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AL Code § 22-6-228 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 6 - Medicaid Program.|Article 11 - Integrated Care.|Section 22-6-228 - Risk Contracts.

Section 22-6-228Risk contracts.  A risk contract between the Medicaid Agency and an integrated care network shall be for two years, with the option for Medicaid to renew the contract for not more than three additional one-year periods. The Medicaid Agency shall obtain provider input and an independent evaluation of the cost savings, patient outcomes, and quality of care provided by an integrated care network, and obtain the results of an integrated care network's evaluation in time to use the findings to decide whether to enter into another multi-year contract with the integrated care networks or change the Medicaid care delivery system associated with an integrated care network. (Act 2015-322, §10.)
AL Code § 22-6-229 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 6 - Medicaid Program.|Article 11 - Integrated Care.|Section 22-6-229 - Termination of Certification.

Section 22-6-229Termination of certification. (a) The Medicaid Agency shall establish by rule the procedure for the termination of an integrated care network certification for non-performance of contractual duty or for failure to meet or maintain standards or requirements provided by this article or established by the Medicaid Agency as required by this article. (b) Termination of an integrated care network certification shall follow the standard administrative process with the right to a hearing before a hearing officer appointed by the Medicaid Agency. (Act 2015-322, §11.)
AL Code § 22-6-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 6 - Medicaid Program.|Article 11 - Integrated Care.|Section 22-6-230 - Rates for Contracting Services; Provider Requirements.

Section 22-6-230Rates for contracting services; provider requirements.  An integrated care network shall contract with any willing nursing home, doctor, home and community waiver program, or other provider to provide services through an integrated care network if the provider is willing to accept the payments and terms offered comparable providers, where applicable, but in no event less than amounts historically paid by the Medicaid Agency to comparable providers. To the extent that the Medicaid Agency currently calculates and establishes provider-specific rates for any provider category on an annualized basis, it shall continue to calculate and establish such rates and the integrated care network shall be required to offer providers from that category not less than their established rates. Any provider shall meet licensing requirements set by law, shall have a Medicaid provider number, and shall not otherwise be disqualified from participating in Medicare or Medicaid. (Act 2015-322, §12.)
AL Code § 22-6-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 6 - Medicaid Program.|Article 11 - Integrated Care.|Section 22-6-231 - Implementation of Article.

Section 22-6-231Implementation of article.  (a) The following timeline applies to implementation of this article: (1) Not later than April 1, 2017, the Medicaid Agency shall establish integrated care network rules setting forth solvency, governing board, network, and active supervision requirements, as well as other requirements of the Medicaid Agency. (2) Not later than April 1, 2018, Medicaid Agency will initiate competitive procurement for the services of integrated care network or networks. (3) Not later than October 1, 2018, one or more integrated care networks certified by the Medicaid Agency shall begin to deliver services pursuant to a risk bearing contract. (Act 2015-322, §13.)
AL Code § 22-6-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 6 - Medicaid Program.|Article 11 - Integrated Care.|Section 22-6-232 - Coverage of Medicaid Beneficiaries by Integrated Care Networks.

Section 22-6-232Coverage of Medicaid beneficiaries by integrated care networks.  (a) The Medicaid Agency shall determine by rule which groups of Medicaid beneficiaries to include for coverage by an integrated care network. The Medicaid Agency, without the approval of the Governor, shall not make a coverage decision that would affect Medicaid beneficiaries who are directly served by another state agency. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the current Medicaid long-term care programs shall continue as currently administered by the Medicaid Agency until one or more integrated care networks are fully operational and has entered into a risk contract as provided herein. (Act 2015-322, §14.)
AL Code § 22-6-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 6 - Medicaid Program.|Article 11 - Integrated Care.|Section 22-6-234 - Advance Directive for Health Care Options.

Section 22-6-234Advance directive for health care options.  Any participant in the integrated care network system receiving long term care services shall be offered information regarding advance directive for health care options consistent with applicable Alabama state law. (Act 2015-322, §16.)
AL Code § 22-6-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 6 - Medicaid Program.|Article 11 - Integrated Care.|Section 22-6-235 - Rulemaking Authority.

Section 22-6-235Rulemaking authority.  The Medicaid Agency shall adopt rules necessary to implement this article and to administer the Medicaid Program as provided in this article in a manner consistent with state and federal law, as well as any State Plan or State Plan Waiver approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Act 2015-322, §17.)
AL Code § 22-6-236 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 6 - Medicaid Program.|Article 11 - Integrated Care.|Section 22-6-236 - Construction and Application of &Sect§22-6-220 Through 22-6-234.

Section 22-6-236Construction and application of §§22-6-220 through 22-6-234. All laws or parts of laws which conflict with this act are repealed. Notwithstanding the above, it is expressly declared that the provisions of Sections 22-6-220 to 22-6-234, inclusive, apply only to long-term care and integrated care networks as provided for in those sections. Therefore, Sections 22-6-220 to 22-6-234, inclusive, shall not be construed to be in conflict with or to amend, repeal, or modify any other provisions of Sections 22-6-150 to 22-6-164, inclusive, that do not expressly deal with long-term care, nor any laws and regulations that deal with care provided by regional care organizations or alternative care providers. (Act 2015-322, §18.)
AL Code § 22-6-237 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 6 - Medicaid Program.|Article 11 - Integrated Care.|Section 22-6-237 - Exemption From Certain Fees and Taxes.

Section 22-6-237Exemption from certain fees and taxes. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, integrated care networks as defined in this article are exempt from the payment of any and all state, county, and municipal license fees, including any business privilege or license tax heretofore or hereafter levied by the State of Alabama or any county or municipality thereof. The exemptions provided by this section shall not extend to the individual health care providers who are members of the integrated care networks. (Act 2015-322, §19.)
AL Code § 22-11A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-1 - State Board of Health to Designate Notifiable Diseases and Health Conditions.

Section 22-11A-1State Board of Health to designate notifiable diseases and health conditions. The State Board of Health shall designate the diseases and health conditions which are notifiable. The diseases and health conditions so designated by the Board of Health are declared to be diseases and health conditions of epidemic potential, a threat to the health and welfare of the public, or otherwise of public health importance. The occurrence of cases of notifiable diseases and health conditions shall be reported as provided by the rules adopted by the State Board of Health. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-2 - Persons Responsible to Report Diseases; Contents of Report; Confidential Information; Person Making Report Immune From Liability.

Section 22-11A-2Persons responsible to report diseases; contents of report; confidential information; person making report immune from liability. Each physician, dentist, nurse, medical examiner, hospital administrator, nursing home administrator, laboratory director, school principal, and day care center director shall be responsible to report cases or suspected cases of notifiable diseases and health conditions. The report shall contain such information, and be delivered in such a manner, as may be provided for from time to time by the rules of the State Board of Health. All medical and statistical information and reports required by this article shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the inspection, subpoena, or admission into evidence in any court, except proceedings brought under this article to compel the examination, testing, commitment or quarantine of any person or upon the written consent of the patient, or if the patient is a minor, his parent or legal guardian. Any physician or other person making any report required by this article or participating in any judicial proceeding resulting therefrom shall, in so doing, be immune from any civil or criminal liability, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. No provision of this section shall be interpreted to prevent the publication of statistical reports or other summaries provided that said reports or summaries do not identify individual persons. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §2.)
AL Code § 22-11A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-3 - Action of Health Officer Upon Being Notified of Diseases; Quarantine.

Section 22-11A-3Action of health officer upon being notified of diseases; quarantine. Whenever the State Health Officer or his representative, or the county health officer or his representative, is notified of any person or persons afflicted with any of the notifiable diseases or health conditions designated by the State Board of Health, he shall, at his discretion, isolate or quarantine such person or persons as further provided in this article. Such quarantine shall be established and maintained in accordance with the rules adopted by the State Board of Health for the control of the disease with which the person or persons are afflicted. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §3.)
AL Code § 22-11A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-4 - Certain Records to Be Provided to State Health Officer or Bureau of Clinical Laboratories.

Section 22-11A-4Certain records to be provided to State Health Officer or Bureau of Clinical Laboratories. (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CLINICAL MATERIALS. Either of the following: a. A clinical isolate that contains or that may contain an infectious agent of public health importance. b. Material that contains or that may contain an infectious agent of public health importance, if an isolate is not available, in the following order of preference: 1. A patient specimen. 2. Nucleic acid. 3. Other laboratory material. (2) PROVIDER OF MEDICAL SERVICES. A physician, hospital, laboratory, or other medical facility or medical professional that renders medical care relating to treatment of possible or confirmed cases of public health importance. (b) A provider of medical services that is currently rendering or that has rendered treatment, care, diagnostic services, or laboratory services to any person suspected of having a notifiable disease or health condition shall provide all records relating to its performance of treatment, care, diagnostic services, or laboratory services for that person to the State Health Officer or his or her designee upon request. (c) Any laboratory at which testing of clinical materials results in a suspected or positive finding of public health importance shall forward those clinical materials to the Bureau of Clinical Laboratories of the Department of Public Health. (d) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this section. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §4; Act 2019-302, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-5 - When State Board of Health to Take Charge of Investigation.

Section 22-11A-5When State Board of Health to take charge of investigation. The State Board of Health may take charge of the investigation of an epidemic or of the supression thereof, or both, whenever, in the opinion of the State Health Officer, the public welfare requires such a course of action and, in that event, shall have and exercise all the power and authority that the county board of health and county health officer would have in the premises. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §5.)
AL Code § 22-11A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-6 - Penalty for Failure to Make Report.

Section 22-11A-6Penalty for failure to make report. Any physician or other person designated in Section 22-11A-2 who has knowledge of a case of a notifiable disease or health condition, who refuses or willfully fails to make to the health officer, in whose jurisdiction the case is located, a full and prompt report thereof, specifying the character of the notifiable disease or health condition and the name and locality of the patient, together with such other details as may be required by the State Board of Health, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, may be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §6.)
AL Code § 22-11A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-7 - Persons Having Notifiable Disease to Obey Directions of Health Officials.

Section 22-11A-7Persons having notifiable disease to obey directions of health officials. Any person reported as having any of the notifiable diseases or health conditions designated by the State Board of Health shall conform to or obey the instructions or directions given or communicated to him by the county board of health, county health officer or his designee, or State Board of Health, State Health Officer, or his designee, to prevent the spread of the disease. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §7.)
AL Code § 22-11A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-8 - Health Officer to Investigate Complaints of Diseases; Afflicted Persons to Be Moved to Suitable Place; Expenses of Removal.

Section 22-11A-8Health officer to investigate complaints of diseases; afflicted persons to be moved to suitable place; expenses of removal. Whenever complaint is made in writing to the health officer of a county that a person, not at his own home, is afflicted with any of the notifiable diseases or health conditions designated by the State Board of Health, such health officer shall, thoroughly and promptly, investigate said complaint. If, upon investigation, said health officer is of the opinion that said complaint is well founded, he may cause such person to be removed to such place as may have been provided for such cases in the county, city or town in which such person is found or, if there is no such place provided for such cases, then, to such place as said health officer may deem suitable, subject to the approval of the authorities of the county, city or town, as the case may be. The removal of said person shall be at the expense of said person, or, in case the person is a minor, then, at the expense of his parent or guardian or, if the person be indigent, then, at the expense of the town, city, or county, as the case may be. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §8.)
AL Code § 22-11A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-9 - Tuberculosis Cases to Be Reported; Contents of Report; Reports Confidential.

Section 22-11A-9Tuberculosis cases to be reported; contents of report; reports confidential. Any physician who diagnoses or treats a case of active tuberculosis, the administrator of any hospital, dispensary, correctional facility or other institution in which there is a case of active tuberculosis, the person in charge of any laboratory performing a positive test for active or suspected active tuberculosis, and pharmacist dispensing anti-tuberculosis medication shall report this information to the State Health Officer, the county health officer, or their designee, in the manner provided in Section 22-11A-1. These reports shall include, at a minimum, the name of the patient and the name and address of the physician. The reports required by this section shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public inspection, subpoena, or admission into evidence in any court except proceedings brought under this article to compel the examination, treatment, commitment or quarantine of any person or upon the written consent of the patient, or if the patient is a minor, his parent or legal guardian. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §9.)
AL Code § 22-11A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-10 - State Board of Health to Investigate Reported Cases of Tuberculosis; Voluntary Treatment; Probate Court May Order Compulsory Treatment and Quarantine; Cost of Treatment; Exercise of Religious Freedom.

Section 22-11A-10State Board of Health to investigate reported cases of tuberculosis; voluntary treatment; probate court may order compulsory treatment and quarantine; cost of treatment; exercise of religious freedom. Whenever the State Board of Health or its authorized representative shall discover, as a result of its own investigation or as a result of any report required by this article, that any person may be afflicted with tuberculosis, the State Board of Health, through its authorized representative, shall investigate or further investigate the circumstances and, if after investigation, the representative of the State Board of Health is of the opinion that an active case of tuberculosis is found, he shall encourage the person infected to take voluntary treatment to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the State Board of Health. If such afflicted person refuses voluntary treatment, than the state board of health, through its authorized representative, may petition the probate court to order commitment of the afflicted person for compulsory treatment and quarantine as further provided in this article. The compulsory treatment and quarantine shall be at a facility designated by the State Board of Health as a Tuberculosis Recalcitrant Treatment Center. The afflicted person shall be committed until, in the opinion of the attending physician, the afflicted person's tuberculosis is cured or said person is no longer a threat to public health. The court issuing a commitment order under this article shall retain jurisdiction of the afflicted person and may recommit said person if having been discharged, said person fails to complete the prescribed course of outpatient treatment. The cost of compulsory treatment care and maintenance of persons committed to a contract tuberculosis hospital under the provisions of this article shall be provided for by the state from any funds appropriated for the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients in a manner determined by the State Board of Health. Any funds appropriated to pay the state allocation provided for in Section 22-11A-12 may be spent for such purpose on requisitions signed by the State Health Officer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or empower the medical treatment of any person who desires treatment by prayer or spiritual means, in the exercise of religious freedom; provided, however, that such person shall be quarantined or isolated, or both, and while so quarantined or so isolated, or both, shall comply with all applicable sanitary rules, laws, and regulations. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §10.)
AL Code § 22-11A-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11A - Reporting Notifiable Diseases.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 22-11A-11 - Contract Hospitals to Admit Indigent Patients With Chronic Lung Diseases; Costs.

Section 22-11A-11Contract hospitals to admit indigent patients with chronic lung diseases; costs. The State Board of Health, at its option, may authorize regional contract tuberculosis hospitals to admit indigent patients afflicted with chronic lung diseases other than tuberculosis. Costs for the care and treatment of indigent patients afflicted with chronic lung diseases other than tuberculosis who are treated in regional tuberculosis hospitals under the provisions of this article shall be paid in the same manner and from the same funds that the costs for care and treatment of indigent tuberculosis patients are paid. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §11.)