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22-6-154
Section 22-6-154 Quality assurance committee; collection and publication of information. (a)
The Medicaid Agency shall create a quality assurance committee appointed by the Medicaid Commissioner.
The members of the committee shall serve two-year terms. At least 60 percent of the members
shall be physicians who provide care to Medicaid beneficiaries served by a regional care organization.
In making appointments to the committee, the Medicaid Commissioner shall seek input from the
appropriate professional associations. (b) The committee shall identify objective outcome
and quality measures, including measures of outcome and quality for ambulatory care, inpatient
care, chemical dependency and mental health treatment, oral health care, and all other health
services provided by coordinated care organizations. Quality measures adopted by the committee
shall be consistent with existing state and national quality measures. The Medicaid Commissioner
shall incorporate these measures into...
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38-9A-1
Section 38-9A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a)
ADULT. An individual 18 years of age or older with a developmental disability. (b) AGENCY.
Any public state agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Mental Health, Department
of Public Health, and Department of Education. (c) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18
who has a developmental disability or who is at risk for a developmental disability. A child
under the age of six is considered at risk for a developmental disability if the child has
substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition that has a high
probability of resulting in a developmental disability if services are not provided. (d) COMMUNITY
COUNCIL. A local council composed of people with a developmental disability and their family
members who supervise the implementation of the program in its...
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22-52-10.6
Section 22-52-10.6 Petition for renewal of inpatient commitment order; probate court; special
judge; notice; hearing. (a) A petition for renewal of an inpatient commitment order may be
filed by the director of a state mental health facility or his designee at least 30 days prior
to the expiration of the current commitment order. The petition, together with a copy of the
original commitment order and copies of any subsequent renewal commitment orders, shall be
filed with the probate court of the county where the facility is located. The petition shall
explain in detail why renewal of the order is being requested, and shall further explain in
detail why less restrictive conditions of treatment are not appropriate. (b) Such probate
court may consider, hear, and enter appropriate orders pursuant to this section or may request
that the case be heard by a special judge of probate. (c) Whenever and wherever it shall become
necessary that a special judge of probate be provided to hear and...
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36-27-5.1
Section 36-27-5.1 Participation of employees of regional or local legislative delegation office.
(a) Any person who is employed full-time by a regional or local legislative delegation office
shall be deemed to be an "employee" of the State of Alabama, as defined in Section
36-27-1. From the date he assumes his duties, any such person shall be deemed to be a "member"
of the state Employees' Retirement System, as defined in Section 36-27-4; provided, that the
required contributions are made to the system. (b) Any person serving as of October 1, 1991,
shall be entitled to receive credit toward his retirement allowance for any service previously
rendered as an employee of a regional or local legislative delegation office, and any person
employed by such offices thereafter shall become a member of the Employees' Retirement System
as a condition of employment. If he elects to do so, he may notify the Board of Control of
the Employees' Retirement System of his intention to claim such credit...
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38-7-3
Section 38-7-3 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Requirements; recordkeeping;
parental notifications, etc.; affidavits; inspections and investigations. (a) No person, group
of persons, or corporation may operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined
in this chapter, without being licensed or approved as provided in this chapter. (b)(1) Except
as provided in subdivision (2), the licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to
a child-care facility that is operating as an integral part of a local church ministry or
a religious nonprofit school, and is so recognized in the church or school's documents, whether
operated separately or as a part of a religious nonprofit school unit, secondary school unit,
or institution of higher learning under the governing board or authority of the local church
or its convention, association, or regional body to which it may be subject. (2) A child-care
facility that receives state or federal funds or is operating for...
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12-15-130
Section 12-15-130 Ordering, conduct, and certification of findings of mental and physical examinations
of children; minors or children believed to be individuals with a mental illness or an intellectual
disability; treatment or care for children; payment; authority to order emergency medical
care for children. (a) Where there are indications that a child may be physically ill, a child
with mental illness or an intellectual disability, or an evaluation of a child is needed to
help determine issues of competency to understand judicial proceedings, mental state at the
time of the offense, or the ability of the child to assist his or her attorney, the juvenile
court, on its own motion or motion by the prosecutor, or that of the child's attorney or guardian
ad litem for the child, may order the child to be examined at a suitable place by a physician,
psychiatrist, psychologist, or other qualified examiner, under the supervision of a physician,
psychiatrist, or psychologist who shall certify...
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22-52-31
Section 22-52-31 Proceedings for civil commitment of persons accused of crimes, committed to
custody of Department of Mental Health and determined to be unable to attain capacity to proceed
to trial in foreseeable future; effect of such civil commitment upon statute of limitations,
etc. (a) Upon certification by the superintendent of Bryce or Searcy Hospital or any other
facility so designated by the commissioner that any person accused of a crime and committed
to the custody of the department in one of its facilities has been determined by appropriate
members of the medical staffs of said facilities as designated by the superintendent to be
unable to attain the capacity to proceed to trial in the foreseeable future, the commissioner
or his designee is hereby authorized to petition the judges of probate of Tuscaloosa or Mobile
Counties or any judge of probate where such facility exists for an order of civil commitment
to the Department of Mental Health. All of the subsequent provisions...
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26-16-70
Section 26-16-70 Membership; eligibility. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the following meanings: (1) FORENSIC INTERVIEW. The same meaning as in Section 12-15-301.
(2) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. The police department for the municipality and the sheriff's
department for the county in which a child advocacy center is located. (3) MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
An individual holding a master's or higher degree in social work, mental health counseling,
or other social work related or mental health counseling related field of study, and who has
received special training regarding child maltreatment and child trauma. (b) In order to become
eligible for a full membership in the Alabama Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Incorporated,
child advocacy centers in this state shall: (1) Incorporate as a nonprofit agency under the
requirements of Section 10A-3-1.01 et seq. (2) Utilize a neutral, child-focused facility where
forensic interviews, conducted jointly by...
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45-35-232.20
Section 45-35-232.20 Work release for gainful employment conducive to rehabilitation. A person
who has been sentenced or committed to the county jail in Houston County, from a city court,
district court, circuit court, or other court with appropriate jurisdiction, under a criminal
sentence, including a person sentenced to a state prison or into the custody of the Department
of Corrections who has been deemed not to be a threat to the community and who has not been
transferred to a Department of Corrections' facility may be released at the discretion of
the sentencing court, either on its motion or upon the motion of the defendant, at the time
of sentence or at any time during the term of sentence, for the purpose of obtaining and working
at gainful employment or for other purposes as the court may deem conducive to rehabilitation,
for such time or intervals of time and under the terms and conditions as the court may order.
Any part of a day spent outside of jail under a release order...
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45-35-232.27
Section 45-35-232.27 Release pending trial; order. (a) A person in Houston County charged with
an offense, at an appearance before a judicial officer, may be ordered released pending a
trial on personal recognizance or upon the execution of an unsecured appearance bond in an
amount specified by the judicial officer, unless the judicial officer determines, in the exercise
of discretion, that release will not reasonably assure the appearance of the person as required.
(b) No person in Houston County charged with an offense shall be considered for the program
created by this subpart until the accused's first appearance before a judicial officer. (c)
In determining which conditions of release will reasonably assure the appearance of a person
as required, the judicial officer, on the basis of available information as presented by the
state, city, or their representative, respectively, or the defendant, shall consider matters
such as the nature and circumstances of the offense charged, the...
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