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6-5-522
Section 6-5-522 Evidence of medical expense reimbursement mitigates damages; cost of obtaining
reimbursement recoverable. In all product liability actions where damages for any medical
or hospital expenses are claimed and are legally recoverable for personal injury or death,
evidence that the plaintiff's medical or hospital expenses have been or will be paid or reimbursed
(1) by medical or hospital insurance, or (2) pursuant to the medical and hospital payment
provisions of law governing workmen's compensation, shall be admissible as competent evidence
in mitigation of such medical or hospital expense damages. In such actions upon admission
of evidence respecting reimbursement or payment of medical or hospital expenses, the plaintiff
shall be entitled to introduce evidence of the cost of obtaining reimbursement or payment
of medical or hospital expenses. Such portion of the costs of obtaining reimbursement or payment
of medical or hospital expenses as the trier of fact finds is...
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12-21-45
Section 12-21-45 Evidence that medical or hospital expenses to be paid or reimbursed admissible
as competent evidence. (a) In all civil actions where damages for any medical or hospital
expenses are claimed and are legally recoverable for personal injury or death, evidence that
the plaintiff's medical or hospital expenses have been or will be paid or reimbursed shall
be admissible as competent evidence. In such actions upon admission of evidence respecting
reimbursement or payment of medical or hospital expenses, the plaintiff shall be entitled
to introduce evidence of the cost of obtaining reimbursement or payment of medical or hospital
expenses. (b) In such civil actions, information respecting such reimbursement or payment
obtained or such reimbursement or payment which may be obtained by the plaintiff for medical
or hospital expenses shall be subject to discovery. (c) Upon proof by the plaintiff to the
court that the plaintiff is obligated to repay the medical or hospital expenses...
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6-5-545
Section 6-5-545 Evidence admissible that medical expenses will be reimbursed; information subject
to discovery. (a) In all actions where damages for any medical or hospital expenses are claimed
and are legally recoverable for personal injury or death, evidence that the plaintiff's medical
or hospital expenses have been or will be paid or reimbursed shall be admissible as competent
evidence. In such actions upon admission of evidence respecting reimbursement or payment of
medical or hospital expenses, the plaintiff shall be entitled to introduce evidence of the
cost of obtaining reimbursement or payment of medical or hospital expenses. (b) In such civil
actions, information respecting such reimbursement or payment obtained or such reimbursement
or payment which may be obtained by the plaintiff for medical or hospital expenses shall be
subject to discovery. (c) Upon proof by the plaintiff to the court that the plaintiff is obligated
to repay the medical or hospital expenses which have...
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6-5-524
Section 6-5-524 Evidence of reimbursement inadmissible if recipient must repay. Upon proof
by the plaintiff to the court that the plaintiff is obligated to repay the medical or hospital
expenses which have been or will be paid or reimbursed, no evidence relating to such reimbursement
or payment not otherwise admissible shall be admissible as a result of this division. (Acts
1979, No. 79-476, p. 876, §5.)...
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6-5-523
Section 6-5-523 Reimbursement for medical expenses discoverable. In all product liability actions
information respecting reimbursement or payment obtained or which may be obtained by the plaintiff
for medical or hospital expenses shall be subject to discovery. (Acts 1979, No. 79-476, p.
876, §4.)...
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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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25-5-77
Section 25-5-77 Expenses of medical and surgical treatment, vocational rehabilitation, medicine,
etc.; medical examinations; review by ombudsman of medical services. (a) In addition to the
compensation provided in this article and Article 4 of this chapter, the employer, where applicable,
shall pay the actual cost of the repair, refitting, or replacement of artificial members damaged
as the result of an accident arising out of and in the course of employment, and the employer,
except as otherwise provided in this amendatory act, shall pay an amount not to exceed the
prevailing rate or maximum schedule of fees as established herein of reasonably necessary
medical and surgical treatment and attention, physical rehabilitation, medicine, medical and
surgical supplies, crutches, artificial members, and other apparatus as the result of an accident
arising out of and in the course of the employment, as may be obtained by the injured employee
or, in case of death, obtained during the period...
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22-21-183
Section 22-21-183 Disposition of proceeds from borrowing. (a) The principal proceeds derived
from any borrowing made by the corporation under Section 22-21-182, other than borrowings
made for refunding purposes, shall be used solely for: (1) The purpose or purposes for which
such borrowing was authorized to be made, including architects' and engineers' fees; (2) Legal,
fiscal and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with such borrowing; (3) The
interest to accrue on any securities issued in evidence of such borrowing during a period
of not exceeding 36 months after the date of such borrowing; (4) The reimbursement to itself,
or to its general fund or any one or more of its other funds, to the county in which the corporation
is organized, to any municipality located, in whole or in part, in such county and to any
public agency, authority or body in such county, of any funds advanced to or for the benefit
of the corporation or any hospital owned by it and in anticipation of...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases as used
therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context
shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION. The money
benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and 4. The recovery
which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter is termed "recovery
of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34. "Compensation"
does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine, medical and surgical
supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account of an injury. (2) CHILD
or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children entitled by law
to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the family of the
deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this section,
the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. The design,
implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and
consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the
use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between
environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental
disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the
time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including
applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain,
or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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