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27-50-3
Section 27-50-3 Health benefit plan. As used in this chapter, the term "health benefit
plan" has the following meaning: A health insurance policy, including a self-insured
health plan, that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations,
preferred provider organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations,
or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that
pays for, purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries
in this state. The term does not include accident-only, specified disease, individual hospital
indemnity, credit, dental-only, Medicare-supplement, long-term care, or disability income
insurance; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers' compensation or
similar insurance; or automobile medical-payment insurance. For the purpose of this chapter,
a health benefit plan located or domiciled outside of the State of...
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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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27-52-21
Section 27-52-21 Commissioner of Insurance; benefits offered to small employers; "small
employer" defined. (a) The Commissioner of Insurance shall, by regulation, establish
the conditions, restrictions, requirements, and plan of operation of the Alabama Small Employer
Allocation Program consistent with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 and any and all federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, which
plan benefits shall be inclusive of the provisions of Sections 27-1-10 and 27-19-39. The program
shall be patterned after the Small Employer Health Insurance Availability models developed
by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. (b) All insurers that offer health
benefit plans to small employers in this state on and after August 1, 1997, shall be required
to meet the requirements of the program as a condition of authority to transact business in
this state. (c) For the purposes of this article, a "small employer" means any...
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11-26-2
Section 11-26-2 Health and accident group authorized; appropriation and collection of funds.
Any county or group of counties, either individually or collectively, may establish a health
and accident self-insurance group for the purpose of providing health care and hospitalization
benefits for their officers, employees, and family members dependent upon such officers or
employees. Member counties may appropriate such funds as necessary to the health and accident
self-insurance group to provide such hospitalization and health care benefits. Member counties
may collect from its officers and employees such amounts necessary for dependent family coverage
and remit the same to the health and accident self-insurance group. (Acts 1981, No. 81-265,
p. 348, §2.)...
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16-25A-7
Section 16-25A-7 Authorization and execution of contracts; evidence of coverage; denial of
claims. (a) The board is hereby authorized to execute a contract or contracts to provide for
the benefits or the administration of the plan determined in accordance with the provisions
of this article. 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 article may be included in one or more similar contracts
issued by the same or different companies. The board is further authorized to develop a plan
whereby it may become self-insured upon its finding that such arrangement would be financially
advantageous to the state and plan participants. (b) Before entering into any contract or
contracts authorized by subsection (a), the board shall invite competitive bids from all qualified
entities who may wish to administer or offer plans for the...
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27-19-39
Section 27-19-39 Policies, etc., providing for reimbursement for visual service. Whenever any
policy of insurance or any medical service plan or hospital service contract or hospital and
medical service contract provides for reimbursement for any visual service in Alabama which
is within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed optometrist, as defined in Section
34-22-1, the insured or other person entitled to benefits under such policy shall be entitled
to reimbursement for such services, whether such services are performed by a duly licensed
physician or by a duly licensed optometrist, whichever the insured selects, notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary in any statute or in such policy, plan, or contract. Duly licensed
optometrists shall be entitled to participate in such policies, plans, or contracts providing
for visual services to the same extent as fully licensed physicians. (Acts 1967, No. 508,
p. 1224.)...
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27-5-6
Section 27-5-6 "Casualty insurance" defined. (a) "Casualty insurance" includes:
(1) VEHICLE INSURANCE. Insurance against loss of, or damage to, any land vehicle or aircraft,
or any draft or riding animal or to property while contained therein or thereon or being loaded
or unloaded therein or therefrom from any hazard or cause and against any loss, liability,
or expense resulting from, or incidental to, ownership, maintenance or use of any such vehicle,
aircraft or animal, together with insurance against accidental death or accidental injury
to individuals, including the named insured, while in, entering, alighting from, adjusting,
repairing, cranking or caused by being struck by a vehicle, aircraft or draft or riding animal,
if such insurance is issued as an incidental part of insurance on the vehicle, aircraft or
draft or riding animal; (2) LIABILITY INSURANCE. Insurance against legal liability for the
death, injury or disability of any human being or for damage to property, and...
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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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27-53-1
Section 27-53-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS. A scientifically or medically identifiable gene or
chromosome, or alteration thereof, that is known to be a cause of a disease or disorder, or
determined to be associated with a statistically increased risk of development of a disease
or disorder. (2) GENETIC TEST. A pre-symptomatic laboratory test which is generally accepted
in the scientific and medical communities for the determination of the presence or absence
of the genetic characteristics that cause or are associated with risk of a disease or disorder.
(3) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. A health insurance policy, including a self-insured health plan,
that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, health maintenance organizations, preferred
provider organizations, medical service organizations, physician-hospital organizations, or
any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar...
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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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