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25-5-293
Section 25-5-293 Duties of secretary; continuing education, accounting; recovery of
expenses; advisory committees; legislative intent regarding reimbursements. (a) The Secretary
of the Department of Labor may prescribe rules and regulations for the purpose of conducting
continuing education seminars for all personnel associated with workers' compensation claims
and collect registration fees in order to cover the related expenditures. The secretary may
adopt rules and regulations setting continuing education standards for workers' compensation
claims personnel employed by insurance companies and self-insured employers and groups. (b)
The secretary shall file annually with the Governor and the presiding officer of each house
of the Legislature a complete and detailed written report accounting for all funds received
and disbursed during the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be in the form and
reported in the time provided by law. (c) The secretary shall establish reasonable...
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22-6-153
Section 22-6-153 Contract to provide medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries; enrollment;
grievance procedures; duties of Medicaid Agency. (a) Subject to approval of the federal Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Medicaid Agency shall enter into a contract in each
Medicaid region for at least one fully certified regional care organization to provide, pursuant
to a risk contract under which the Medicaid Agency makes a capitated payment, medical care
to Medicaid beneficiaries. However, the Medicaid Agency may enter into a contract pursuant
to this section only if, in the judgment of the Medicaid Agency, care of Medicaid beneficiaries
would be better, more efficient, and less costly than under the then existing care delivery
system. The Medicaid Agency may contract with more than one regional care organization in
a Medicaid region. Pursuant to the contract, the Medicaid Agency shall set capitation payments
for the regional care organization. (b) The Medicaid Agency shall...
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22-11A-118
Section 22-11A-118 Health Care Data Advisory Council. (a) There is established the Health
Care Data Advisory Council to assist in developing regulations and standards necessary to
implement the provisions of this article, to review and serve as consultants to the board
on matters related to any reports or publications prior to a report or publication release
and to serve as consultants to the board on matters relating to the protection, collection,
and dissemination of health care facility acquired infection data. (b) The council shall consist
of 18 members and be constituted in the following manner: (1) Six hospital members to be appointed
by the Alabama Hospital Association, two of which shall be infection control professionals.
(2) Three members to be appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (3)
Two members to be appointed by the Business Council of Alabama, at least one of whom represents
a small business, all of whom are purchasers of health care, and none of...
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27-1-17
Section 27-1-17 Limitation periods for payment of claims; overdue claims; retroactive
denials, adjustments, etc.; penalties. (a) Each insurer, health service corporation, and health
benefit plan that issues or renews any policy of accident or health insurance providing benefits
for medical or hospital expenses for its insured persons shall pay for services rendered by
Alabama health care providers within 45 calendar days upon receipt of a clean written claim
or 30 calendar days upon receipt of a clean electronic claim. If the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan is denying or pending the claim, the insurer, health service
corporation, or health benefit plan shall, within 45 calendar days for a written claim and
30 calendar days for an electronic claim, notify the health care provider or certificate holder
of the reason for denying or pending the claim and what, if any, additional information is
required to process the claim. Any undisputed portion of the claim...
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16-1-18.1
Section 16-1-18.1 Accumulation of sick leave. (a) Definitions. When used in this section,
the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person
employed full time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section;
and adult bus drivers. (2) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; the Board
of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Department
District Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department
District; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees
of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; for purposes of subsection (c) only,
the Alabama State Senate, the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Senate President Pro
Tempore, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Alabama House of Representatives,
the Legislative Reference Service; any organization participating in the Teachers'...
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus
Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with
all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, with regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple
states, the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted
and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject
to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any
law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted
Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another
State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama
hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product
Regulation Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of
joint and cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest
of consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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40-27-1
Section 40-27-1 Compact adopted; terms. The following Multistate Tax Compact is hereby
approved, adopted and enacted into law by the State of Alabama: Multistate Tax Compact Article
I. Purposes. The purposes of this compact are to: 1. Facilitate proper determination of state
and local tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of
tax bases and settlement of apportionment disputes. 2. Promote uniformity or compatibility
in significant components of tax systems. 3. Facilitate taxpayer convenience and compliance
in the filing of tax returns and in other phases of tax administration. 4. Avoid duplicative
taxation. Article II. Definitions. As used in this compact: 1. "State" means a state
of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory
or possession of the United States. 2. "Subdivision" means any governmental unit
or special district of a state. 3. "Taxpayer" means any corporation, partnership,
firm,...
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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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25-5-311
Section 25-5-311 Workers' Compensation Medical Services Board; creation, members, functions.
There is established a Workers' Compensation Medical Services Board composed of five physicians
licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama who shall be appointed by the Secretary
of the Department of Labor. The initial board shall be selected from a list of 15 physicians
who are members of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, submitted by the association.
Members of the board shall serve terms of five years. In order that the appointments be staggered,
one member shall serve an initial term of six years, one member shall serve an initial term
of two years, one member shall serve an initial term of three years, one member shall serve
an initial term of four years, and the remaining member shall serve an initial term of five
years. Thereafter, successors shall be appointed by the secretary from among a list of three
nominees submitted by the Medical Association of the State...
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