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27-1-18
Section 27-1-18 Contract providing for mental health services to entitle insured to reimbursement
for outpatient and inpatient services by qualified psychiatrist or psychologist. (a) Whenever
any group, or blanket hospital or medical expense insurance policy or hospital or medical
service contract issued for delivery in this state provides for the reimbursement of health
or health related services which includes mental health services, and such services are within
the lawful scope of practice of a duly qualified psychiatrist or psychologist, the insured
or other person entitled to benefits under such policy or contract shall be entitled to reimbursement
for outpatient services, and inpatient services if requested by the attending physician, performed
by a duly qualified psychiatrist or psychologist notwithstanding any provisions of the policy
or contract to the contrary. (b) For purposes of this section, a duly qualified psychologist
means, one who is duly licensed or certified at the...
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27-21A-29
Section 27-21A-29 Existing health maintenance organizations. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this chapter, any health maintenance organization licensed by the State Board
of Health and in operation on May 29, 1986, shall be granted a certificate of authority upon
payment of the application fee prescribed in Section 27-21A-21 and compliance with Section
27-21A-12. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any such health maintenance organization
from continuing to conduct business in this state until such certificate of authority is issued.
(b) Any health maintenance organization which was licensed in this state prior to January
1, 1986, may continue to operate under existing noncontractual provider arrangements (which
have been approved by the State Health Officer) for three years. (c) After issuance of a certificate
of authority in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may require
submission by the health maintenance organization of any additional...
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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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22-52-17
Section 22-52-17 Public facilities other than Department of Mental Health not required to perform
mental evaluations; exceptions. Notwithstanding any other language in this article, the following
limitations shall apply. No public facility other than the Department of Mental Health may
be required (as distinguished from authorized) by the probate court to perform any mental
evaluation of a person sought to be committed for use in any final commitment hearing except:
(1) In an emergency case wherein no other source or agency which is funded or mandated by
federal law, state law or both to provide such services is objectively capable of performing
such evaluation within the time limit imposed by law; or (2) In an emergency case wherein
no other source or agency operates to perform such evaluation in such emergency case, a public
hospital may be required to accept a person sought to be committed for the provision of hospital
care, if such person is admitted to the public hospital or other...
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12-5A-9
Section 12-5A-9 Participation of eligible employees in Employees' Retirement System; creditable
service; formal leave accounting system; inclusion in health insurance plan. (a) Class specifications
and rates of compensation for employees covered by this chapter, juvenile probation officers,
juvenile probation professional staff, and clerical staff, hereafter called "eligible
employees," and any future employees occupying those positions shall be established by
the Administrative Director of Courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the compensation of
any employee shall not be diminished as a result of his or her inclusion in the state court
system personnel system. (b) Eligible employees included in the state court system personnel
system pursuant to this chapter shall, on October 1 of the year their county transitions,
be covered by the Employees' Retirement System. An employee who on that date is participating
in a local retirement plan other than a unit administered by the Employees'...
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22-3A-19
Section 22-3A-19 Certain public health facilities as primary obligation of authority; reimbursement
to counties; refinancing or refunding of obligations. (a) As its primary obligation under
this chapter, the authority shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section,
expend the net proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds herein provided (other than refunding
bonds), together with the income from the investment of such proceeds, for the purpose of
paying the costs of acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping public health facilities
in the following locations and in the following amounts: County Municipality or Locality Total
Autauga Prattville $8,318 Baldwin Bay Minette 556,649 Baldwin Fairhope 619,694 Baldwin Foley
542,375 Barbour Clayton 122,267 Barbour Eufaula 559,930 Bibb Centreville 739,481 Blount Oneonta
383,936 Bullock Union Springs 549,960 Butler Greenville 683,291 Calhoun Anniston 2,000,000
Chambers LaFayette 531,844 Chambers Valley 170,723...
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16-25A-5
Section 16-25A-5 Authorization for health insurance plan; election of optional or supplemental
coverage. (a) The board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a fully insured or
self-insured health insurance plan for employees and, under certain conditions, retired employees
and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan subject
to such limitations as may be contained in this article. Such plan may provide for group hospitalization,
surgical, medical, cancer, cash indemnity, and dental 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 hospital/medical expenses indemnity benefits, including major medical
benefits or such other coverage or benefits as may be deemed appropriate and desirable by
the board, within the limits of such funds as may be...
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26-10B-8
Section 26-10B-8 Department to provide coverage and benefits not provided by residence state;
procedure for reimbursement. The State Department of Human Resources shall provide coverage
and benefits for a child who is in another state and who is covered by an adoption assistance
agreement made by the State Department of Human Resources for coverage or benefits, if any,
not provided by the residence state. To this end, the adoptive parents acting for the child
must obtain prior approval from the State Department of Human Resources and may submit evidence
of payment for services or benefit amounts not payable in the residence state and shall be
reimbursed therefor. However, there shall be no reimbursement for services or benefit amounts
covered under any insurance or other third party medical contract or arrangement held by the
child or the adoptive parents. The State Department of Human Resources shall make regulations
implementing this section. Among other things, such regulations...
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27-20A-3
Section 27-20A-3 Benefits required. The benefits to be offered under this chapter shall include
inpatient or residential treatment rendered to the insured, subscriber or other person covered,
at a state licensed hospital or at a short term residential alcoholism treatment facility
or detoxification facility duly licensed or certified as such by the Alabama Board of Health
or the Alabama Mental Health Board. Benefits shall also include outpatient treatment rendered
to the insured, subscriber or other person covered, by a duly licensed doctor of medicine
or by an alcoholism treatment facility duly licensed or certified as such by the Alabama Board
of Health or the Alabama Mental Health Board. (Acts 1979, No. 79-436, p. 701, ยง3.)...
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27-57-5
Section 27-57-5 Coverage by participating providers; selection criteria and utilization protocols;
maximum benefits, exclusions, etc. (a) This chapter does not require and shall not be construed
to require the coverage of services of providers who are not designated as covered providers,
or who are not selected as a participating provider, by a group health benefit plan or insurer
having a participating network of service providers. Nothing in this chapter is intended to
expand the list or designation of participating providers as specified in any health benefit
plan. (b) Insurers or other issuers of any health benefit plan covered by this chapter shall
continue to be able to establish and apply selection criteria and utilization protocols for
health care providers including the designation of types of providers for which coverage is
provided as well as credentialing criteria used in the selection of providers. (c) A group
health benefit plan, policy, or contract that provides coverage...
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