40-26B-81
Section 40-26B-81 Medicaid hospital access payments. (a) If the Medicaid Agency begins making payments pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, on or before September 30, 2019, to preserve and improve access to hospital services, for hospital inpatient and outpatient services rendered on or after October 1, 2018, the agency shall consider the published inpatient and outpatient rates as defined in Sections 40-26B-79 and 40-26B-80 as the minimum payment allowed. (b) If the Medicaid Agency does not begin making payments pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, on or before September 30, 2019, the aggregate hospital access payment amount is an amount equal to the upper payment limit, less total hospital base payments determined under this article. All publicly, state-owned, and privately operated hospitals shall be eligible for inpatient and outpatient hospital access payments for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, as set forth in this article. (1) In addition to any other...
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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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40-26B-79
Section 40-26B-79 Inpatient Medicaid base payments. If the Medicaid Agency begins making payments pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, on or before September 30, 2019, the agency shall pay hospitals as a base amount for state fiscal year 2019, for inpatient services an APR-DRG payment that is equal to the total modeled UPL submitted and approved by CMS during fiscal year 2019. If the agency begins making payments pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, on a date other than the first day of fiscal year 2019, there shall be no retroactive adjustment to payments already made to hospitals in accordance with the approved state plan. If approved by CMS, the agency shall publish the APR-DRG rates for each hospital prior to September 30, 2018. If the agency does not begin making payments pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, on or before September 30, 2022, the agency shall pay hospitals as a base amount for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, the total inpatient...
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40-26B-80
Section 40-26B-80 Outpatient Medicaid base payments. If the Medicaid Agency begins making payments pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, on or before September 30, 2019, the agency shall pay hospitals as a base amount for fiscal year 2019 for outpatient services based upon a fee for service and access payments or OPPS schedule. If the agency begins making payments pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, on a date other than the first day of fiscal year 2022, there shall be no retroactive adjustment to payments already made to hospitals in accordance with the approved state plan. Should the Medicaid Agency implement OPPS, the total amount budgeted (total base rate) for OPPS shall not be less than the total outpatient UPL. If the Medicaid Agency does not begin making payments pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, on or before September 30, 2019, the agency shall pay hospitals as a base amount for fiscal year 2019 for outpatient services, based upon an...
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40-26B-73
Section 40-26B-73 Hospital Assessment Account. (a)(1) There is created within the Health Care Trust Fund referenced in Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 22 of a designated account known as the Hospital Assessment Account. (2) The hospital assessments imposed under this article shall be deposited into the Hospital Assessment Account. (3) If the Medicaid Agency begins making payments under Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 22, while Act 2017-382 is in force, the hospital intergovernmental transfers imposed under this article shall be deposited into the Hospital Assessment Account. (b) Moneys in the Hospital Assessment Account shall consist of: (1) All moneys collected or received by the department from privately operated hospital assessments imposed under this article; (2) Any interest or penalties levied in conjunction with the administration of this article; and (3) Any appropriations, transfers, donations, gifts, or moneys from other sources, as applicable; and (4) If the Medicaid Agency...
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13A-11-61.2
Section 13A-11-61.2 Possession of firearms in certain places. (a) In addition to any other place limited or prohibited by state or federal law, a person, including a person with a permit issued under Section 13A-11-75(a)(1) or recognized under Section 13A-11-85, may not knowingly possess or carry a firearm in any of the following places without the express permission of a person or entity with authority over the premises: (1) Inside the building of a police, sheriff, or highway patrol station. (2) Inside or on the premises of a prison, jail, halfway house, community corrections facility, or other detention facility for those who have been charged with or convicted of a criminal or juvenile offense. (3) Inside a facility which provides inpatient or custodial care of those with psychiatric, mental, or emotional disorders. (4) Inside a courthouse, courthouse annex, a building in which a district attorney's office is located, or a building in which a county commission or city council is...
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22-21-265
Section 22-21-265 Certificates of need - Required for new institutional health service. (a) On or after July 30, 1979, no person to which this article applies shall acquire, construct, or operate a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or furnish or offer, or purport to furnish a new institutional health service, as defined in this article, or make an arrangement or commitment for financing the offering of a new institutional health service, unless the person shall first obtain from the SHPDA a certificate of need therefor. Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary, those facilities and distinct units operated by the Department of Mental Health, and those facilities and distinct units operating under contract or subcontract with the Department of Mental Health where the contract constitutes the primary source of income to the facility, shall not be required to obtain a certificate of need under this article. (b) Notwithstanding all other...
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40-26B-82
Section 40-26B-82 Effectiveness and cessation. (a) The assessment imposed under this article shall not take effect or shall cease to be imposed and any moneys remaining in the Hospital Assessment Account in the Alabama Medicaid Program Trust Fund shall be refunded to hospitals in proportion to the amounts paid by them if any of the following occur: (1) Expenditures for hospital inpatient and outpatient services paid for by the Alabama Medicaid Program for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, are less than the amount paid during fiscal year 2017. Reimbursement rates under this article for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, are less than the rates approved by CMS in Sections 40-26B-79 and 40-26B-80. (2) The Medicaid Agency makes changes in its rules that reduce hospital inpatient payment rates, outpatient payment rates, or adjustment payments, including any cost settlement protocol, that were in effect on September 30, 2019. (3) The inpatient or outpatient hospital access payments required...
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40-26B-71
Section 40-26B-71 Assessment. (a) For state fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, an assessment is imposed on each privately operated hospital in the amount of 6.00 percent of net patient revenue in fiscal year 2017, which shall be reviewed and updated annually, subject to limitations in this article on the use of funds in the Hospital Assessment Account. The assessment is a cost of doing business as a privately operated hospital in the State of Alabama. Annually, the Medicaid Agency shall make a determination of whether changes in federal law or regulation have adversely affected hospital Medicaid reimbursement during the most recently completed fiscal year, or a reduction in payment rates has occurred. If the agency determines that adverse impact to hospital Medicaid reimbursement has occurred, or will occur, the agency shall report its findings to the Chair of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee who shall propose an amendment to this article during any legislative session...
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40-26B-76
Section 40-26B-76 Notice of assessment. (a)(1) The department shall send a notice of assessment to each privately operated hospital informing the hospital of the assessment rate, the hospital's net patient revenue calculation, and the estimated assessment amount owed by the hospital for the applicable fiscal year. (2) Annual notices of assessment shall be sent at least 30 days before the due date for the first quarterly assessment payment of each fiscal year. (b)(1) The privately operated hospital shall have 30 days from the date of its receipt of a notice of assessment to review and verify the assessment rate, the hospital's net patient revenue calculation, and the estimated assessment amount. (2) If a privately operated hospital disputes the hospital's net patient revenue calculation and the estimated assessment amount, the hospital shall notify the department of the disputed amounts within 15 business days of notification of the assessment by the department. The hospital and the...
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