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38-5-6
Section 38-5-6 Relatives not legally liable for support, hospital and medical care,
etc. No relative shall be held legally liable to support or to contribute to the support of
any applicant for or recipient of assistance under this chapter. No relative shall be held
liable to defray in whole or in part the cost of any medical care or hospital care or other
service rendered to said recipient pursuant to any provision of this chapter if he is an applicant
for or a recipient of assistance under this chapter at the time such medical care or hospital
care or other service is rendered. (Acts 1963, No. 574, p. 1195, ยง6.)...
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22-19-161
Section 22-19-161 Definitions. In this article: (1) "Adult" means an individual
who is at least 18 years of age. (2) "Agent" means an individual: (A) authorized
to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health
care; or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by
any other record signed by the principal. (3) "Anatomical gift" means a donation
of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education. (4) "Coroner" means an elected or appointed official
who determines, with the assistance of other forensic scientists and investigators, the cause,
manner, and circumstances surrounding death. (5) "Decedent" means a deceased individual
whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term includes a stillborn
infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than this article, a fetus. (6) "Disinterested...
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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) 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. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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34-27B-2
Section 34-27B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy. (2) DIRECT
CLINICAL SUPERVISION. A situation where a licensed respiratory therapist or physician is available
for the purpose of communication, consultation, and assistance. (3) HEALTHCARE FACILITY. The
definition shall be the same as in Section 22-21-260. (4) MEDICALLY APPROVED PROTOCOL.
A detailed plan for taking specific diagnostic or treatment actions, or both, authorized by
the treating physician of the patient, all of which actions shall be: a. In a hospital or
other inpatient health care facility, approved by the supervising physician of the respiratory
therapist or in an outpatient treatment setting approved by the supervising physician of the
respiratory therapist. b. Except in cases of medical emergency, instituted following an evaluation
of the patient by a physician or otherwise directed by the supervising...
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34-25A-3
Section 34-25A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCREDITED FACILITY. A facility where prosthetic, orthotic, prosthetic
and orthotic, or pedorthic care is provided to patients needing such care and has met the
requirements of the board for such designation. The board shall require that all accredited
facilities meet the requirements of a national certifying board, recognized by the state board
in prosthetics, orthotics, and pedorthics accredited by the National Commission for Certifying
Agencies (NCCA) in the discipline or disciplines for which the application is made and meet
any other requirements of the board. The requirements may include custom and non-custom items
the board may determine are necessary to perform quality care and are typical in the course
of business. (2) ACCREDITED PEDORTHIC FACILITY. A facility where pedorthic care may be provided
that has met the requirements of the board for such designation. An...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases
as used therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the
context shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION.
The money benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and
4. The recovery which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter
is termed "recovery of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34.
"Compensation" does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine,
medical and surgical supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account
of an injury. (2) CHILD or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children
entitled by law to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the
family of the deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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26-23A-5
Section 26-23A-5 Publication of required materials. (a) The Department of Public Health
shall publish within 180 days after October 14, 2002, and shall update on an annual basis,
the following easily comprehensible printed materials: (1) Geographically indexed printed
materials designed to inform the woman of public and private agencies and services available
to provide medical and financial assistance to a woman through pregnancy, prenatal care, upon
childbirth, and while her child is dependent. The materials shall include a comprehensive
list of the agencies, a description of the services offered, and the telephone numbers and
addresses of the agencies. (2) The printed materials shall include a list of adoption agencies
geographically indexed and that the law permits adoptive parents to pay the cost of prenatal
care, childbirth, and neonatal care. (3) Printed materials that inform the pregnant woman
of the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the unborn child at...
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12-15-314
Section 12-15-314 Dispositions for dependent children. (a) If a child is found to be
dependent, the juvenile court may make any of the following orders of disposition to protect
the welfare of the child: (1) Permit the child to remain with the parent, legal guardian,
or other legal custodian of the child, subject to conditions and limitations as the juvenile
court may prescribe. (2) Place the child under protective supervision under the Department
of Human Resources. (3) Transfer legal custody to any of the following: a. The Department
of Human Resources. b. A local public or private agency, organization, or facility willing
and able to assume the education, care, and maintenance of the child and which is licensed
by the Department of Human Resources or otherwise authorized by law to receive and provide
care for the child. c. A relative or other individual who, after study by the Department of
Human Resources, is found by the juvenile court to be qualified to receive and care for the...
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22-6-6.1
Section 22-6-6.1 Assignment to state of recipients' rights to payments for medical care;
authorization to release needed information. (a) Every recipient of medical assistance under
the Alabama Medicaid Program shall be deemed to have made assignment to the State of Alabama
of any and all rights of his to medical support or payments for medical care from any person,
firm or corporation, together with the rights of any other individuals eligible for medical
assistance for whom he can legally make assignment. This assignment shall be effective to
the extent of the amount of medical assistance actually paid by the Medicaid Agency. The recipient
shall cooperate fully with the Medicaid Agency in its efforts to secure such rights, and shall
execute and deliver all instruments and papers needed by the Medicaid Agency in this regard.
(b) Every recipient of medical assistance under the Alabama Medicaid Program shall be deemed
to have authorized all third parties, including insurance companies...
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22-21-293
Section 22-21-293 Financial responsibility for out-of-county indigent patients treated
at a regional referral hospital. Ultimate financial responsibility for treatment received
at a regional referral hospital by a certified indigent patient, who is a resident of the
State of Alabama but is not a resident of the county in which the regional referral hospital
is located, shall be the obligation of the county of which the certified indigent patient
is a resident. A county's annual financial responsibility for each of its resident certified
indigent patients receiving treatment at a regional referral hospital shall be limited to
payment for 30 days or the number of days of services allowed per annum for the care of Medicaid
patients through the State Medicaid Program at the time of the patient's hospitalization,
whichever shall be less, at the per diem reimbursement rate currently in effect for the regional
referral hospital under the medical assistance program for the needy under Title...
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