38-9-5
Section 38-9-5 Emergency protective services. When there is brought to the attention of a county department of human resources a person who is unable, because of physical or mental disabilities, to provide for his basic needs for shelter, food, clothing or health care, and whose health or safety is in immediate danger, the department may arrange for protective services with the consent of the person. If the person is incapable of giving consent or does not consent, the department shall petition the court for an order authorizing the department to arrange for care for such person immediately. Upon a determination by the court that such care is urgently and immediately necessary to protect the health or safety of the person, an appropriate order of the court shall be issued authorizing the department to arrange for the placement of such person in an approved foster home, licensed nursing home or other similar facility immediately. At the proceeding to obtain the necessary order, any...
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22-21-294
Section 22-21-294 Certification of indigency; rules. Not later than October 1, 1979, the Department of Human Resources shall adopt rules which provide a statewide eligibility standard to certify residents of each county as indigent for the purposes of this article. These rules shall further provide that certification as indigent for the purposes of this article may occur either prior to a person's admission to a regional referral hospital, or subsequent to such admission for an emergency condition, but in any event if a determination of whether a patient meets or does not meet eligibility standards for certification as indigent for the purpose of this article is not made within 90 days following written notification by the regional referral hospital to the county of residence of the patient's admission to a regional referral hospital, the patient shall be considered to have been a certified indigent patient upon admission. A patient certified as indigent for the purpose of this article...
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26-14-7.1
Section 26-14-7.1 Due process rights for persons under investigation by department. Any person who comes under investigation by the Department of Human Resources for the abuse or neglect of a child or children and who is employed by, serves as a volunteer for, holds a license or certificate for, or is connected with any facility, agency, or home which cares for and controls any children and which is licensed, approved, or certified by the state, operated as a state facility, or any public, private, or religious facility or agency that may be exempt from licensing procedures shall be granted the following due process rights by the Department of Human Resources: (1) The department shall notify the alleged perpetrator that an investigation has commenced against him or her after such investigation has officially begun in accordance with written policies established by the Department of Human Resources. The notice shall be in writing and shall state the name of the child or children...
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31-8-23
Section 31-8-23 Payment of pensions - When proof of identity of payee required. The county department of human resources, in the event it does not know that the person applying for such warrant is the identical person named in such warrant and entitled thereto, must require satisfactory proof of these facts before the delivery of such warrant. (Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2958; Code 1940, T. 60, §34.)...
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31-8-5
Section 31-8-5 Forms, etc., for use by applicants. The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources shall furnish to the county departments of human resources all necessary forms and stationery to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The cost of such forms and stationery shall be paid by the state as is other stationery. (Code 1907, §§2021, 2022; Acts 1919, No. 409, p. 535; Code 1923, §2953; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 172, p. 204; Code 1940, T. 60, §12.)...
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38-10-2
Section 38-10-2 Definitions. (a) As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources of the State of Alabama, including the state and county departments of human resources. (2) CHILD. A child as described or defined by the Social Security Act and amendments thereto and by state law. (3) SUPPORT. Support of a minor child and spousal support when such spousal support is incidental to child support as required by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. (4) SUPPORT PROGRAMS. Locating absent parents, establishing paternity, establishing or modifying support orders, enforcing support orders, collecting support and related matters as described or defined by the Social Security Act and amendments thereto and by state law. (5) ADC, AFDC, AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN, and AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN. Such terms shall have the same meaning and shall refer to the...
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38-13-8
Section 38-13-8 Confidentiality and disclosure of reports. (a) All reports of criminal history background information received by the Department of Human Resources from the Department of Public Safety shall be confidential and marked confidential with no further disclosure and shall not be made available for public inspection. (b) All criminal history background information reports shall be excluded from any requirement of public disclosure as a public record. (c) Without additional public disclosure, the following release of the criminal history background information report shall not be construed to violate this section: (1) Showing the report to the applicant or current employee. (2) Release of the report to a court of competent jurisdiction in the event of litigation brought by the applicant or employee. (3) Release of the report to a court of competent jurisdiction upon a finding that the information is material to the issues of the case before the court. (4) Use of the report in...
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38-2-12
Section 38-2-12 Authority of commissioner to destroy certain records, etc. (a) The Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources shall have the authority to destroy or cause to be destroyed, in his discretion: (1) RECORDS OF CERTAIN AGENCIES. - All records of the Alabama Relief Administration, the Alabama Transient Bureau and Surplus Commodity Distribution presently in the custody and under the control of the State Department of Human Resources. (2) OBSOLETE COUNTY CASE RECORD MATERIAL. - Obsolete case record material in the custody of county departments, subject to the following conditions: a. Case record material concerning old age pensions, aid to the blind, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, aid to dependent children and temporary aid shall be preserved for a period of at least five years from and after the date of the last contact with the county department by the subject of such material. b. All fiscal audits for the period in which the cases covered by such...
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38-4-13
Section 38-4-13 State public welfare trust fund. There is hereby created a state public welfare trust fund. All receipts of the State Department of Human Resources shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of this trust fund, including general fund appropriations, sales tax receipts, liquor profit receipts, the surplus of the Confederate pension fund, federal funds and all other receipts, income or gifts to the state department. Disbursements from the state public welfare trust fund shall be made on warrants drawn by the state comptroller on the state treasury, upon the authorization of the State Commissioner of Human Resources. (Acts 1951, No. 698, p. 1205.)...
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26-2A-114
Section 26-2A-114 Investigation and report. Before ruling on the petition, the court may order the Department of Human Resources or the court representative to do any or all of the following: (1) Conduct interviews with the following: a. The ward b. All petitioners. c. The relatives of the ward. d. To the extent practical, neighbors and, if known, close friends of the ward. (2) Inform the ward of the contents of the petition. (3) Determine whether the ward has the capacity to consent to the requested visitation. (4) Determine whether the ward desires the proposed visitation. (5) Report to the court in writing, at least seven days before the hearing, concerning subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive. (6) Mail, at least seven days before the hearing, a copy of the report referred to in subdivision (5) to all of the following: a. The petitioner or his or her attorney, if any. b. The guardian ad litem appointed to represent the ward for purposes of the petition for visitation. c. The guardian....
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