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22-5A-5
Section 22-5A-5 Procedures for receiving complaints; informing recipients of ombudsman program.
The State Ombudsman shall establish written procedures for receiving complaints involving
long-term residential health care facilities and their employees. The Department of Senior
Services shall provide to health care, domiciliary and residential facilities written information
on the ombudsman program to be distributed to recipients at the time of admission, or rendering
of care and/or treatment at a facility. (Acts 1985, No. 85-657, p. 1029, §5.)...
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22-21-271.1
Section 22-21-271.1 Certificates of need - Fee increases. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding,
the staff agency of the State Health Planning and Development Agency or its executive director
may not increase or set any fees otherwise authorized relating to the certificate of need
process pursuant to this article. (b) Any fee increase by the staff agency of the State Health
Planning and Development Agency or its executive director adopted after January 1, 1998, is
rescinded and shall not be operative unless readopted in accordance with this section. (c)
Any fee increase related to the certificate of need process of the State Health Planning and
Development Agency shall be adopted as a rule pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. (d)(1) For the purpose of this section, the term "State
Health Planning and Development Agency" means the CON review board which is defined as
the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) in subdivision...
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34-19-21
Section 34-19-21 Coverage or reimbursement for services not required. Nothing contained in
this chapter shall be construed to create a requirement that any health benefit plan, group
insurance plan, policy, or contract for health care services that covers hospital, medical,
or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations,
medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or any other person, firm,
corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for, purchases, or
furnishes group health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries in this state,
including entities created pursuant to Article 6, commencing with Section 10A-20-6.01, of
Chapter 20, Title 10A, provide coverage or reimbursement for the services described or authorized
in this chapter. (Act 2017-383, §4.)...
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22-11A-117
Section 22-11A-117 Studies and publication. The department may undertake a reasonable number
of studies and publish information in collaboration with licensed health care providers based
upon the data obtained pursuant to the provisions of this article. One of the purposes for
such studies will be to provide specific comparative health care facility acquired infection
rates. The department shall allow all health care facilities that have submitted data which
will be used in any report to review and comment on the report prior to its publication or
release for general public use. The department shall include comments of a health care facility,
at the option of the health care facility, in the publication, if the department does not
change the publication based upon those comments. (Act 2009-490, p. 900, §8.)...
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22-21-41
Section 22-21-41 Duties of State Board of Health. When the State Board of Health receives submittals
of plans, drawings, and specifications for the construction, addition to, or alteration of
health care facilities for the purposes of review and approval, the State Board of Health
shall make reviews of submitted plans, drawings, and specifications and inspections or investigations
of the construction as it deems necessary. In addition, the State Board of Health shall make
a final inspection of the submitted project at the appropriate time. The State Board of Health
shall prescribe by rule the procedure for a licensee, applicant, or submitter to pay fees
required by this article and to submit plans, drawings, and specifications to the State Board
of Health for preliminary review or inspection and approval or recommendation with respect
to compliance with rules of the State Board of Health. In exchange for fees included in the
fee schedule provided herein, the State Board of Health shall...
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40-26B-21
Section 40-26B-21 Privilege assessment on nursing facilities. To provide further for the availability
of indigent health care, the operation of the Medicaid program, and the maintenance and expansion
of medical services: (a) There is levied and shall be collected a privilege assessment on
the business activities of every nursing facility in the State of Alabama. The privilege assessment
imposed is in addition to all other taxes and assessments, and shall be at the annual rate
of one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six cents ($1,899.96) for each
bed in the nursing facility. Beginning September 1, 2020, the privilege assessment shall be
increased from one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-six cents ($1,899.96)
for each bed in the nursing facility, by an addition to the privilege assessment equal to
three hundred twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents ($327.48) per annum. The addition
to the privilege assessment shall be paid in equal monthly...
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22-11D-6
Section 22-11D-6 Statewide registries. (a) The department shall establish a statewide trauma
registry and may establish other registries to collect and analyze data on the incidence,
severity, and causes of trauma, including traumatic brain injury and other health care illnesses,
such as stroke. The registries shall be used to improve the availability and delivery of pre-hospital
or out-of-hospital care and hospital trauma or other health care services. Specific data elements
of the registries shall be defined by rule of the department. Every health care facility that
is designated by the department as a trauma or health care center shall furnish data to the
registries. All other health care facilities shall furnish trauma or other health data as
required by rule of the department. (b) All data collected pursuant to this section shall
be held confidential pursuant to state and federal laws, rules, and policies. (Act 2007-299,
p. 541, §6; Act 2012-526, p. 1556, §1.)...
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22-21-268
Section 22-21-268 Certificates of need - Emergency certificate prior to hearing. Any person
may apply, either independently and without notice under Section 22-21-267 or as a part of
an application filed under Section 22-21-267, for an emergency certificate of need for the
authorization of capital expenditures made necessary by unforeseen events which endanger the
health and safety of the patients. Emergency capital expenditures include, but are not necessarily
limited to, emergency expenditures to maintain quality care, to overcome failure of fixed
equipment, including heating and air conditioning equipment, elevators, electrical transformers
and switch gear, sterilization equipment, emergency generators, water supply and other utility
connections. Applications for emergency certificates of need shall include a description of
the work to be done and/or equipment to be purchased, the cost thereof, justification for
considering the capital expenditure as being of an emergency nature and...
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22-21B-4
Section 22-21B-4 Participation in a health care service that violates the conscience of health
care provider; written objection; liability. (a) A health care provider has the right not
to participate, and no health care provider shall be required to participate, in a health
care service that violates his or her conscience when the health care provider has objected
in writing prior to being asked to provide such health care services. (b) When objecting in
writing in accordance with this chapter, no health care provider shall be civilly, criminally,
or administratively liable for declining to participate in a health care service that violates
his or her conscience except when failure to do so would immediately endanger the life of
a patient. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person, health care provider, health care institution,
public or private institution, public official, or any board which certifies competency in
medical or health care specialties to discriminate against any health...
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22-11A-68
Section 22-11A-68 Immunity from liability for those involved in investigation. (a) Members
and staff of the State Board of Health, the State Committee of Public Health, the Board of
Medical Examiners, the Medical Licensure Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Dental
Examiners, the Board of Podiatry, physicians, hospitals, other health care facilities, and
other entities and persons required to report or furnish information under this article and
any expert review panels, consultants to any expert review panel, and agents and employees
of the Alabama Department of Public Health shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability
for making reports or furnishing any information required by this article or for actions taken
or actions not taken in the line and scope of official or required duties during their investigations,
hearings, rulings, and decisions. (b) All information collected during the investigation of
an infected health care worker is privileged and shall be...
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