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40-26B-2
Section 40-26B-2 Privilege tax upon providers of pharmaceutical services; exceptions. To provide
further for the availability of indigent health care, the operation of the Medicaid Program
and the maintenance and expansion of medical services thereunder, there is hereby levied and
shall be collected as provided in this article a privilege tax on the business activities
of every provider of pharmaceutical services to the citizens of Alabama, except for a pharmacy,
or portion thereof, serving hospital inpatients or pharmacies owned or operated by the State
of Alabama or an agency thereof. The privilege tax imposed by this article is in addition
to all other taxes of any kind now imposed by law, and shall be at the rate of 10 cents for
each prescription filled or refilled for a citizen of Alabama. (Acts 1991, No. 91-124, p.
148, §2; Act 2002-414, p. 1058, §1.)...
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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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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the
South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered
by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state
in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization
of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of
flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial
growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized
and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended
to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize
and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and
implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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26-1-2
Section 26-1-2 Durable power of attorney; appointment by court of guardian, etc., subsequent
to execution of durable power of attorney; effect of death of principal upon agency relationship;
affidavit by person exercising power of attorney as to lack of knowledge of revocation, etc.;
health care power of attorney. (a) A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which
a principal designates another his or her attorney in fact or agent in writing and the writing
contains the words "This power of attorney shall not be affected by disability, incompetency,
or incapacity of the principal" or "This power of attorney shall become effective
upon the disability, incompetency, or incapacity of the principal" or similar words showing
the intent of the principal that the authority conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding
the principal's subsequent disability, incompetency, or incapacity. (b) All acts done by an
attorney in fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any...
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36-35-3
Section 36-35-3 Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board. (a) The Alabama Prescription Cost
Initiative Board is created. (b) The board shall consist of the following voting members:
The executive director or chief staff person of the State Employees Insurance Board (SEIB)
and the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Plan (PEEHIP), the Chair of the Board
of Directors of SEIB, the Chair of the Board of Directors of PEEHIP, and the State Health
Officer. The Director of the Medicaid Agency may serve in a nonvoting capacity. (c) The board
shall promulgate policies to implement this chapter and may hire an executive director and
necessary staff to implement and administer this chapter with or without regard to the state
Merit System. (d) The board through its executive director may enter into agreements with
a prescription drug buying group or manufacturer to negotiate price discounts or rebates on
behalf of the board or any participating department or governmental entity. (e) The...
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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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40-26B-3
Section 40-26B-3 Payment and collection of tax; appropriation of funds and use by Alabama Medicaid
Agency. (a) The taxes imposed by this article shall be due and payable to the department on
or before the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues,
and shall, when collected, be paid by the department into the State Treasury. Payment by United
States mail will be timely if mailed in accordance with Section 40-1-45. When paid into the
State Treasury, all such taxes shall be deposited to the credit of the Alabama Health Care
Trust Fund. (b) The receipts from the tax levied in this article shall be solely available
for appropriation by the Alabama Legislature to the Alabama Medicaid Agency for use by said
agency in accomplishing the purposes of this article. Provided, however, for the first fiscal
year in which this article is effective, to defray its expenses, including salaries and costs
of operation incident to the collection of this tax, there is...
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45-37-171.44
Section 45-37-171.44 Ability to pay fees; increase in costs and fees; funding. No person shall
be denied any service because that person, or if a minor, the parent or legal guardian of
such person, is unable to pay the fee for such service established pursuant to this subpart.
The determination of a person's ability to pay shall be made in confidence and under circumstances
that will protect the dignity of the person receiving the service. Using any appropriate standards
of ability to pay for health care provided by the United States Government or any agency thereof,
the Jefferson County Board of Health may establish a sliding fee scale based on a person's
ability to pay. Any provision of this subpart to the contrary notwithstanding, this subpart
shall not be interpreted or applied to authorize any increase in the fees, if any, that any
person may be required to pay for any examination, treatment, vaccination, inoculation, or
other health care service of any kind that, as of September...
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22-11D-2
Section 22-11D-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Health. (2) COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. A radio and land
line network complying with the board's rules and which provides rapid public access, coordinated
central dispatching of services, and coordination of personnel, equipment, and facilities
in the trauma and health system. (3) COUNCIL. The Statewide Trauma and Health System Advisory
Council. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health. (5) DESIGNATION. A formal
determination by the department that a hospital is capable of providing designated trauma
or other specific health care as authorized by this chapter. (6) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE.
The organization responding to a perceived individual's need for immediate medical care in
order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or
injury. (7) HEALTH CARE CENTER. A hospital that voluntarily...
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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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