 12. The Department of Insurance
and insurance companies shall post this list or an electronic link of this list on their respective
websites. These standards include the following: (1) Policyholders shall have the right to
competitive pricing practices of insurers as prescribed by applicable federal or state insurance
law and regulation. (2) Policyholders shall have the right to insurance advertising and sales
approaches that provide representative information on the policy in accordance with Chapter
12. (3) Policyholders shall have the right to assurance that the insurance market in general
and their insurance company in particular are financially stable as provided in Section 27-12-7.
(4) Policyholders shall have the right to receive...
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27-2B-2
Section 27-2B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, these terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADJUSTED RBC REPORT. An RBC report which has been adjusted by the commissioner
in accordance with subsection (e) of Section 27-2B-3. (2) CORRECTIVE ORDER. An order issued
by the commissioner specifying corrective actions which the commissioner has determined are
required. (3) DOMESTIC INSURER. Any insurer domiciled in this state. (4) FOREIGN INSURER.
Any insurer which is licensed to do business in this state but not domiciled in this state.
(5) FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. Any insurer licensed under Chapter 34. (6) HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
Any health care service plan, health maintenance organization, limited health service organization,
dental services corporation, or other managed care organization licensed under this title.
This term does not include any life and disability insurer or property and casualty insurer.
(7) INSURER. As defined in Section 27-1-2, including, without...
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32-7C-2
Section 32-7C-2 Insurance requirements. (a) On or before October 30, 2016, and thereafter,
a TNC driver or a TNC on the behalf of the TNC driver shall maintain primary automobile insurance
that recognizes that the driver is a TNC driver or otherwise uses a vehicle to transport riders
for compensation and covers the driver under both of the following circumstances: (1) While
the TNC driver is logged onto the digital network of a TNC. (2) While the TNC driver is engaged
in a prearranged ride. (b)(1) The following automobile insurance requirements shall apply
while a participating TNC driver is logged on to the digital network of a TNC and is available
to receive transportation requests but is not engaged in a prearranged ride: a. Primary automobile
liability insurance in the amount of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for death and
bodily injury per person, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for death and bodily injury
per incident, and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)...
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22-21B-3
Section 22-21B-3 Definitions. The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) CONSCIENCE.
The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider. (2) DISCRIMINATION.
Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges,
refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or
benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any
grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health
care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's
aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist,
researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student,...
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22-6-150
Section 22-6-150 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) ALTERNATE CARE PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care
organization, that agrees to provide a comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid
beneficiaries in a defined region of the state pursuant to a risk contract. (2) CAPITATION
PAYMENT. A payment the state Medicaid Agency makes periodically to a contractor on behalf
of each recipient enrolled under a contract for the provision of medical services. (3) CARE
DELIVERY SYSTEM. The manner in which the benefits and services set forth in the state Medicaid
plan are provided to Medicaid beneficiaries. (4) COLLABORATOR. A private health carrier, third
party purchaser, provider, health care center, health care facility, state and local governmental
entity, or other public payers, corporations, individuals, and consumers who are expecting
to collectively cooperate, negotiate, or contract with another...
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36-29-14
Section 36-29-14 Health insurance coverage under State Employees' Insurance Board; operation
of board. (a) Any agency of the state, or any governmental entity, body, or subdivision thereto,
any county, any municipality, any municipal foundation, any fire or water district, authority,
or cooperative, any regional planning and development commission established pursuant to Sections
11-85-50 through 11-85-73, that is not and was not for the 12 months immediately preceding
the date of application to participate in any plan created pursuant to the provisions of this
article a member of an existing government sponsored health insurance program, formed under
the provisions of Section 11-26-2, the Association of County Commissions of Alabama or the
Alabama League of Municipalities, the Alabama Retired State Employees' Association, the Alabama
State Employees Credit Union, Easter Seals Alabama, Alabama State University, the Alabama
Rural Water Association, Rainbow Omega, Incorporated, The Arc...
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