27-56-5
Section 27-56-5 Third-party payment. (a) No insurance policy, plan, or contract providing for
third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses that provides coverage for
eye care services shall be issued or renewed after August 1, 2001, unless such insurance policy,
plan, or contract does the following: (1) Provides a covered person direct access to any eye
care provider participating in, or otherwise eligible to provide services under, the policy,
plan, or contract for all eye care services covered under the policy, plan, or contract, without
any referral or preapproval requirement, including, but not limited to, the following services,
if covered: a. Medical treatment of glaucoma. b. Postoperative eye care. (2) Ensures that
any list of medical or health care providers participating in, or otherwise eligible to provide
services under, the policy, plan, or contract includes eye care providers to the same extent
that such list includes other medical or health care...
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36-29-23
Section 36-29-23 Authorization to establish flexible employee benefit plan; provisions of plan.
The board, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to establish a flexible employee
benefit plan for state employees in compliance with Section 125 and any other applicable sections
of the Internal Revenue Code. The flexible employee benefit plan may provide for payments
or salary reductions for qualified benefits in accordance with Section 125 of the Internal
Revenue Code, which presently include health insurance premiums, group life insurance, disability
insurance, supplemental health and accident insurance, dependent care expenses, and such other
types of employee benefits permitted under Section 125 and any other applicable sections of
the Internal Revenue Code. Futhermore, the board may establish a long-term care plan for employees.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §4; Act 98-639, p. 1410, §1.)...
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36-27-22
Section 36-27-22 Withholding of amounts from retirement pay of retired employee to pay premium
on state group hospitalization or health insurance plan. (a) Any state employee who, at the
time of his retirement is a member of and holds a policy in any state group hospitalization
or health insurance plan, may in writing authorize the Secretary-Treasurer of the state retirement
system to withhold from his retirement pay a sufficient sum or amount to pay the premium on
such policy. (b) The Secretary-Treasurer of the state Employees' Retirement System, when authorized
by a retired employee, is hereby authorized to withhold from the retirement pay of such employee
a sufficient amount to pay the premium on such policy and remit the same to the insurance
carrier. (Acts 1971, No. 2322, p. 3745, §§ 1, 2.)...
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16-25A-8.1
Section 16-25A-8.1 Retiree contribution based on years of service. (a) The board shall set
forth the employer contribution to the health insurance premium for each retiree class. (b)(1)
Except as provided in subdivision (2), for employees who retire after September 30, 2005,
but before January 1, 2012, the employer contribution of the health insurance premium set
forth by the board for each retiree class shall be reduced by two percent for each year of
service less than 25 and increased by two percent for each year of service over 25 subject
to adjustment by the board for changes in Medicare premium costs required to be paid by a
retiree. In no case shall the employer contribution of the health insurance premium exceed
100 percent of the total health insurance premium cost for the retiree. (2) Employees who
retire on disability and apply for Social Security Disability shall be exempt from this subsection
for a period of two years and thereafter if the employee is approved for Social...
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27-55-3
Section 27-55-3 Prohibited practices; disclosure of information. (a) No insurer may: (1) Deny,
refuse to issue, renew, or reissue, cancel, or otherwise terminate, restrict, or exclude coverage
on an insurance policy or health benefit plan on the basis of an applicant's or insured's
abuse status, or on the basis of any association, relationship, or assistance to a subject
of abuse. (2) Exclude or limit coverage for a loss, deny benefits, or deny a claim on the
basis of the insured's abuse status, or on the basis of any association, relationship, or
assistance to a subject of abuse, except as otherwise permitted or required by the laws of
this state relating to acts of abuse committed by a life insurance beneficiary. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this section, a liability insurer may include policy provisions
providing that a payment required by this subsection may be denied or, if paid, recovered
by the insurer from the insured, if the claim arose out of an act of abuse by...
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36-29-19.7
Section 36-29-19.7 Retiree contribution based on years of service. (a) The board shall set
forth the employer contribution to the health insurance premium for each retiree class. (b)
For employees who retire other than for disability after September 30, 2005, but before January
1, 2012, the employer contribution to the health insurance premium set forth by the board
for each retiree class shall be reduced by two percent for each year of service less than
25 and increased by two percent for each year of service over 25, subject to adjustment by
the board for changes in Medicare premium costs required to be paid by a retiree. In no case
shall the employer contribution of the health insurance premium exceed 100 percent of the
total health insurance premium cost for the retiree. (c)(1) Except as provided in subdivision
(2), for employees who retire after December 31, 2011, the employer contribution to the health
insurance premium set forth by the board for each retiree class shall be...
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11-26-5
Section 11-26-5 Health and accident group to file bylaws and schedules with Insurance Commissioner;
group exempt from regulation and tax. Each health and accident self-insurance group established
under the provisions of this chapter shall file with the State Insurance Commissioner, a copy
of its bylaws and schedule of benefits and charges. Such group, however, shall be exempt from
regulation by the Department of Insurance of the State of Alabama and all premiums or charges
collected shall be exempt from insurance premium tax. (Acts 1981, No. 81-265, p. 348, §5.)...

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27-21-4
Section 27-21-4 Exemption from premium tax; deduction of losses therefrom. The premiums collected
under the provisions of the health care plan are hereby exempt from the payment of premium
tax under Chapter 4 of this title. Any losses suffered as a direct result of operation under
the plan by those organizations electing to join and operate under the health care plan may
be deducted from the premium tax submitted under the above-mentioned Chapter 4 which would
normally be paid on individual accident and health insurance premiums collected, but total
loss deduction shall not exceed 50 percent of such premium tax normally payable on premiums
from individual accident and health insurance. (Acts 1971, No. 501, p. 1218.)...
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16-25A-43
Section 16-25A-43 Establishment of flexible employee benefit plan; long-term care plan. The
board is authorized to establish a flexible employee benefit plan for employees in compliance
with Section 125 and any other applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The flexible
employee benefit plan may provide for payments or salary reductions for qualified benefits
in accordance with Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, which presently include health
insurance premiums, group life insurance, disability insurance, supplemental health and accident
insurance, dependent care expenses, and such other types of employee benefits permitted under
Section 125 and any other applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. Furthermore, the
board may establish a long-term care plan for employees. (Act 2004-650, 1st Sp. Sess., p.
31, §4.)...
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36-26-121
Section 36-26-121 Annual itemized statement of employee and retirement benefits, and total
employer contributions to retirement systems and health insurance plans. (a) As used in this
article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT. Any benefit
a public employee received or accrued from his or her employer, including, but not limited
to, salary or wages; insurance; allowance for days off such as vacation, holidays, sick leave,
or personal days; and contributions toward retirement or pension benefits. (2) HEALTH INSURANCE
PLAN. Either of the following health insurance plans as it applies to an individual public
employee or retiree: a. The State Employees' Health Insurance Plan. b. The Public Education
Employees' Health Insurance Plan. (3) RETIREE. A retiree or a beneficiary of a deceased retiree
who receives an employee benefit or pension benefit from a retirement system, as defined in
this section. (4) RETIREMENT SYSTEM. One of the following as it applies...
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