22-11C-11
Section 22-11C-11 Report of findings and recommendations. The State Health Officer,
with input from the advisory panel, shall prepare a report that describes findings from the
Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry and make new recommendations for the prevention of head
and spinal cord injuries and provision of rehabilitative services for persons with head and
spinal cord injuries and transmit the report to the Legislature and make the report available
to the public. These findings shall be presented to an annual meeting of experts in the field
of head and spinal cord injury. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §11.)...
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22-11C-4
Section 22-11C-4 Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry. The State Health
Officer may establish, contingent on the availability of funding, within the Department of
Public Health the Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry for the purpose of
providing accurate and up-to-date information about head and spinal cord injuries in Alabama
and facilitating the evaluation and improvement of head and spinal cord injuries prevention,
diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, and referral to coordinated, rehabilitation programs administered
by other state agencies. The purpose of these referrals shall be to ensure that these programs
shall provide eligible persons the opportunity to obtain the necessary rehabilitative services
enabling them to be referred to a vocational rehabilitation program or to return to an appropriate
level of functioning in their community. The State Committee of Public Health shall adopt
rules necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter,...
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22-11C-6
Section 22-11C-6 Notice of available state assistance; referrals. (a) The Department
of Public Health shall establish procedures, after a report has been received for any person
with a head or spinal cord injury, to notify the individual or the most immediate available
family members of the availability of assistance from the state, the services available, and
the eligibility requirements. (b) The Department of Public Health shall refer persons who
have head or spinal cord injuries to other state agencies to assure that rehabilitative services,
if desired, are obtained by that person. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §6.)...
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32-5A-191.2
Section 32-5A-191.2 Administration and disposition of funds in Alabama Head and
Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund. (a) Beginning October 1, 1994, moneys in the Alabama Head and
Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund shall be distributed to the Division of Rehabilitation Services
in the State Department of Education for the following purposes: (1) As a payer of last resort
for the costs of care provided in this state for citizens of this state who have survived
neuro-trauma with head or spinal cord injuries. Expenditures for spinal cord injury and head
injury care shall be made by the Division of Rehabilitation Services according to criteria
established by the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board. Expenditures
may include but need not be limited to, post acute medical care, rehabilitation therapies,
medication, attendant care, home accessibility modification, and equipment necessary for activities
of daily living. (2) Public information, prevention education, and research...
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16-38A-4
Section 16-38A-4 Priorities and criteria for disbursement of funds; report; recordkeeping.
(a) The board shall establish priorities and criteria for disbursement of monies in the Alabama
Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund and to assure maximum benefits from the trust. The
Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education shall expend monies
from the trust fund in accordance with the priorities and criteria established by the board.
(b) The board shall investigate the needs of citizens with head injuries and spinal cord injuries,
identify the gaps in services to the citizens, and issue a report to the Legislature on the
first day of the 1994 Regular Session with recommendations for meeting the needs. (c) The
board shall keep full and complete written minutes of its proceedings. (Acts 1992, No. 92-586,
p. 1207, §2; Act 2016-259, §1.)...
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22-11C-3
Section 22-11C-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall
have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY or HEAD INJURY. Hereinafter, referred to as "head injury." An occurrence
of injury to the head that is documented in a medical record, with one or more of the following
conditions attributed to head injury: a. Observed or self-reported decreased level of consciousness.
b. Amnesia. c. Skull fracture. d. Objective neurological or neuropsychological abnormality.
e. Diagnosed intracranial lesion. f. As an occurrence of death resulting from trauma, with
head injury listed on the death certificate, autopsy report, or medical examiner's report
in the sequence of conditions that resulted in death. This definition applies to an acquired
injury to the brain. This term does not include brain dysfunction caused by congenital or
degenerative disorders, nor birth trauma, but may include brain injuries caused by...
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22-11C-10
Section 22-11C-10 Advisory Panel on Head and Spinal Cord Injury. The State Health Officer
may establish and coordinate an Advisory Panel on Head and Spinal Cord Injury which shall
provide governmental and non-governmental input regarding the Head and Spinal Cord Injury
Registry. The membership of the panel may include, but is not limited to, representatives
from appropriate state departments and agencies, persons with head and spinal cord injuries
or their family members, experts on head and spinal cord injuries, providers of head and spinal
cord injury care, and representatives of state affiliates of national head and/or spinal cord
injury organizations. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §10.)...
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16-38A-2
Section 16-38A-2 Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board - Creation;
composition. There is created the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory
Board to be appointed as herein provided. The following agencies and organizations shall appoint
one representative to the board: (1) The Alabama Medical Association. (2) The Alabama Head
Injury Foundation. (3) The Governor. (4) The Department of Public Health. (5) The Department
of Human Resources. (6) The Division of Special Education Services of the Department of Education.
(7) The Alabama Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. (8) The Department of Mental
Health. (9) The Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
(10) The Alabama Head Injury Task Force. (11) The Alabama Hospital Association. (12) The Insurance
Commissioner of Alabama. (13) The Epilepsy Foundation of North and Central Alabama. (14) The
Alabama Medicaid Agency. (15) The Alabama Coalition of Citizens...
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22-11C-5
Section 22-11C-5 Reporting injuries; access to records. (a) Each case of confirmed head
or spinal cord injury shall be reported within 90 days of admission or diagnosis in the manner
prescribed by rule. Reports are to be submitted on a monthly basis. (b) Any further demographic,
diagnostic, treatment, or follow-up information shall be provided upon request by the State
Health Officer concerning any person now or formerly diagnosed as having or having had a head
or spinal cord injury. The State Health Officer or his or her authorized representative shall
be permitted access to all records, including death certificates, of persons identified with
head or spinal cord injuries. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §5.)...
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22-11C-8
Section 22-11C-8 Exchange of information with other registries. (a) The State Health
Officer may enter into agreements to exchange confidential information with other head and/or
spinal cord injury registries to obtain complete reports of Alabama residents diagnosed or
treated in other states and to provide information to other states regarding their residents
diagnosed or treated in Alabama. (b) The State Health Officer may furnish confidential information
to other states' head and/or spinal cord injury registries, federal head or spinal cord injury
prevention or rehabilitation agencies, or health researchers in order to collaborate in a
national head and/or spinal cord injury registry or to collaborate in head and/or spinal cord
injury prevention and rehabilitation research studies. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §8.)...
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