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27-21A-15
Section 27-21A-15 Powers of insurers and health care service plans. (a) An insurance company
licensed in this state, or a health care service plan authorized to do business in this state,
may either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate organize and operate a health maintenance
organization under the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other law which may
be inconsistent herewith, any two or more such insurance companies, health care service plans,
or subsidiaries or affiliates thereof, may jointly organize and operate a health maintenance
organization. The business of insurance is deemed to include the providing of health care
by a health maintenance organization owned or operated by an insurer or a subsidiary thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of insurance and health care service plan laws, Title 10,
Chapter 4, Article 6 and Title 27, an insurer or a health care service plan may contract with
a health maintenance organization to provide insurance or...
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31-9B-1
Section 31-9B-1 Applicability; coordination of disaster shelter development. (a) For purposes
of this chapter, "an individual with medical needs" means an individual who is not
qualified to be housed in a mass care shelter and who meets the criteria established in rules
of the State Board of Health. (b) The State Health Department is designated as the lead agency
for coordination with other state and local agencies in the development of disaster shelters
for those individuals with medical needs. (Act 2006-599, ยง1.)...
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22-8A-7
Section 22-8A-7 Competency of declarant; liability of participating physician, facility, etc.
(a) A competent adult may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and artificially
provided nutrition and hydration so long as that individual is able to do so. The desires
of an individual shall at all times supersede the effect of an advance directive for health
care. (b) If the individual is not competent at the time of the decision to provide, withhold,
or withdraw life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition and hydration, a
living will executed in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(a) or a proxy designation executed
in accordance with Section 22-8A-4(b) is presumed to be valid. For the purpose of this chapter,
a health care provider may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an
individual who executed an advance directive for health care was competent when it was executed.
The fact of an individual's having executed an advance directive for...
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12-5A-9
Section 12-5A-9 Participation of eligible employees in Employees' Retirement System; creditable
service; formal leave accounting system; inclusion in health insurance plan. (a) Class specifications
and rates of compensation for employees covered by this chapter, juvenile probation officers,
juvenile probation professional staff, and clerical staff, hereafter called "eligible
employees," and any future employees occupying those positions shall be established by
the Administrative Director of Courts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the compensation of
any employee shall not be diminished as a result of his or her inclusion in the state court
system personnel system. (b) Eligible employees included in the state court system personnel
system pursuant to this chapter shall, on October 1 of the year their county transitions,
be covered by the Employees' Retirement System. An employee who on that date is participating
in a local retirement plan other than a unit administered by the Employees'...
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16-41-4
Section 16-41-4 Administration of chapter by State Superintendent of Education; priorities
for implementation. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall administer this chapter
pursuant to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. In administering this chapter,
the superintendent shall seek and ask for advice and assistance from the medical association
of the State of Alabama and take into consideration the advice of the Department of Public
Health. (b) Priorities for the implementation of this program shall include the following:
(1) The implementation of in-service education programs for teachers, administrators and other
personnel. Special emphasis shall be placed on methods and materials necessary for the effective
teaching of drug abuse education. In-service teacher education materials which are based on
individual performance and designed for use with a minimum of supervision shall be developed
and made available to all county and city school systems; (2)...
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22-30D-7
Section 22-30D-7 Expenditure of funds. (a) Prior to the approval of an expenditure of any funds
under this chapter with respect to payment for costs incurred for investigation, assessment,
and, if necessary, remediation at a particular site, every owner or operator covered by this
chapter, person owning any abandoned drycleaning facility eligible for coverage by this chapter,
or impacted third party filing a request with the board for payment, shall accept responsibility
for the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000), as a deductible amount, of the actual costs
to be incurred with that particular site. Each wholesale distributor covered by this chapter
shall accept responsibility for the first fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), as a deductible
amount, of the actual cost to be incurred with a wholesale distribution facility. An adjacent
landowner shall not be required to accept responsibility for any costs incurred at a site.
(b) Payments from the fund may be obtained from the board by...
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25-5-312
Section 25-5-312 Powers and duties of the board. The board shall exercise general supervision
in all matters related to the provision of medical services provided by physicians, as defined
in Section 25-5-310, rendered to workers under this article. The duties of the board shall
include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Study, develop, and implement any necessary
and reasonable guidelines for medical services and physician care provided by physicians.
In addition, with respect to services provided by physicians, the board shall study, develop,
and recommend to the secretary uniform medical criteria and policies for the conduct of utilization
review, bill screenings, and medical necessity determinations for use by insurance carriers,
self-insurers, and claims administrators. (2) Study, design, and implement standardized uniform
claims processing forms and forms for the reporting of medical information to employers and
insurance companies by physicians. (3) Address and give...
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36-29-14
Section 36-29-14 Health insurance coverage under State Employees' Insurance Board; operation
of board. (a) Any agency of the state, or any governmental entity, body, or subdivision thereto,
any county, any municipality, any municipal foundation, any fire or water district, authority,
or cooperative, any regional planning and development commission established pursuant to Sections
11-85-50 through 11-85-73, that is not and was not for the 12 months immediately preceding
the date of application to participate in any plan created pursuant to the provisions of this
article a member of an existing government sponsored health insurance program, formed under
the provisions of Section 11-26-2, the Association of County Commissions of Alabama or the
Alabama League of Municipalities, the Alabama Retired State Employees' Association, the Alabama
State Employees Credit Union, Easter Seals Alabama, Alabama State University, the Alabama
Rural Water Association, Rainbow Omega, Incorporated, The Arc...
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12-23A-2
Section 12-23A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A local committee which may consist of the following members
or their designees: a. The drug court judge, who shall serve as chair. b. The district attorney.
c. The public defender or a member of the criminal defense bar. d. The drug court coordinator.
e. The court clerk. f. A community corrections or court referral officer, or both. g. A pretrial
services provider. h. A law enforcement officer. i. Substance abuse treatment providers. j.
Any other person the chair deems appropriate. (2) ASSESSMENT. A diagnostic evaluation for
placement in a treatment program which shall be performed in accordance with criteria certified
by the Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse Services Division. (3) CHARGE. As defined
in Section 12-25-32(13). (4) CONTINUUM OF CARE. A seamless and coordinated course of substance
abuse education and treatment designed to meet...
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22-30D-4
Section 22-30D-4 Election of coverage; administration of chapter; rules and regulations. (a)(1)
All owners and operators and all wholesale distributors shall elect by May 24, 2001, to be
covered or not to be covered by this chapter and shall do so by notifying the department in
writing that such owner or operator or wholesale distributor elects to be covered or not to
be covered by this chapter. Following May 24, 2001, any owner or operator or wholesale distributor
who may have initially elected not to be covered by this chapter or who may have inadvertently
failed to notify the department may notify the department that such owner or operator or wholesale
distributor has reconsidered and desires to be covered by the fund, but any such owner or
operator or wholesale distributor shall, with its notice of request for coverage, be required
to pay to the Department of Revenue the registration fees which would otherwise have been
due to the fund had such owner or operator or wholesale...
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