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27-2B-2
Section 27-2B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, these terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADJUSTED RBC REPORT. An RBC report which has been adjusted by the commissioner
in accordance with subsection (e) of Section 27-2B-3. (2) CORRECTIVE ORDER. An order issued
by the commissioner specifying corrective actions which the commissioner has determined are
required. (3) DOMESTIC INSURER. Any insurer domiciled in this state. (4) FOREIGN INSURER.
Any insurer which is licensed to do business in this state but not domiciled in this state.
(5) FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. Any insurer licensed under Chapter 34. (6) HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
Any health care service plan, health maintenance organization, limited health service organization,
dental services corporation, or other managed care organization licensed under this title.
This term does not include any life and disability insurer or property and casualty insurer.
(7) INSURER. As defined in Section 27-1-2, including, without...
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16-25A-4
Section 16-25A-4 Relationship between benefits and expenses; reasonable controls on utilization
and for stability. The health insurance plan provided for in this article shall be designed
by the board to provide a reasonable relationship between the hospital, surgical, and medical
benefits to be included and the expected hospital, surgical, and medical expenses to be incurred
by the affected employee and retiree and dependents and to include reasonable controls, which
may include, but are not limited to, deductible, copayment, coinsurance, and other cost containment
measures to prevent unnecessary utilization of the various hospital, surgical, and medical
services available and to provide reasonable assurance of stability in future years for the
plan. (Acts 1983, No. 83-455, p. 640, §4; Act 2004-646, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 6, §2.)...
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22-18-1
Section 22-18-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN. Any person 18 years of age or older who satisfies all of the following: a. Has
successfully completed the advanced emergency medical technician course of instruction, or
its equivalent, as approved by the State Board of Health. b. Has passed the state Advanced
EMT examination, as well as having met the requirements for becoming a licensed emergency
medical technician. c. Has been granted a license by the State Board of Health. (2) ADVANCED
LIFE SUPPORT (ALS). The treatment of potentially life-threatening medical emergencies through
the use of invasive medical techniques specified as advanced life support techniques by the
Board of Health, which ordinarily would be performed or provided by licensed physicians, but
which may be performed by emergency medical service personnel during emergencies...
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22-8A-11
Section 22-8A-11 Surrogate; requirements; attending physician consulted, intent of patient
followed; persons who may serve as surrogate; priority; validity of decisions; liability;
form; declaratory and injunctive relief; penalties. (a) If no advance directive for health
care has been made, or if no duly appointed health care proxy is reasonably available, or
if a valid advance directive for health care fails to address a particular circumstance, subject
to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, a surrogate, in consultation with the attending
physician, may, subject to the provisions of Section 22-8A-6, determine whether to provide,
withdraw, or withhold life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration
if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician determines, to a reasonable
degree of medical certainty, that: a. The individual is no longer able to understand, appreciate,
and direct his or her medical treatment, and b. The individual...
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27-21A-4
Section 27-21A-4 Powers of health maintenance organizations. (a) The powers of a health maintenance
organization include, but are not limited to the following: (1) The purchase, lease, construction,
renovation, operation, or maintenance of hospitals, medical facilities, or both, and their
ancillary equipment; (2) The making of loans other than in the ordinary course of business,
to providers under contract with it in furtherance of its program or the making of loans to
a corporation or corporations in which it owns a majority interest for the purpose of acquiring
or constructing medical facilities and hospitals or in furtherance of a program providing
health care services to enrollees. (3) The furnishing of health care services through providers
which are under contract with or employed by the health maintenance organization. (4) The
contracting with any person for the performance on its behalf of certain functions such as
marketing, enrollment, and administration. (5) The purchase,...
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36-29-3
Section 36-29-3 Factors to be considered by board in design of health insurance plan. The health
insurance plan provided for in this chapter shall be designed by the State Employees' Insurance
Board to provide a reasonable relationship between the hospital, surgical, and medical benefits
to be included and the expected hospital, surgical, and medical expenses to be incurred by
the affected employee and retiree and dependents and to include reasonable controls, which
may include, but are not limited to, deductible, copayment, coinsurance, and other cost containment
measures to prevent unnecessary utilization of the various hospital, surgical, and medical
services available and to provide reasonable assurance of stability in future years for the
plan. (Acts 1965, No. 833, p. 1564, §5; Act 2004-647, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §1.)...
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16-60-242
Section 16-60-242 Appointment of director of programs; contents of programs. (a) The Chancellor
of Postsecondary Education may appoint a director of displaced homemakers programs to conduct,
or cause to be conducted, programs to assist displaced homemakers at such two-year institutions
as the Chancellor may approve through a request for proposal process. (b) Programs to assist
displaced homemakers may include: (1) Job counseling services which are specifically designed
for displaced homemakers who may be entering the job market for the first time or who may
be reentering the job market after a number of years as a homemaker; (2) Job training and
job placement services which shall be developed by working with federal, state, and local
government agencies and the private sector; (3) Assistance in gaining admission to existing
public and private job training programs and opportunities; (4) Assistance in identifying
community needs and in creating new jobs for displaced homemakers in the...
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20-3-2
Section 20-3-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. An institution or facility licensed as an assisted
living facility under regulations of the State Board of Health. (2) CHARITABLE CLINIC. The
term includes an established free medical clinic as defined in subdivision (1) of Section
6-5-662 and any community health center provided for under the federal Public Health Service
Law. (3) CHARITABLE PATIENT. For purposes of this chapter, the term shall not include patients
who are eligible to receive drugs under the Alabama Medicaid Program or under any other prescription
drug program funded in whole or in part by the state. (4) DRUGS. All medicinal substances
and preparations recognized by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, or
any revision thereof, and all substances and preparations intended for external and internal
use in the cure, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of...
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22-21-7
Section 22-21-7 Itemized statement of services rendered to be furnished patient upon request;
provisions of statement; itemization of services and expenses; action by Attorney General;
payment of claims by insurance companies. (a) For the purposes of this section, the term "hospital"
shall mean any hospital in which human patients are given medical care. It shall include all
emergency rooms or outpatient facilities connected thereto. (b) Within 10 days following discharge
or release from confinement in a hospital or nursing home, or within 10 days after the earliest
date at which the expense from the confinement or service may be determined, which in the
case of long-term confinement may be the monthly charge, the hospital or nursing home providing
the service shall submit to the patient, or to his survivor or legal guardian as may be appropriate,
upon written request, an itemized statement detailing in language comprehensible to an ordinary
layman the specific nature of charges or...
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22-4-9
Section 22-4-9 Health systems agencies. The health systems agencies designated by the Secretary
of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, in coordination with the Governor, shall
provide those functions accorded to them in Section 1513 of PL 93-641 (42 U.S.C. §3001-2)
for their designated health service areas and coordinate their efforts with the State Board
of Health and the Statewide Health Coordinating Council in all planning activities. The activities
include: (1) The gathering and analysis of suitable data; (2) The establishment of a regional
health systems plan and an annual implementation plan; (3) The provision of technical assistance
and/or limited financial assistance to those seeking to implement provisions of the plans;
(4) The coordination of activities with the PSRO and other appropriate planning and regulatory
bodies; (5) The review and approval or disapproval of applications for federal funds for health
programs within their areas; (6) Assistance to the State...
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