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HB310
173165-1:n:01/25/2016:FC/th LRS2016-162 HB310 By Representative Weaver RFD Health Rd 1 24-FEB-16
SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, except under limited circumstances, health care providers in
this state may not initiate reports to law enforcement of gunshot wounds and stabbings suffered
by a patient without appropriate written authorization from the patient. This bill would mandate
reporting by health care providers under state law. Reporting under this act would supersede
any privilege under state law, including the doctor/patient privilege. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To require health care facilities in this state to make reports to law enforcement
of gunshot wounds and stabbings suffered by a patient without the necessity of obtaining written
authorization from the patient. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. For
the purposes of this act, the following words have the following meanings: (1) HEALTH CARE
FACILITY. As defined in Section 22-21-20(1), Code of Alabama...
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HB355
165195-1:n:03/05/2015:FC/agb LRS2015-826 HB355 By Representative Johnson (R) RFD Health Rd
1 01-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, entities and practitioners who dispense Class II
to Class V, inclusive, controlled substances are required to report the dispensing of the
drugs to the Controlled Substances Prescription Database. The practitioners covered by the
law includes veterinarians who dispense the drugs for administration to animals. This bill
would delete veterinarians from these provisions. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Section
20-2-213 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Controlled Substances Prescription Database;
to delete veterinarians from the practitioners covered by the reporting provision of the law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 20-2-213 of the Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows: §20-2-213. "(a) Each of the entities designated
in subsection (b) shall report to the department, or to an entity designated...
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SB93
SB93 By Senator Stutts ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 20-2-213 of the Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to the Controlled Substances Prescription Database; to delete veterinarians from
the practitioners covered by the reporting provision of the law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 20-2-213 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as
follows: §20-2-213. "(a) Each of the entities designated in subsection (b) shall report
to the department, or to an entity designated by the department, controlled substances prescription
information as designated by regulation pertaining to all Class II, Class III, Class IV, and
Class V controlled substances in such manner as may be prescribed by the department by regulation.
"(b) The following entities or practitioners are subject to the reporting requirements
of subsection (a): "(1) Licensed pharmacies, not including pharmacies of general and
specialized hospitals, nursing homes, and any other health care...
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HB459
attorneys, engineers, consultants, and other professionals as the board shall deem necessary
for the conduct of the business of the institute. "(13) To provide grants to educational,
governmental, nonprofit, community-based, workforce development, economic development, and
other organizations and associations engaged in the education, recruitment, training, placement,
and professional development of persons engaged in activities leading to the furtherance of
careers in commercial and industrial construction in accordance with the purposes of
the institute. "(14) To cooperate or partner, or both, with regional and national organizations
promoting construction workforce development, including the sharing of non-monetary marketing
and educational resources and databases, in furtherance of the purposes of the institute.
"(15) To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers and purposes conferred
by this section. "(16) To exercise any and all powers permissible under...
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HB191
Rep(s). By Representative Clouse HB191 ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 40-26B-70, 40-26B-71,
40-26B-73, 40-26B-77.1, 40-26B-79, 40-26B-80, 40-26B-81, 40-26B-82, 40-26B-84, 40-26B-86,
and 40-26B-88, Code of Alabama 1975, to extend the private hospital assessment and Medicaid
funding program for fiscal year 2017; to change the base year to fiscal year 2014 for purposes
of calculating the assessment; and to clarify the uses of Certified Public Expenditures by
publicly and state-owned hospitals; and to repeal Section 40-26B-77. BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 40-26B-70, 40-26B-71, 40-26B-73, 40-26B-77.1, 40-26B-79,
40-26B-80, 40-26B-81, 40-26B-82, 40-26B-84, 40-26B-86, and 40-26B-88, Code of Alabama 1975,
are amended to read as follows: §40-26B-70. "For purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the following meanings: "(1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid
program to an eligible hospital for inpatient and or outpatient hospital...
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HB104
OF FUNDS: Alabama State Board of Chiropractic Examiner's Fund 504,000 As provided in Section
34-24-143, Code of Alabama 1975. Total Chiropractic Examiners, Alabama State Board of 504,000
504,000 Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority: Water Resource
Development Program 10,000 10,000 SOURCE OF FUNDS: Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Fund
10,000 Total Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority 10,000 10,000
Commerce, Department of: Industrial Development Program 5,010,544 350,000 5,360,544
Of the above appropriation, $75,000 shall be expended for the Robotics Technology Park. Skills
Enhancement and Employment Opportunities Program 759,456 41,686,938 42,446,394 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
State General Fund 5,770,000 Departmental Receipts 350,000 Federal and Local Funds 41,686,938
Total Commerce, Department of 5,770,000 42,036,938 47,806,938 Conservation and Natural Resources,
Department of: State Land Management Program 20,049,291...
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SB125
OF FUNDS: Alabama State Board of Chiropractic Examiner's Fund 504,000 As provided in Section
34-24-143, Code of Alabama 1975. Total Chiropractic Examiners, Alabama State Board of 504,000
504,000 Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority: Water Resource
Development Program 10,000 10,000 SOURCE OF FUNDS: Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Fund
10,000 Total Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority 10,000 10,000
Commerce, Department of: Industrial Development Program 5,010,544 350,000 5,360,544
Of the above appropriation, $75,000 shall be expended for the Robotics Technology Park. Skills
Enhancement and Employment Opportunities Program 759,456 41,686,938 42,446,394 SOURCE OF FUNDS:
State General Fund 5,770,000 Departmental Receipts 350,000 Federal and Local Funds 41,686,938
Total Commerce, Department of 5,770,000 42,036,938 47,806,938 Conservation and Natural Resources,
Department of: State Land Management Program 20,049,291...
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SB413
173581-3:n:04/07/2016:JET/mfc LRS2016-499R2 SB413 By Senators Pittman, Melson and Scofield
RFD Health and Human Services Rd 1 13-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, if a physician
or other health care practitioner injures a patient because he or she has failed to follow
the governing standard of care in the applicable area of medicine, the patient can bring an
action against the physician or health care practitioner for medical malpractice. This bill
would establish a Patient Compensation System to be administered by the Alabama Department
of Public Health to provide for a mandatory alternative administrative procedure to address
medical malpractice claims by a panel of physicians and medical experts to determine the payment
of damages related to medical injuries. This bill would establish a Patient Compensation Board
to govern the system and to approve a schedule of compensation for confirmed medical injuries.
On or after January 1, 2017, this bill would require a person to submit an...
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SB331
174926-1:n:03/01/2016:PMG/th LRS2016-886 SB331 By Senator Ward RFD Health and Human Services
Rd 1 08-MAR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, certain specified federally qualified health
care centers are authorized to compound and dispense prescriptions, excluding controlled substances,
at one location and courier the medication to clinics for patient pick-up. This bill would
allow any entity that meets the definition of a federally qualified health center under the
Social Security Act to compound and dispense prescriptions, excluding controlled substances,
at one location and courier the medication to clinics for patient pick-up. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT Relating to prescription drugs; to amend Section 34-23-70, Code of Alabama 1975, to
allow an entity that meets the definition of a federally qualified health center under the
Social Security Act to compound and dispense prescriptions, excluding controlled substances,
at one location and courier the medication to clinics for patient...
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SB138
SB138 By Senator Waggoner ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to the Natural Death Act; to amend Sections
22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8, Code of Alabama 1975; to add Section 22-8A-4.1 to
the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize health care providers under certain conditions to follow
a physician's do not attempt resuscitation order duly entered in the medical record anywhere
in the state, even if the person subject to the order has become incapacitated and is unable
to direct his or her medical treatment. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section
1. Sections 22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read
as follows: §22-8A-2. "The Legislature finds that competent adult persons have the right
to control the decisions relating to the rendering of their own medical care, including, without
limitation, the decision to have medical procedures, life-sustaining treatment, and artificially
provided nutrition and hydration provided, withheld, or...
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