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30-3-10
Section 30-3-10 Equal opportunity for blind individuals; supportive parenting services. (a)
For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BLINDNESS.
A central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens.
An eye that has a limitation in the field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual
field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees is considered to have a central visual
acuity of 20/200 or less. The term also includes a degenerative condition that reasonably
can be expected to result in blindness. (2) SUPPORTIVE PARENTING SERVICES. Services that may
assist a blind parent or prospective blind parent in the effective use of non-visual techniques
and other alternative methods to enable the parent or prospective parent to discharge parental
responsibilities as successfully as a parent who is not blind. (b) The Legislature finds the
following: (1) Blind individuals should be given equal...
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41-15B-4
Section 41-15B-4 Permanent joint interim legislative oversight committee. (a) There is created
the Permanent Joint Interim Legislative Oversight Committee of the Children First Trust Fund.
The committee shall be composed of three members of each house, to be appointed by the presiding
officer of each house. The chair and vice chair of the oversight committee shall be elected
at the first meeting by the members of the oversight committee. The oversight committee shall
meet as it deems necessary and shall study and oversee all facets of the Children First Trust
Fund. The committee shall review each monthly report provided by the council, and may make
recommendations as it deems appropriate. (b) The oversight committee shall consider recommending
to the council a comprehensive plan to establish a grants program to assist parents in placing
their children in accredited behavior modification programs. (c) Upon the request of the chair,
the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House...
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26-21-3
Section 26-21-3 Written consent of parent or guardian to performing abortion on unemancipated
minor; written statement where abortion to be performed on emancipated minor; waiver of consent
requirement; coercion; forms. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d)
of this section and Sections 26-21-4 and 26-21-5 hereof, no physician shall perform an abortion
upon an unemancipated minor unless the physician or his or her agents first obtain the written
consent of either parent or the legal guardian of the minor. (b) The physician who shall perform
the abortion or his or her agents shall obtain or be provided with the written consent from
either parent or legal guardian stating the names of the minor, parent, or legal guardian,
that he or she is informed that the minor desires an abortion and does consent to the abortion,
the date, and the consent shall be signed by either parent or legal guardian. The signatures
of the parents, parent, or legal guardian shall be affixed...
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29-2-105
Section 29-2-105 Coordination council - Composition; meetings; duties. (a) The committee shall
convene a council composed of the chair of the committee or his or her designee and the commissioner
or the commissioner's designee of each department of state government that administers services
to children, youth, and their families, including, but not limited to, the Department of Education,
the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Public
Health, the Medicaid Agency, the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Rehabilitation
Services, one member from the Alabama Association of County Directors of Human Resources appointed
by that organization, one member from the Alabama Residential Child Care Association appointed
by that organization, two members from the Alabama Foster Parent Association appointed by
that organization, one member from the Juvenile Court Judges Association appointed by that
organization, one guardian ad litem...
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12-15-101
Section 12-15-101 Purpose of the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act; short title; goals for the juvenile
court. (a) This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act. The purpose of
this chapter is to facilitate the care, protection, and discipline of children who come under
the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, while acknowledging the responsibility of the juvenile
court to preserve the public peace and security. (b) In furtherance of this purpose, the following
goals have been established for the juvenile court: (1) To preserve and strengthen the family
of the child whenever possible, including improvement of the home environment of the child.
(2) To remove the child from the custody of his or her parent or parents only when it is judicially
determined to be in his or her best interests or for the safety and protection of the public.
(3) To reunite a child with his or her parent or parents as quickly and as safely as possible
when the child has been removed from the custody...
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22-5A-3
Section 22-5A-3 Duties of State Ombudsman and department. The State Ombudsman and the department
are hereby authorized to investigate complaints concerning health care, domiciliary and residential
care facilities. The State Ombudsman shall promote the well-being and quality of life of long-term
residential health care recipients and encourage the development of community ombudsman activities
at the local level. After appropriate training and approval by the department, community ombudsmen
shall be certified by the department and shall have the powers and responsibilities set forth
in Sections 22-5A-4 and 22-5A-6, subject to the procedures established by the State Ombudsman
pursuant to Section 22-5A-5. The State Ombudsman shall submit to the department an annual
written report documenting the kinds of complaints and problems reported so that the department
can make recommendations concerning needed policy, regulatory, and legislative changes. (Acts
1985, No. 85-657, p. 1029, ยง3.)...
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26-16-9
Section 26-16-9 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board - Disbursement generally. (a) The
state board may authorize the disbursement of available money from the trust fund exclusively
for the following purposes, which are listed in the order of preference for expenditure: (1)
To fund a private nonprofit or public organization in the development or operation of a program
if at least all of the following conditions are met: a. The appropriate local council has
reviewed the program. This paragraph does not apply if a local council does not exist for
the geographic area to be served by the program. b. The organization demonstrates an ability
to match, through money or in-kind services, 50 percent of the amount of any trust fund money
received. Not more than 50 percent of the local match shall be in in-kind services. In-kind
services are subject to the approval of the state board. c. The organization demonstrates
a willingness and ability to provide program models and consultation to...
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40-18-140
Section 40-18-140 Contribution designations. (a)(1) Each Alabama resident individual income
taxpayer desiring to contribute to any of the programs listed in subsection (b) may designate
an amount of his or her refund, rounded off in whole dollars, in an appropriate box on the
state income tax return form, to be credited to the program. (2) All future check-offs, duly
enacted by the Legislature subsequent to April 17, 2006, shall be accorded an appropriate
box on the state income tax return forms, subject to the terms and conditions prescribed herein,
without the requirement that they be added by amendment to this section. (b) Contributions
received for the following authorized charitable and nonpolitical income tax check-off recipients,
less costs of administration to the Department of Revenue not to exceed five percent, shall
be distributed and appropriated as provided herein: (1) Contributions to the Alabama Aging
Program shall be deposited with the State Treasurer into the Alabama...
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6-5-380
Section 6-5-380 Liability of parents for destruction of property by minor; exception. (a) The
parent or parents, guardian, or other person having care or control of any minor under the
age of 18 years with whom the minor is living and who have custody of the minor shall be liable
for the actual damages sustained, but not exceeding the sum of $1,000, plus the court costs
of the action, to any person, firm, association, corporation and the State of Alabama and
its political subdivision for all damages proximately caused by the injury to, or destruction
of, any property, real, personal or mixed, by the intentional, willful, or malicious act or
acts of the minor. Except, approved foster parents of the Department of Human Resources shall
not be liable for damages caused by foster children. (b) Nothing in this section shall be
construed to limit the liability of any such parent or parents as the same may now otherwise
exist under the laws of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess.,...
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26-16-94
Section 26-16-94 State Child Death Review Team - Purpose; duties. The purpose of the state
team is to decrease the risk and incidence of unexpected/unexplained child injury and death
by undertaking all of the following duties: (1) Identifying factors which make a child at
risk for injury or death. (2) Collecting and sharing information among state team members
and agencies which provide services to children and families or investigate child deaths.
(3) Making suggestions and recommendations to appropriate participating agencies regarding
improving coordination of services and investigations. (4) Identifying trends relevant to
unexpected/unexplained child injury and death. (5) Reviewing reports from local child death
teams and, upon request of a local team, individual cases of child deaths. (6) Providing training
and written materials to the local teams to assist them in carrying out their duties. Such
written materials shall include model protocols for the operation of the local teams....
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