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AL Code § 22-21-276 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 9 - Control and Regulation of Development of Certain Health Care Facilities.|Section 22-21-276 - Injunctive Relief; Issuance of License for Inpatient Beds or Facilities in Violation of Article Prohibited; Facilities in Violation of Article Not to Receive Reimbursement for Services.

Section 22-21-276Injunctive relief; issuance of license for inpatient beds or facilities in violation of article prohibited; facilities in violation of article not to receive reimbursement for services. (a) Injunctive relief against violations of this article or any reasonable rules and regulations of the SHPDA may be obtained from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, at the instance of the SHPDA, any holder of a certificate of need that is adversely affected in the exercise of privileges thereunder by such violation or any member of the public directly and adversely affected by such violation. Upon written request by the SHPDA, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the State of Alabama to furnish such legal services as may be appropriate and to prosecute such action for injunctive relief to an appropriate conclusion. (b) The State Board of Health shall not issue a license to operate new inpatient beds or any health care facility constructed, or acquired in violation of this article and without a certificate of need issued pursuant to this article. (c) Any facility or service provided or constructed in violation of this article and without a certificate of need shall not receive reimbursement for services rendered by the health care facility or for the service provided by the facility which is provided in violation of said article without a certificate of need. This provision applies to all reimbursement programs administered by the State of Alabama. Recommendations will be made to other reimbursing agencies that reimbursement be denied. (Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1509, §15; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-770, p. 249, §14.)
AL Code § 22-21-277 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 9 - Control and Regulation of Development of Certain Health Care Facilities.|Section 22-21-277 - Article Cumulative; Conflicting Laws.

Section 22-21-277Article cumulative; conflicting laws. The provisions of this article are cumulative and, insofar as possible, they shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relating to public health. Nevertheless, all laws or parts of laws, including, but not limited to any part of Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 31-5A-1) of Title 31, which conflict with this article are repealed. (Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1509, §19; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-770, p. 249, §15; Acts 1993, No. 93-93, p. 147, §2.)
AL Code § 22-21-278 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 9 - Control and Regulation of Development of Certain Health Care Facilities.|Section 22-21-278 - Kidney Disease Treatment Centers in Certain Municipalities Exempted From Certificate of Need Requirement.

Section 22-21-278Kidney disease treatment centers in certain municipalities exempted from certificate of need requirement. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the state and its residents for kidney disease treatment centers to be established and operated throughout the state so that any patient needing such treatment will be able to utilize a hemodialysis unit located within a reasonable distance from his or her home; that a shortage of kidney disease treatment centers now exists in the rural areas and smaller municipalities in the state; that the existence of the certificate of need requirement with respect to new kidney disease treatment centers is a factor that hinders the establishment of new treatment centers in the less heavily-populated areas of the state; that, in order to encourage and facilitate the development of new kidney disease treatment centers in those areas of the state where such centers are most needed, it is rational, appropriate and desirable to provide an exemption from the certificate of need requirement for any kidney disease treatment center located in a Class 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality that contains no more than ten hemodialysis units; and that, because of the existence in Class 1, 2 and 3 municipalities of major medical facilities that serve the residents of such municipalities and the surrounding areas, it is rational, appropriate and desirable to provide that the exemption granted by this section shall not apply to a kidney disease treatment center located in a Class 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality if such municipality is located in a county in which a Class 1, 2 or 3 municipality is located. (b) Notwithstanding any existing law to the contrary, any kidney disease treatment center that contains no more than ten freestanding hemodialysis units and that is located in a Class 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality (as such classes are defined in Sections 11-40-12 and 11-40-13 or any successor provision of law) shall not be subject to or governed by the provisions of Article 9 of Chapter 21 of Title 22 (including, without limitation, the provisions of said article which require that a certificate of need be obtained from the State Health Planning and Development Agency as a condition precedent to the offering or development of new institutional health services). (c) The provisions of subsection (b) shall not apply to a kidney disease treatment center located in a Class 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality if such municipality or any part thereof is located in a county in which a Class 1, 2 or 3 municipality or any part thereof is located. (Acts 1991, No. 91-722, p. 1412, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 22-21-290 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 10 - Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.|Section 22-21-290 - Short Title.

Section 22-21-290Short title. This article may be cited as "the Alabama Health Care Responsibility Act." (Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §1.)
AL Code § 22-21-291 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 10 - Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.|Section 22-21-291 - Legislative Intent.

Section 22-21-291Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to place the ultimate financial obligation for the medical treatment of indigents on the county in which the indigent resides, for all those costs not fully reimbursed by other governmental programs or third-party payers. (Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §2.)
AL Code § 22-21-292 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 10 - Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.|Section 22-21-292 - Definitions.

Section 22-21-292Definitions. For the purpose of this article the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) LOCAL AGENCY. Any county existing or hereafter created pursuant to the laws of this state. (2) INDIGENT. Any person who has resided continuously in this state for not less than one year and who is acutely ill or injured and can be helped markedly by treatment in a hospital, but who is unable to pay the cost of such hospitalization from his own resources or from the resources of those upon whom he is legally dependent. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Human Resources. (4) HOSPITAL. Any state, county, municipal or other public or private hospital licensed under the laws of this state, except a hospital, whether public or private, which is operated primarily for the care and treatment of tuberculosis, mental disorders or any other such chronic disease or illness. (5) REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL. Any hospital that provides services to patients who reside in counties other than the county in which the hospital is located. (Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §3.)
AL Code § 22-21-293 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 10 - Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.|Section 22-21-293 - Financial Responsibility for Out-of-County Indigent Patients Treated at a Regional Referral Hospital.

Section 22-21-293Financial responsibility for out-of-county indigent patients treated at a regional referral hospital. Ultimate financial responsibility for treatment received at a regional referral hospital by a certified indigent patient, who is a resident of the State of Alabama but is not a resident of the county in which the regional referral hospital is located, shall be the obligation of the county of which the certified indigent patient is a resident. A county's annual financial responsibility for each of its resident certified indigent patients receiving treatment at a regional referral hospital shall be limited to payment for 30 days or the number of days of services allowed per annum for the care of Medicaid patients through the State Medicaid Program at the time of the patient's hospitalization, whichever shall be less, at the per diem reimbursement rate currently in effect for the regional referral hospital under the medical assistance program for the needy under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as amended. No county shall be required to pay for services at a regional referral hospital when such services are available at a local hospital in the county where the indigent resides, except that the county where the indigent resides shall be liable for the cost of treatment provided to said certified indigent at a regional referral hospital for any emergency medical condition which will deteriorate from failure to provide such treatment and when such condition is determined by the attending physician to be of an emergency nature. Provided however, no county shall be required to pay for services at a regional referral hospital for any patient that has received medical assistance during the current year through the State Medicaid Program. Provided, further, no county shall be required to pay for services at a regional referral hospital for any patient until all third party payors have paid all they are obligated to pay under any contract of insurance or otherwise. (Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §4; Acts 1980, No. 80-466, p. 729.)
AL Code § 22-21-294 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 10 - Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.|Section 22-21-294 - Certification of Indigency; Rules.

Section 22-21-294Certification of indigency; rules. Not later than October 1, 1979, the Department of Human Resources shall adopt rules which provide a statewide eligibility standard to certify residents of each county as indigent for the purposes of this article. These rules shall further provide that certification as indigent for the purposes of this article may occur either prior to a person's admission to a regional referral hospital, or subsequent to such admission for an emergency condition, but in any event if a determination of whether a patient meets or does not meet eligibility standards for certification as indigent for the purpose of this article is not made within 90 days following written notification by the regional referral hospital to the county of residence of the patient's admission to a regional referral hospital, the patient shall be considered to have been a certified indigent patient upon admission. A patient certified as indigent for the purpose of this article subsequent to his or her admission to a regional referral hospital shall be considered to have been certified upon admission. Such certification shall be made by a person designated by the board of county commissioners, or in the absence of such a designated person, by the county health officer. Furthermore, any county may establish standards of eligibility which are less restrictive than the standards adopted by the department under this section and no county may establish standards which are more restrictive than the standards adopted by the department under this section. (Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §5; Acts 1980, No. 80-466, p. 729.)
AL Code § 22-21-295 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 10 - Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.|Section 22-21-295 - Obligation of Regional Referral Hospitals.

Section 22-21-295Obligation of regional referral hospitals. As a condition of accepting the procedures of this article, each regional referral hospital in Alabama shall be obligated to admit for treatment all Alabama residents who meet the eligibility standards established pursuant to Section 22-21-294 and who meet the medical standards for admission to such institutions. (Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §6.)
AL Code § 22-21-296 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 10 - Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.|Section 22-21-296 - Procedure for Settlement of Disputes.

Section 22-21-296Procedure for settlement of disputes. All disputes between a county and a regional referral hospital shall be resolved by action in the circuit court of the county in which the regional referral hospital is located. (Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §7.)
AL Code § 22-21-297 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 10 - Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.|Section 22-21-297 - Certification Necessary for Treatment; Exception.

Section 22-21-297Certification necessary for treatment; exception. No patient shall be treated or admitted to, except in the case of an emergency, to a regional referral hospital as an indigent unless and until the board of county commissioners of the county providing certification notifies the hospital that the patient is certified as an indigent and that he is approved by the board for treatment or admission. (Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §8.)
AL Code § 22-21-300 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 10A - Financial Assistance Policies.|Section 22-21-300 - Disclosure of Policies to Patients.

Section 22-21-300Disclosure of policies to patients. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) HOSPITAL. Any facility as defined in Section 22-21-20. (2) HOSPITAL BILL. A written statement provided to a patient after services are rendered by the hospital describing the services and the payment due for those services. (3) UNINSURED PATIENT. A person receiving care at a hospital who does not have any third party source for payment of a hospital bill. (b)(1) Each hospital must make available written information regarding its financial assistance policies. Each hospital bill or other summary of charges to a patient shall include a statement that a patient who meets certain income criteria may qualify for the financial assistance policy of the hospital.  (2) Each hospital shall conspicuously post a sign in the admission and registration areas of the hospital with the following notice: "You may be eligible for financial assistance under the terms and conditions the hospital offers to qualified patients. For additional information, contact the hospital financial assistance representative." (3) The sign shall be in English and in any other language that is the primary language of at least five percent of the patients annually served by the hospital. (4) Each hospital that has a website must post a notice in a prominent place on its website, if financial assistance is available at the hospital, a description of the financial assistance application process and a copy of the financial assistance application.  (Act 2009-712, p. 2094, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 22-21-310 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 11 - Health Care Authorities.|Section 22-21-310 - Short Title.

Section 22-21-310Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as "The Health Care Authorities Act of 1982." (Acts 1982, No. 82-418, p. 629, §1.)
AL Code § 22-21-312 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 11 - Health Care Authorities.|Section 22-21-312 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

Section 22-21-312Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (1) That publicly-owned (as distinguished from investor-owned and community-nonprofit) hospitals and other health care facilities furnish a substantial part of the indigent and reduced-rate care and other health care services furnished to residents of the state by hospitals and other health care facilities generally; (2) That as a result of current significant fiscal and budgetary limitations or restrictions, the state and the various counties, municipalities, and educational institutions therein are no longer able to provide, from taxes and other general fund moneys, all the revenues and funds necessary to operate such publicly-owned hospitals and other health care facilities adequately and efficiently; and (3) That to enable such publicly-owned hospitals and other health care facilities to continue to operate adequately and efficiently, it is necessary that the entities and agencies operating them have significantly greater powers with respect to health care facilities than now vested in various public hospital or health-care authorities and corporations and the ability to provide a corporate structure somewhat more flexible than those now provided for in existing laws relating to the public hospital and health-care authorities. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to promote the public health of the people of the state (1) by authorizing the several counties, municipalities, and educational institutions in the state effectively to form public corporations whose corporate purpose shall be to acquire, own and operate health care facilities, and (2) by permitting, with the consent of the counties or municipalities (or both) authorizing their formation, existing public hospital corporations to reincorporate hereunder. To that end, this article invests each public corporation so organized or reincorporated hereunder with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish its corporate purposes and shall be liberally construed in conformity with said intent. (Acts 1982, No. 82-418, p. 629, §3; Act 2003-249, p. 606, §1.)
AL Code § 22-21-317 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 11 - Health Care Authorities.|Section 22-21-317 - Officers; Election; Terms; Duties.

Section 22-21-317Officers; election; terms; duties. The officers of an authority shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary or desirable. The chairman and the vice-chairman of the authority shall be elected by the board from its membership but neither the secretary, the treasurer nor any of the other officers of the authority need be a director. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not be, held by the same person. The chairman and the vice-chairman of the authority shall be elected by the board for terms of not exceeding three years each, and the secretary, the treasurer and the other officers of the authority shall be elected by the board for such terms as it deems advisable. The duties of the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer shall be such as are customarily performed by such officers and as may be prescribed by the board. The duties of any other officers of the authority shall be such as are from time to time prescribed by the board. (Acts 1982, No. 82-418, p. 629, §8.)
AL Code § 22-21-319 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.|Article 11 - Health Care Authorities.|Section 22-21-319 - Extraordinary Power of Authority.

Section 22-21-319Extraordinary power of authority. If and only if its certificate of incorporation or an appropriate amendment thereto (both of which must, under the terms of this article, be approved by the governing body of each authorizing subdivision) shall expressly so provide, an authority shall have, in addition to all other powers granted elsewhere in this article, the same power of eminent domain as is vested by law in any authorizing subdivision, in the same manner and under the same conditions as are provided by law for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by such authorizing subdivision; provided however, that under no circumstances may an authority exercise the power of eminent domain for the purposes of providing office facilities for any physician, dentist or other health care professional primarily for use in his private practice. (Acts 1982, No. 82-418, p. 629, §10.)