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40-26B-20
Section 40-26B-20 Definitions. The following words, terms, and phrases shall have the
following meanings: (1) BED. Any bed that is licensed by the Alabama Department of Health
and its successor agency to provide nursing home care which is in a nursing facility. (2)
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama. (3) FISCAL YEAR. An accounting
period of 12 months beginning on the first day of the first month of the state fiscal year.
(4) MEDICAID PROGRAM. The medical assistance program as established in Title XIX of the Social
Security Act and as administered in the State of Alabama by the Alabama Medicaid Agency pursuant
to executive order and Title 560 of the Alabama Administrative Code. (5) NURSING FACILITY.
An institution which is licensed under the laws of the State of Alabama as a skilled nursing
facility or an intermediate nursing facility. Nursing facility shall not include any facility
owned or operated by, or operating under an exclusive contract with, the State...
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22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms,
and the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section,
unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal
equitable title to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit
of such titles or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy,
settlement of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term
"acquisition" shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien
or security interest by mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing
instrument, nor shall it mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the
foreclosure, or conveyance or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed
of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include
any...
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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-21
Section 40-26B-21 Privilege assessment on nursing facilities. To provide further for
the availability of indigent health care, the operation of the Medicaid program, and the maintenance
and expansion of medical services: (a) There is levied and shall be collected a privilege
assessment on the business activities of every nursing facility in the State of Alabama. The
privilege assessment imposed is in addition to all other taxes and assessments, and shall
be at the annual rate of one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six cents
($1,899.96) for each bed in the nursing facility. Beginning September 1, 2020, the privilege
assessment shall be increased from one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six
cents ($1,899.96) for each bed in the nursing facility, by an addition to the privilege assessment
equal to three hundred twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents ($327.48) per annum. The
addition to the privilege assessment shall be paid in equal monthly...
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34-17A-5
Section 34-17A-5 Exemptions. (a) The following persons shall be exempt from this chapter:
(1) A person practicing marriage and family therapy as part of his or her duties as an employee
of a recognized educational institution; a federal, state, county, or municipal governmental
institution or agency; a public corporation authorized by Section 22-51-2, which is
certified by the Alabama Department of Mental Health pursuant to a contract with the State
of Alabama; or an organization that is nonprofit while performing those duties for which the
employee was employed by the institution, agency, facility, or organization. (2) A person
who is a marriage and family therapy intern or person preparing for the practice of marriage
and family therapy under qualified supervision in a training institution or facility or supervisory
arrangement recognized and approved by the board, provided, that he or she is designated by
title as a "marriage and family therapy intern," "marriage therapy intern,"...
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40-26B-26
Section 40-26B-26 Reduction of revenues; reimbursement computations; quality incentive
program. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2020-147 IN THE 2020 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE
MAY 18, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) No revenues resulting from the
privilege assessment established by this article and applied to increases in covered services
or reimbursement levels or other enhancements of the Medicaid program shall be subject to
reduction or elimination while the privilege assessment is in effect. (b) Every nursing facility
participating in the Medicaid program in the State of Alabama shall be reimbursed according
to the reimbursement methodology contained in Chapter 560-X-22 of the Alabama Medicaid Agency
Administrative Code (Supp. 12/31/95) on January 31, 1998, which methodology is incorporated
by reference herein, except that the following shall apply: (1) The ceiling for the operating
cost center described in Title 560-X-22-.06 (2)(a) of the Alabama Medicaid...
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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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22-50-11
Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers. The Department of Mental
Health is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner:
(1) It is authorized and directed to set up state plans for the purpose of controlling and
treating any and all forms of mental and emotional illness and any and all forms of mental
retardation and shall divide the state into regions, districts, areas or zones, which need
not be geographic areas, but shall be areas for the purpose of establishing priorities and
programs and for organizational and administrative purposes in accordance with these state
plans. (2) It is designated and authorized to supervise, coordinate, and establish standards
for all operations and activities of the state related to mental health and the providing
of mental health services; and it is authorized to receive and administer any funds available
from any source for the purpose of acquiring building sites for, constructing,...
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40-26B-23
Section 40-26B-23 Filing of statement; privilege assessment prorated for beds added
or subtracted; penalty. (a) On or before the twentieth of each month, beginning October 1991,
each nursing facility subject to this article shall file with the department a statement under
penalty of perjury on forms prescribed by the department, showing the total number of beds
as of the last day of the previous month, the privilege assessment due under this article,
and such other reasonable and necessary information as the department, after consultation
with the Alabama Medicaid Agency and adoption of appropriate rules and regulations, may require
for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this article. At the time of filing such statement
the nursing facility shall pay to the department the amount of privilege assessments shown
to be due. (b) The annual privilege assessments levied by this article shall be prorated on
a month by month basis for any beds added to or subtracted from the nursing...
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