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22-6-11
Section 22-6-11 Breast and cervical cancer prevention and treatment. (a) This section shall
be known and may be cited as the "2009 Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Act." (b)(1) Medicaid eligibility and coverage shall be extended to a woman who has been
determined to be eligible to participate in and has been screened for breast or cervical cancer
by any health care provider or entity, or both, that satisfies any of the following: a. Receives
direct payment for screening services by National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection
Program (NBCCEDP) Title XV funds. b. Is funded at least in part by NBCCEDP grantee Title XV
funds for screening services. c. Is not funded at all by NBCCEDP grantee Title XV funds but
has been identified by the Department of Public Health as part of the Alabama Breast and Cervical
Cancer Early Detection Program and operates consistently within its guidelines. (2) Coverage
under this section shall be limited to any woman screened and...
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36-30-50
Section 36-30-50 Supplemental insurance coverage for firefighters with cancer. (a) For the
purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANCER.
Includes bladder, blood, brain, breast, cervical, esophageal, intestinal, kidney, lymphatic,
lung, prostate, rectum, respiratory tract, skin, testicular, and thyroid cancer, leukemia,
multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (2) CAREER FIREFIGHTER.
Any person employed with the state, a county or municipal government, an airport authority,
or a fire district who has obtained certification as a firefighter through and as defined
by the Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, or a firefighter
employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission who has been certified by the State Forester as
having met the wild land firefighter training standard of the National Wildfire Coordinating
Group, and is offered typical employment benefits, including health insurance...
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22-6-10
Section 22-6-10 Women's right to health care. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited
as the "Women's Right to Health Care Act." (b) Any state program funded under Title
XIX of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1396 et seq., and any other publicly
funded state health care program which provides coverage for mastectomy surgery shall also
provide coverage for reconstruction of the breast on which surgery has been performed and
surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical appearance if the
patient is eligible for Medicaid and elects reconstruction within two years of the mastectomy
surgery and in the manner chosen by the patient and the physician, in accordance with guidelines
consistent with Medicare and other third party payers. Reimbursement is allowed only for breast
reconstructive surgery following a medically necessary mastectomy when performed for the removal
of cancer. As used in this section, the term "reconstruction" shall...
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22-13-70
Section 22-13-70 Standardized summary of treatment methods, reconstruction options, and availability
of coverage. (a) The Alabama Department of Public Health shall develop a standardized written
summary, in plain nontechnical language, which shall contain all of the following: (1) An
explanation of the alternative medically viable methods of treating breast cancer including,
but not limited to, hormonal, radiological, chemotherapeutic, or surgical treatments, or combinations
thereof. (2) Information on breast reconstructive surgery including, but not limited to, the
use of breast implants, their side effects, risks, and other pertinent information to aid
a person in deciding on a course of treatment. (3) An explanation of the special provisions
relating to mastectomy, lymph node dissection, lumpectomy, and breast reconstructive surgery
coverage, and second opinion coverage, including out-of-network options, under the insurance
law, Section 22-6-10, Section 22-6-11, and Chapter 50,...
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27-14-11.1
Section 27-14-11.1 Contents of policies - Denial or reduction of benefits due to Medicaid eligibility
void. (a) For purposes of this section, "private insurer" is defined as any of the
following: (1) Any commercial insurance company offering health or casualty insurance to individuals
or groups, including both experience-rated contracts and indemnity contracts. (2) Any profit
or nonprofit prepaid plan offering either medical services or full or partial payment for
the diagnosis or treatment of an injury, disease, or disability. (3) Any organization administering
health or casualty insurance plans for professional associations, unions, fraternal groups,
employer-employee benefit plans, and any similar organization offering these payments or services,
including self-insured and self-funded plans. (4) Any health insurer, including group health
plans, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
self-insured plans, service benefit plans, managed care...
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27-1-10.1
Section 27-1-10.1 Insurance coverage for drugs to treat life-threatening illnesses. (a) The
Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The citizens of this state rely upon health
insurance to cover the cost of obtaining health care and it is essential that the citizens'
expectation that their health care costs will be paid by their insurance policies is not disappointed
and that they obtain the coverage necessary and appropriate for their care within the terms
of their insurance policies. (2) Some insurers deny payment for drugs that have been approved
by the Federal Food and Drug Administration, hereafter referred to as FDA, when the drugs
are used for indications other than those stated in the labelling approved by the FDA, off-label
use, while other insurers with similar coverage terms do pay for off-label use. (3) Denial
of payment for off-label use can interrupt or effectively deny access to necessary and appropriate
treatment for a person being treated for a...
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22-13-51
Section 22-13-51 Establishment and purpose of programs. The department shall establish programs
for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer awareness for the following purposes: (1) Reducing
morbidity and mortality from breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer through prevention, early
detection, and treatment. (2) Making breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening services
available to underserved and uninsured individuals throughout the state, especially those
whose economic circumstances or geographic locations limit access to screening facilities.
(3) Raising public awareness about breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer. (4) Collecting,
classifying, and analyzing relevant research information and data concerning breast, cervical,
and colorectal cancer. (5) Serving as a resource for information regarding breast, cervical,
and colorectal cancer. (Act 2010-587, p. 1318, §2.)...
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16-25A-5
Section 16-25A-5 Authorization for health insurance plan; election of optional or supplemental
coverage. (a) The board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a fully insured or
self-insured health insurance plan for employees and, under certain conditions, retired employees
and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan subject
to such limitations as may be contained in this article. Such plan may provide for group hospitalization,
surgical, medical, cancer, cash indemnity, and dental insurance against the financial costs
of hospitalization, surgical, and medical treatment and care and may also include, among other
things, prescribed drugs, medicines, prosthetic appliances, hospital inpatient and outpatient
service benefits, and hospital/medical expenses indemnity benefits, including major medical
benefits or such other coverage or benefits as may be deemed appropriate and desirable by
the board, within the limits of such funds as may be...
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22-6-14
Section 22-6-14 Autism Spectrum Disorder coverage and reimbursement under Alabama Medicaid
program. In the administration of and provision of benefits for the Alabama Medicaid program,
the Alabama Medicaid Agency, on and after December 31, 2018, shall provide coverage and reimbursement
for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the same manner and same levels as health
benefit plans. (Act 2017-337, §2.)...
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40-18-140
Section 40-18-140 Contribution designations. (a)(1) Each Alabama resident individual income
taxpayer desiring to contribute to any of the programs listed in subsection (b) may designate
an amount of his or her refund, rounded off in whole dollars, in an appropriate box on the
state income tax return form, to be credited to the program. (2) All future check-offs, duly
enacted by the Legislature subsequent to April 17, 2006, shall be accorded an appropriate
box on the state income tax return forms, subject to the terms and conditions prescribed herein,
without the requirement that they be added by amendment to this section. (b) Contributions
received for the following authorized charitable and nonpolitical income tax check-off recipients,
less costs of administration to the Department of Revenue not to exceed five percent, shall
be distributed and appropriated as provided herein: (1) Contributions to the Alabama Aging
Program shall be deposited with the State Treasurer into the Alabama...
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