40-26B-85
Section 40-26B-85 Eligibility and benefit expansions. Except for Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, as amended, if the Medicaid Agency elects to liberalize the eligibility criteria for individuals who apply for Medicaid services or to expand or increase the medical assistance benefits as defined in Title XIX of the Social Security Act which it currently provides to Medicaid beneficiaries, the state share of such funds necessary to increase medical assistance benefits or allow more persons to become eligible for Medicaid shall only be appropriated from the state General Fund and not from any funds produced or segregated for hospital payments under this article. (Act 2009-549, p. 1454, §2; Act 2019-278, §1.)...
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16-25-14
Section 16-25-14 Retirement of members; benefits generally. (a)(1) Any Tier I plan member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 60 and any Tier II plan member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 62, or in the case of a Tier II plan member who is a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer as defined in Section 36-27-59, who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 56 with at least ten years of creditable service as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer may retire upon written application to the Board of Control setting forth at what time, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent to the execution and filing thereof, he or she desires to be retired; provided, that any such member who became a member on or after October 1, 1963, shall have completed 10 or more years of creditable service. (2) Any Tier I plan member who has attained age 60 and any Tier II plan member who...
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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive denials, adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health benefit plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by Alabama health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim or 30 calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service corporation, or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service corporation, or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and 30 calendar days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder of the reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is required to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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41-15B-2.2
5. Provision of other forensic services for children when requested by the council. b. The Department of Forensic Sciences shall prepare an annual accounting of the distribution of monies received and the effectiveness of programs implemented pursuant to this chapter and shall file the accounting with the council before July 1. Sufficient safeguards shall be implemented to ensure that the new monies increase and not supplant or decrease existing state support. (12) One-half of one percent of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Rehabilitation Services for distribution to one or more of the following: a. Early intervention services for children from birth through age three and services for children who have traumatic brain injury. b. Child death review teams pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 16 of Title 26. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall work in cooperation with the Department of Public Health to administer this paragraph. (Act 99-390, p. 628, §3.)...
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36-27-21.5
Section 36-27-21.5 Cost-of-living increase for persons who retired before October 1, 1984; retirees under Judicial Retirement Fund ineligible; funding of increase; eligibility of persons retired from unit participating under Section 36-27-6; persons whose Medicaid benefits would be impaired are ineligible; construction with other laws. (a) There is hereby provided contingent upon the funding provisions of subsection (c) of this section, commencing October 1, 1985, to each person whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees' Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1984, a cost-of-living increase of $2.00 per month for each year of creditable service attained by said member; provided, however, that any person retired under the provisions of Section 36-27-7, or 36-27-7.1, shall receive an increase of $1.00 per month for each year of creditable service attained by said member. (b) Any person retired under the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama...
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13A-9-150
improperly charted, coded, or billed for any medical or health care service, common practices, including but not limited to, repayment, even years later, may use as a defense to, or ground for dismissal of, a prosecution under this section. (i) The introduction into evidence of a paid state warrant to the order of the defendant is prima facie evidence that the defendant did receive public assistance from the state. (j) The introduction into evidence of a transaction history generated by a personal identification number (PIN) establishing a purchase or withdrawal by electronic benefit transfer is prima facie evidence that the identified recipient received public assistance from the state. (k)(1) If an original record is admissible in any case or proceeding in a court in the state, a certified copy of the record in the custody of any federal or state agency relating to an investigation of public assistance fraud under this section shall be admissible when certified and affirmed by the...
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27-14-11.1
27-14-11.1 Contents of policies - Denial or reduction of benefits due to Medicaid eligibility void. (a) For purposes of this section, "private insurer" is defined as any of the following: (1) Any commercial insurance company offering health or casualty insurance to individuals or groups, including both experience-rated contracts and indemnity contracts. (2) Any profit or nonprofit prepaid plan offering either medical services or full or partial payment for the diagnosis or treatment of an injury, disease, or disability. (3) Any organization administering health or casualty insurance plans for professional associations, unions, fraternal groups, employer-employee benefit plans, and any similar organization offering these payments or services, including self-insured and self-funded plans. (4) Any health insurer, including group health plans, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, self-insured plans, service benefit plans, managed care...
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31-9-83
Section 31-9-83 Distributions from fund; eligibility; purposes. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2018-94 IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 15, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Disbursements from the recovery fund for purposes set out in this section shall only be available as provided herein upon a proclamation from the Governor or Legislature made pursuant to Section 31-9-8, and a proclamation made by the local governing body in the county or municipality affected by the disaster. The following rules shall apply for all distributions from the recovery fund for purposes set out in this section: (1) Distributions may not be used for state emergency response and relief efforts, except as determined appropriate pursuant to rules adopted by the committee under Section 31-9-86. (2) Distributions under this section shall only be available to reimburse an eligible county or municipality for those expenses not covered by insurance or other similar programs....
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27-19-103
would result in economies of acquisition or administration. 3. The benefits are reasonable in relation to the premiums charged. (5) LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. Any insurance policy or rider advertised, marketed, offered, or designed to provide coverage for not less than 12 consecutive months for each covered person on an expense incurred, indemnity, prepaid, or other basis for one or more necessary or medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or personal care services, provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. This term includes group and individual annuities and life insurance policies or riders that provide directly or that supplement long-term care insurance. This term also includes a policy or rider that provides for payment of benefits based upon cognitive impairment or the loss of functional capacity. The term shall also include qualified long-term care insurance contracts. Long-term care insurance may be...
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45-8A-22.118
in the plan, then the defined benefit dollar limitation of subsection (b) shall be multiplied by a fraction, a. the numerator of which is the number of years, or part thereof, of participation in the plan, and b. the denominator of which is 10. However, in no event shall such fraction be less than 1/10th. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made to the defined benefit dollar limitation for a distribution on account of a participant becoming disabled by reason of personal injuries or sickness, or as a result of the death of a participant. For purposes of this section, a "year of participation" means each accrual computation period for which the following conditions are met: a. the participant is credited with a period of service for benefit accrual purposes, required under the terms of the plan in order to accrue a benefit for the accrual computation period, and b. the participant is included as a participant under the eligibility provisions of the plan for...
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