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27-59-3
Section 27-59-3 Implementation of coverage. (a) The benefits provided in this chapter shall
be subject to the same annual deductible or co-insurance 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 may
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 2008-502, p. 1106, §3.)...
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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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16-25A-7
Section 16-25A-7 Authorization and execution of contracts; evidence of coverage; denial of
claims. (a) The board is hereby authorized to execute a contract or contracts to provide for
the benefits or the administration of the plan determined in accordance with the provisions
of this article. Such contract or contracts may be executed with one or more agencies or corporations
licensed to transact or administer group health insurance business in this state. All of the
benefits to be provided under this article may be included in one or more similar contracts
issued by the same or different companies. The board is further authorized to develop a plan
whereby it may become self-insured upon its finding that such arrangement would be financially
advantageous to the state and plan participants. (b) Before entering into any contract or
contracts authorized by subsection (a), the board shall invite competitive bids from all qualified
entities who may wish to administer or offer plans for the...
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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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26-23C-2
Section 26-23C-2 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds all
of the following: (1) Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148,
federal tax dollars, via affordability credits, subsidies provided to individuals between
150-400 percent of the federal poverty level, are routed to exchange participating health
insurance plans, including plans that provide coverage for abortions. (2) Federal funding
of insurance plans that provide abortions is an unprecedented change in federal abortion funding
policy. The Hyde Amendment, as passed each year in the Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations
bill, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, FEHBP, prohibit federal funds from
subsidizing health insurance plans that provide abortions. Under this new law, however, exchange
participating health insurance plans that provide abortions can receive federal funds. (3)
The provision of federal funding for health insurance plans that...
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11-91A-2
Section 11-91A-2 Local Government Health Insurance Board; governance and administration of
program. (a) The Local Government Health Insurance Board shall govern and administer the Local
Government Health Insurance Program currently governed and administered by the State Employees'
Insurance Board (SEIB) pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 36. The transfer of the governance
and administration to the board shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2015, and thereafter
the board shall take all control and responsibility for the program under procedures and authority
set out in this chapter. (b) The program governed and administered by the board shall provide
a reasonable relationship between the health care benefits to be included and the expected
health care expenses to be incurred by affected employees, retirees, and their dependents.
The board may establish a fully insured or self-insured health care plan for employees and
retirees as defined in this chapter and may adopt rules for the...
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36-29-4
Section 36-29-4 Establishment and provisions of health insurance plan; rules and regulations.
The board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a fully insured or self-insured
health insurance plan for employees and retirees of the State of Alabama and to adopt and
promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan, subject to such limitations
as may be contained in this chapter. Such plan may provide for group hospitalization, surgical,
and medical insurance against the financial costs of hospitalization, surgical, and medical
treatment and care and may also include, among other things, prescribed drugs, medicines,
prosthetic appliances, hospital inpatient and outpatient service benefits, and medical expenses
indemnity benefits, including major medical benefits or such other coverage or benefits as
may be deemed appropriate and desirable by the board. (Acts 1965, No. 833, p. 1564, §3; Act
2004-647, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §1.)...
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27-21A-1
Section 27-21A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively: (1) AGENT. A person who is appointed or employed by a health maintenance
organization and who engages in solicitation of membership in such organization. This definition
does not include a person enrolling members on behalf of an employer, union, or other organization.
(2) BASIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Emergency care, inpatient hospital and physician care, and
outpatient medical services. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance. (4) ENROLLEE.
An individual who is enrolled in a health maintenance organization. (5) EVIDENCE OF COVERAGE.
Any certificate, agreement, or contract issued to an enrollee setting out the coverage to
which he is entitled. (6) HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Any services included in the furnishing to
any individual of medical or dental care, or hospitalization or incident to the furnishing
of such care or hospitalization, as well as the...
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27-57-2
Section 27-57-2 Coverage; applicability. (a) All group health benefit plans, policies, contracts,
and certificates executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state
on or after August 1, 2004, shall offer, at the time of proposal, sale, or renewal of a policy
subject to this chapter, to include colorectal cancer examinations within the coverage. Such
offer of coverage shall include colorectal cancer examinations for covered persons who are
50 years of age or older, or for covered persons who are less than 50 years of age and at
high risk for colorectal cancer according to current American Cancer Society colorectal cancer
screening guidelines. (b) This chapter shall apply to group accident and sickness insurance
policies issued by a fraternal benefit society, a nonprofit hospital service corporation,
a nonprofit medical service corporation, a group health care plan, a health maintenance organization,
or any similar entity. (Act 2004-502, p. 969, §2.)...
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41-9-351
Section 41-9-351 Commission may provide for insurance for properties and employees. (a) The
commission may provide insurance covering loss or damage to its properties or any properties
of others in its custody, care, or control or any properties as to which it has any insurable
interest caused by fire or other casualty and may likewise provide insurance for the payment
of damages on account of the injury or death of persons and the loss or destruction of properties
of others, and may pay the premiums out of the revenues of the commission. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to authorize or permit the institution of any civil action or proceeding
in any court against the commission for or on account of any matter referred to in this section.
Any contracts of insurance authorized by this section may, in the discretion of the chair
of the commission, provide for a direct right of action against the insurance carrier for
the enforcement of any claims or causes of action. (b) The...
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