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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22-6-151
Section 22-6-151 Regional care organizations; governing board of directors; citizen's advisory committee; solvency and financial requirements; reporting; provider standards committee. (a) A regional care organization shall serve only Medicaid beneficiaries in providing medical care and services. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regional care organization shall not be deemed an insurance company under state law. (c)(1) A regional care organization and an organization with probationary regional care organization certification shall have a governing board of directors composed of the following members: a. Twelve members shall be persons representing risk-bearing participants in the regional care organization or organization with probationary certification. A participant bears risk by contributing cash, capital, or other assets to the regional care organization. A participant also bears risk by contracting with the regional care organization to treat Medicaid beneficiaries...
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27-54A-2
Section 27-54A-2 Treatment under certain policies and contracts. (a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. The design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between environment and behavior. (2) AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Any of the pervasive developmental disorders or autism spectrum disorders as defined by the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or the edition that was in effect at the time of diagnosis. (3) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT. Counseling and treatment programs, including applied behavior analysis that are both of the following: a. Necessary to develop, maintain, or restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the functioning of an...
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31-5A-7
Section 31-5A-7 State Veterans' Home Trust Fund; deposits; expenditures. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a trust fund for the Alabama Department of Veterans' Affairs, to be known as the Alabama Veterans' Home Trust Fund. The trust fund shall consist of all funds and monies received by the State Board of Veterans' Affairs and/or the Alabama Department of Veterans' Affairs from the United States, any federal agency or institution, gifts, contributions, bequests, any individual reimbursements, and any other source, for the care or support of veterans, discharged other than under dishonorable conditions, who have been admitted and cared for at an Alabama Department of Veterans' Affairs state veterans' home. Nothing contained herein prohibits the establishment and utilization of special agency accounts by the Department of Veterans' Affairs and its constituent institutions, as may be approved by the State Board of Veterans' Affairs, for receipt and disbursement of the personal...
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36-27-24
Section 36-27-24 Funds for assets of retirement system - Creation; composition; disposition of funds; appropriations. (a) Effective October 1, 1997, all the assets of the retirement system shall be credited according to the purpose for which they are held among three funds, namely, the Annuity Savings Fund, the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the Expense Fund. The operation of the former Pension Reserve Fund and the Annuity Reserve Fund shall be discontinued as of such date and the balance of the former Pension Reserve Fund shall be transferred to the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the balance of the former Annuity Reserve Fund shall be transferred to the Pension Accumulation Fund. (b) Annuity Savings Fund. The Annuity Savings Fund shall be a fund in which shall be accumulated contributions from the compensation of members to provide for their annuities. Contributions to and payments from the Annuity Savings Fund shall be made as follows: Effective October 1, 1971, each employer shall...
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36-27D-1
Section 36-27D-1 Forfeiture or suspension of retirement benefits; refunds; liability. (a) On and after May 15, 2012, any person who is an active or inactive member of the Employees' Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System, or the Judicial Retirement Fund who has an accrued benefit shall forfeit retirement benefits upon a guilty plea, a plea of no contest, or a final conviction of a felony offense if that offense is related to or arises out of, or in connection with, his or her service in that public position, as declared by the presiding judge of the court in a United States federal court, an Alabama court, or the court of any other state of the United States, and the person shall be entitled to a refund of his or her retirement contributions and applicable interest. (b) A retired member receiving benefits, upon such a plea or conviction, shall have his or her retirement benefit suspended. In the event a retired member receiving benefits has not received retirement benefits...
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36-29-24
Section 36-29-24 Authorization to deduct or reduce salary or wages designated by employee. In order to carry out the provisions of the flexible employee benefit plan or any long-term care plan, or both, the board or the head of each department, agency, or county health department is authorized on behalf of the state to deduct or reduce from salary or wages amounts voluntarily designated by the employees pursuant to salary reduction agreements or benefit deduction agreements for purchasing benefits offered under the plan. (Acts 1989, No. 89-644, p. 1272, §5; Act 98-639, p. 1410, §1.)...
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45-8A-22.109
Section 45-8A-22.109 Contributions to the trust. (a) The secretary-treasurer shall receive contributions to the trust that shall consist of the following: (1) All of the money, securities, things of value, and assets belonging to any similar fund now being maintained by the City of Anniston. (2) All money or properties that may be given or donated by any person, firm, association, or corporation for the uses and purposes for which the trust is created, and the retirement board may take by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, any money, personal property or real estate, or any interest therein or any right of property for the benefit of the trust. (3) Participant Contributions. a. Employee Contributions. Effective prior to October 1, 2002, 10 percent of each participant's monthly compensation, including overtime and any other pay, which shall be deducted from such compensation and paid to the secretary-treasurer on or before the tenth day each month next succeeding the month in which such...
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16-17A-2
Section 16-17A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER. The teaching, research, and clinical facilities provided, established, or operated by a constitutionally created public university in the state or a university that operates a school of medicine. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of an authority. (5) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. The state, a county, a municipality, or any department, agency, board, or commission of the state, a county, or a municipality. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. All property or rights in property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, useful to an authority in its operations, including without limitation, the following: a. Facilities necessary or desirable to the operation of an academic medical center, one or more health sciences schools,...
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16-25-4
Section 16-25-4 Transfer of membership from the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama generally. (a) Any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the Teachers' Retirement System, was a member of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama may elect to transfer to the Teachers' Retirement System his service credits in said Employees' Retirement System, as herein provided. (b) Any such member so desiring to transfer such service credits shall notify the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement System after he becomes a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of his election to transfer such service credits and shall authorize transfer of the amount of his accumulated contributions to his credit in said Employees' Retirement System to the annuity savings fund of the Teachers' Retirement System. (c) The Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System shall thereupon certify to the Board of Control of the Teachers'...
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