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41-16-120
Section 41-16-120 Powers and duties; definitions. (a) The Director of the Department of Economic
and Community Affairs shall be responsible for the distribution, transfer, or disposal of
all surplus personal property owned by the state and all right, title, interest, and equity
in the property shall be transferred to the department for such purpose. The director may
delegate to the Director of the Surplus Property Division such supervision and control of
the distribution or disposal of state owned surplus personal property. (b) As used in this
article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DIVISION. Surplus Property Division of the Department of
Economic and Community Affairs. (2) SURPLUS PROPERTY. That property declared by the property
manager of each state department, bureau, board, commission, or agency to be surplus and so
designated in writing to the director of the division. All real property owned...
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12-5A-10
Section 12-5A-10 Operating expenses; inventory of county-owned property; election to transfer
property to state; county to provide office space, etc. (a) Except as otherwise provided in
this chapter, the operating expenses for the employees and positions covered by this chapter
shall be paid by the state from funds appropriated annually to the Unified Judicial System
from the Juvenile Probation Services Fund beginning on October 1 of the year of transition
for counties having a population of 99,000 or less according to the 1990 federal decennial
census. The expenses shall include, but not be limited to, the salary and expenses of all
eligible employees and positions, training and education for juvenile probation officers and
other staff, research, equipment, supplies, and state administrative staff. Staff and administrative
expenses of juvenile detention facilities and shelter care facilities are specifically excluded
from the assumption. (b) Upon the effective date of this chapter,...
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22-12B-2
Section 22-12B-2 Board established; composition; meetings; powers. There is hereby established
the Alabama Mothers and Babies Indigent Care Trust Board to administer said fund. The board
shall consist of the Governor, who shall serve as ex officio chairman, the commissioner of
the Alabama Medicaid Agency, the Finance Director and the State Health Officer. The board
shall meet as necessary to carry out its duties, upon three days' notice to all board members.
The board shall have the power to transfer moneys from the trust fund to the Alabama Medicaid
Agency to carry out the purposes, intent and provisions of this chapter. The Medicaid Agency
may accept unconditional and unrestricted transfers of such moneys. The existence or availability
of this trust fund shall not reduce appropriations from the State General Fund. (Acts 1987,
No. 87-707, p. 1245, §2.)...
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22-6-150
Section 22-6-150 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) 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. (2) CAPITATION
PAYMENT. A payment the state Medicaid Agency makes periodically to a contractor on behalf
of each recipient enrolled under a contract for the provision of medical services. (3) CARE
DELIVERY SYSTEM. The manner in which the benefits and services set forth in the state Medicaid
plan are provided to Medicaid beneficiaries. (4) COLLABORATOR. A private health carrier, third
party purchaser, provider, health care center, health care facility, state and local governmental
entity, or other public payers, corporations, individuals, and consumers who are expecting
to collectively cooperate, negotiate, or contract with another...
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40-26B-60
Section 40-26B-60 Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this article the following words have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DISPROPORTIONATE
SHARE HOSPITAL. A hospital meeting the requirements of Section 1923 of the Social Security
Act and other criteria adopted by the Alabama Medicaid Agency in its state plan for medical
assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. (2) FISCAL YEAR. An accounting period
of 12 months beginning on the first day of the first month of the state fiscal year. (3) HOSPITAL.
A facility, which is licensed as a hospital under the laws of the State of Alabama, provides
24-hour nursing services, and is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision
of doctors of medicine or osteopathy, inpatient services for the diagnosis, treatment, and
care or rehabilitation of persons who are sick, injured, or disabled. (4) PUBLICLY-OWNED HOSPITAL.
A hospital created and operating under the authority of a...
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22-6-153
Section 22-6-153 Contract to provide medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries; enrollment; grievance
procedures; duties of Medicaid Agency. (a) Subject to approval of the federal Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Medicaid Agency shall enter into a contract in each Medicaid
region for at least one fully certified regional care organization to provide, pursuant to
a risk contract under which the Medicaid Agency makes a capitated payment, medical care to
Medicaid beneficiaries. However, the Medicaid Agency may enter into a contract pursuant to
this section only if, in the judgment of the Medicaid Agency, care of Medicaid beneficiaries
would be better, more efficient, and less costly than under the then existing care delivery
system. The Medicaid Agency may contract with more than one regional care organization in
a Medicaid region. Pursuant to the contract, the Medicaid Agency shall set capitation payments
for the regional care organization. (b) The Medicaid Agency shall...
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22-6-156
Section 22-6-156 Contracts with alternate care providers. The Medicaid Agency may contract
with an alternate care provider in a Medicaid region only under the terms of this section:
(1) If a regional care organization failed to provide adequate service pursuant to its contract,
or had its certification terminated, or if the Medicaid Agency could not award a contract
to a regional care organization under the terms of Section 22-6-153, or if no organization
had been awarded a regional care organization certificate by October 1, 2016, or a later date
established by the Medicaid Agency if an extension is determined, in the Medicaid Agency's
sole discretion, to be in the best interest of the state, then the Medicaid Agency shall first
offer a contract, to resume interrupted service or to assume service in the region, under
the conditions of Section 22-6-153 to any other regional care organization that Medicaid judged
would meet its quality criteria. (2) If by October 1, 2014, no...
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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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22-6-120
Section 22-6-120 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds the following: (1) The availability
of appropriate pharmaceutical benefits to every Alabama citizen is a critical component to
the overall health of its population. (2) Alabama should strive to provide appropriate, safe,
effective, and cost-efficient pharmaceutical care to those who depend on health benefits through
state funded programs. (3) The Alabama Medicaid Agency should endeavor to manage the Medicaid
Pharmacy Program utilizing clinical management tools in a manner to foster optimal health
outcomes at reasonable costs. (4) State Medicaid programs and private insurance plans across
the country utilize preferred drug lists as an effective way to foster and encourage clinically
appropriate and safe use of pharmaceuticals in a cost-effective manner. (5) Based on the proven
effectiveness of preferred drug programs to foster appropriate use of drugs, it is in the
best interests of Alabama and its citizens for the Alabama...
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27-21B-9
Section 27-21B-9 Garnishment of wages. (a) The Alabama Medicaid Agency may garnish the wages,
salary, or other employment income of any person who is required by a court or administrative
order to provide coverage of the costs of health services to a child who is eligible for medical
assistance and has received payment from a third party for the cost of services for the child
but has not used the payments to reimburse the other parent or guardian of the child, the
provider of services, or the Alabama Medicaid Agency for its payments made. Current or past
due child support shall have priority over claims for the costs of the services. (b) In addition
to the powers granted in subsection (a), the Alabama Medicaid Agency may notify the State
Department of Revenue of any amounts due under this section. Upon proper and timely notice,
the department shall withhold any amount from any state tax refund due to the above-described
person. (Acts 1994, No. 94-710, p. 1377, §9.)...
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