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22-6-163
Section 22-6-163 Legislative findings; rules; collaboration; approval of agreements and contracts;
state action immunity; confidentiality of records; additional duties. (a) The Legislature
declares that collaboration among public payers, private health carriers, third party purchasers,
and providers to identify appropriate service delivery systems and reimbursement methods in
order to align incentives in support of integrated and coordinated health care delivery is
in the best interest of the public. Collaboration pursuant to this article is to provide quality
health care at the lowest possible cost to Alabama citizens who are Medicaid eligible. The
Legislature, therefore, declares that this health care delivery system affirmatively contemplates
the foreseeable displacement of competition, such that any anti-competitive effect may be
attributed to the state's policy to displace competition in the delivery of a coordinated
system of health care for the public benefit. In furtherance of...
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41-5A-12
Section 41-5A-12 Periodic examinations and audits of state and county offices, departments,
boards, etc. (a)(1) The books, records, vouchers, and accounts of every state and county office,
officer, bureau, board, commission, corporation, institution, department, and agency shall
be examined and audited at least once every two years and more frequently if deemed necessary
by the chief examiner. (2) The books, records, vouchers, and accounts of any state and county
office, officer, bureau, board, commission, corporation, institution, department, and agency
shall be examined and audited upon a request by the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the books, records, vouchers, and accounts
of municipal boards of education or any state entity holding assets within or outside this
state or within or outside the State Treasury may be examined and audited upon request of
the committee. (b) Examinations and audits required under this chapter...
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41-4-97
Section 41-4-97 Annual report by certain state agencies regarding receipt of federal funds.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) FEDERAL RECEIPTS. Federal financial assistance received or administered from federal entities
in the form of grants, loans, loan guarantees, property, cooperative agreements, interest
subsidies, insurance, food commodities, direct appropriations, other assistance, and amounts
received as reimbursement for services rendered to individuals, that is reported as part of
a single audit. (2) SINGLE AUDIT. An audit, as described under 31 U.S.C. ยง 7502(d), of a
non-federal entity that includes the entity's financial statements and federal awards. (3)
STATE AGENCY. An agency, department, authority, bureau, commission, or other administrative
office of the state, including the legislative and judicial branches of state government.
This term does not include a professional licensing board of the state. (b) A...
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9-16-74
Section 9-16-74 Surface Mining Commission - Powers. In addition to any other powers conferred
on it by law, the commission shall have the power to do all of the following: (1) Adopt, amend,
suspend, repeal, and enforce reasonably necessary rules and regulations, provided such rules
and regulations shall not be more stringent than those promulgated by federal law, or rule
or regulation, to control surface coal mining operations consistent with this article including
the declaration of public policy and legislative intent contained in Section 9-16-71. Such
rules and regulations may be for the state as a whole or may vary from area to area, as may
be appropriate to accomplish the policy and intent of this article and in order to take into
account varying local conditions. (2) Hold public hearings as may be specified by law relating
to any aspect or matter in the administration of this article and, in connection therewith,
administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses and the...
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16-17A-18
Section 16-17A-18 Legislative findings. In support of and in furtherance of the powers granted
in Section 16-17A-8, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Authorities
organized under this chapter and its university affiliates are performing essential public
functions on behalf of the state, the sponsoring university, and other governmental entities
in the state. (2) The nature and scope of the powers conferred on authorities and their university
affiliates by this chapter are such as may compel each authority and each university affiliate,
in the course of exercising its powers or by virtue of such exercise of such powers, to engage
in activities itself or in collaboration with public or private entities and individuals that
may be characterized as anticompetitive or may result in the acquisition or maintenance of
monopoly power within the meaning of state and federal antitrust laws or otherwise may have
the effect of displacing competition in the provision...
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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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41-4-110
Section 41-4-110 Established; duties; contracts for stationery, printing, paper, and fuel;
use of approved credit cards for certain purchases; State Procurement Fund. (a) There shall
be in the Department of Finance the Division of Purchasing. The functions and duties of the
Division of Purchasing shall be as follows: (1) To purchase all personal property and nonprofessional
services, except alcoholic beverages, which shall be purchased by the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board and except as otherwise provided by law, for the state and each department, board, bureau,
commission, agency, office, and institution thereof, except as provided in subsection (e).
(2) To make and supervise the execution of all contracts and leases for the use or acquisition
of any personal property and nonprofessional services unless otherwise provided by law. (3)
To fix standards of quality and quantity and to develop standard specifications for all personal
property and nonprofessional services acquired by the...
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16-6G-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan; summer
reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting requirements.
(a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade level by the
end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer a comprehensive core reading program
to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational reading skills.
In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students that does not
have instructional time included. (b) Based on the results of the reading assessment in Section
16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics of dyslexia,
shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his or her specific
deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading period and, if
a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the...
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16-44-1
Section 16-44-1 Governor authorized to enter into compact; form of compact. The Governor of
the State of Alabama is hereby authorized to enter into the compact for education in the form
substantially as follows: COMPACT FOR EDUCATION Article I. Purpose and Policy. A. It is the
purpose of this compact to: 1. Establish and maintain close cooperation and understanding
among executive, legislative, professional education and lay leadership on a nationwide basis
at the state and local levels. 2. Provide a forum for the discussion, development, crystallization
and recommendation of public policy alternatives in the field of education. 3. Provide a clearinghouse
of information on matters relating to educational problems and how they are being met in different
places throughout the nation. 4. Facilitate the improvement of state and local educational
systems. B. It is the policy of this compact to encourage and promote local and state initiative
in the development, maintenance, improvement and...
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34-11-35.1
Section 34-11-35.1 Legislative findings; rulemaking authority. (a) In addition to the powers
provided to the board by Section 34-11-35, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) The power to adopt rules regulating the practice of engineering and land surveying in
the state includes the power to prohibit unlicensed persons from practicing engineering or
land surveying and the power to regulate how licensed persons practice. (2) The primary goal
of the provision of engineering and land surveying in the state is to prioritize health, life,
safety, welfare, and property. (3) The board is in the best position to determine the engineering
and land surveying practices that prioritize health, life, safety, welfare, and property.
(4) Prioritizing health, life, safety, welfare, and property may sometimes be at odds with
the goals of state and federal antitrust laws which include prioritizing competition and efficiency.
(5) It is the intent of the Legislature, by passage of...
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