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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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27-45-20
Section 27-45-20 No agreement for services until written verification of registration obtained.
No insurance company, health maintenance organization (HMO), employer or organization offering
a pharmaceutical prescription program to their employees or members in Alabama, shall enter
into an agreement for services until they have obtained written verification that the provider
pharmacies are registered with the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy. Such verification must
be filed with the Alabama Department of Insurance within 10 days of initiating such agreement.
Said department shall provide a copy of the verification to the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy.
Failure to comply with such verification requirement shall result in a fine to the sponsor
of such prescription program, of $100.00 per day, from the date that such agreement was signed
until such verification requirement is satisfied. (Acts 1991, No. 91-595, p. 1098, §1.)...
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36-29-6
Section 36-29-6 Authorization and execution of contracts; documentation of benefits. (a) The
board is hereby authorized to execute a contract or contracts to provide the plan determined
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such contract or contracts may be executed
with one or more agencies or corporations licensed to transact or administer group health
insurance business in this state. All of the benefits to be provided under this chapter may
be included in one or more similar contracts issued by the same or different companies. (b)
Before entering into any contract or contracts authorized by subsection (a) of this section,
the board shall invite competitive bids from all qualified entities who may wish to administer
or offer plans for the health insurance coverage desired. The board shall award such contract
or contracts on a competitive basis as determined by the benefits afforded, administrative
costs, the costs to be incurred by employee, retiree, and employer, the...
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16-25A-2
Section 16-25A-2 Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board; membership, compensation,
oath of office, officers, staff, etc. (a) The Public Education Employees' Health Insurance
Board shall consist of the members of the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System
of Alabama; (b) Board members shall serve without compensation for their services as board
members, but shall be reimbursed from the fund established in subsection (f) of Section 16-25A-8
for all necessary expenses that they may incur through service on the board; (c) Each board
member shall, within 10 days after his appointment or election to the Board of Control of
the Teachers' Retirement System, take an oath of office that, so far as it devolves on him,
he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board herein established, and
that he will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be violated, any of the provisions
of law applicable to the Public Employees' Health Insurance Plan. Such...
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27-12-10
Section 27-12-10 Financial inducements to purchase insurance. (a) No person shall issue or
deliver, or permit its agents, officers, or employees to issue or deliver, agency company
stock or other capital stock, or benefit certificates or shares in any common-law corporation,
or securities, or any special or advisory board contract or other contract of any kind promising
returns and profits as an inducement to insurance. The commissioner shall refuse to issue
a certificate of authority or license to any insurer or other person that is in violation
of this section and shall revoke the certificate of authority or license of any such violating
insurer or person if such authority or license is already outstanding. (b) No person shall
issue or deliver, or permit its agents, officers, or employees to issue or deliver, in this
state, any life insurance policy or contract of annuity in which are used such words as "investment
plan," "expansion plan," "profit-sharing," "charter plan,"
"founders'...
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31-9A-12
Section 31-9A-12 Homeland Security Task Force. (a) The Homeland Security Task Force shall consist
of the following members: (1) The Governor, as chairman. (2) The Director of Homeland Security.
(3) The Director of Emergency Management. (4) The Adjutant General. (5) The Attorney General.
(6) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (7) The State Health Officer. (8) The
Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (9) The Director of Transportation.
(10) The Director of Finance. (11) The Director of the Alabama Port Authority. (12) The State
Fire Marshal. (13) A representative of county governments appointed by the Governor. (14)
A representative of municipal governments appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(15) A representative of county law enforcement agencies appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives. (16) A representative of municipal law enforcement agencies appointed
by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (17) A...
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36-29-7
Section 36-29-7 Payment of employer's contribution; coverage for dependents; changes to contributions;
withholding of employee's contribution; State Employees' Insurance Fund. (a) The board is
hereby authorized to provide under the provisions of this chapter that the employer's contribution
to the cost of such plan for coverage of the employee and retiree shall be paid by the employer.
(b) Each employee and retiree shall be entitled to have his or her spouse and dependent children,
as defined by the rules and regulations of the board, included in the coverage provided upon
agreeing to pay the employee's contribution of the health insurance premium for such dependents.
The board shall adopt regulations governing the discontinuance and resumption by such employees
and retirees of coverage for dependents. (c) Subject to Section 36-29-19.3, any further changes
in employee or retiree contribution to the health insurance premium or other out-of-pocket
expenses including, but not limited to,...
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27-19-28
Section 27-19-28 Exclusion of hospitalization benefits for mental patients in tax-supported
institutions. (a) No policy of health, sickness, or accident insurance delivered, or issued
for delivery, in this state, including both individual and group policies, which provide coverage
for psychiatric treatment or mental illness shall exclude hospitalization benefits for mental
patients in tax-supported institutions of the State of Alabama, or any county or municipality
thereof. (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any policy of insurance in
effect prior to September 20, 1971, nor shall the provisions of this section apply to any
employee benefit plan providing hospital benefits for mental patients where such employee
benefit plan is established by the employer and contributions to the plan are provided by
the employer and the employee, or either of them, and such plan is not evidenced by individual,
or group or blanket policies of health, sickness, or accident insurance...
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27-44-6
Section 27-44-6 Creation of association; membership; accounts; supervision. (a) There is created
a nonprofit unincorporated legal entity to be known as the Alabama Life and Disability Insurance
Guaranty Association. All member insurers shall be and remain members of the association as
a condition of their authority to transact insurance in this state. The association shall
perform its functions under the plan of operation established and approved under Section 27-44-10
and shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established under Section 27-44-7.
For purposes of administration and assessment the association shall maintain three accounts:
(1) The disability insurance account; (2) The life insurance account; and (3) The annuity
account. (b) The association shall come under the immediate supervision of the commissioner
and shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the insurance laws of this state. (Acts
1982, No. 82-561, p. 922, §6.)...
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27-8A-4
Section 27-8A-4 Advisory committee generally. The commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee
to advise him or her on continuing education and other insurance matters to consist of the
following members: One representative of a statewide association of life and health insurance
producers, one representative of a statewide association of property and casualty insurance
producers, one representative of an association of Alabama-based life insurance companies,
one representative of a property and casualty insurance company, one representative of a statewide
association representing health insurance producers, one member of the Alabama Senate, and
one member of the Alabama House of Representatives. Members of this committee shall be appointed
for terms concurrent with the term of office of the Governor of the State of Alabama and shall
be entitled to a per diem allowance equal to the per diem allowance paid to state employees
in the amount current at the time of the meeting. (Acts...
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