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AL Code § 22-6-25 (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 2 - Long Term Quality Health Care Act.|Section 22-6-25 - Enforcement Remedies; Adoption of Criteria.

Section 22-6-25Enforcement remedies; adoption of criteria. Medicaid shall have such specific civil remedies of enforcement as is required by OBRA as a minimum state enforcement remedy. In order to ensure compliance with this article, Medicaid rules and regulations and OBRA, Medicaid shall also specify criteria, as to when and how each of such enforcement remedies is to be applied, the amounts of any fines, and the severity of each of these remedies, to be used in the imposition of such remedies. Such criteria shall be designed so as to minimize the time between the identification of violations and final imposition of the remedies, and shall provide for the imposition of incrementally more severe fines for repeated or uncorrected deficiencies. Such enforcement remedies and criteria shall be promulgated by rule or regulation pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedures Act no later than October 1, 1989. Medicaid shall not have the power to implement such specific enforcement remedies until Medicaid has also adopted specific criteria as to when and how each of such remedies is to be applied, the amounts of any fines, and the severity of each of these remedies to be used in the imposition of such remedies. (Acts 1989, No. 89-641, p. 1268, §6.)
AL Code § 22-6-26 (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 2 - Long Term Quality Health Care Act.|Section 22-6-26 - Health Department Functions and Responsibilities.

Section 22-6-26Health department functions and responsibilities. This article shall in no way supersede, replace or affect the licensing and certification responsibilities or other regulatory functions of the Health Department. All health care facilities licensing authority shall remain the responsibility of the Department of Public Health upon and after May 9, 1989. (Acts 1989, No. 89-641, p. 1268, §7.)
AL Code § 22-6-27 (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 2 - Long Term Quality Health Care Act.|Section 22-6-27 - Resident Protection Trust Fund; Appropriation; Use.

Section 22-6-27Resident Protection Trust Fund; appropriation; use. All revenue collected pursuant to assessing civil penalties shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of Medicaid in a trust fund known as The Resident Protection Trust Fund. This fund is hereby appropriated to Medicaid to be expended for the purpose of protecting the health and property of residents in nursing facilities found deficient and for assisting with relocating indigent residents when an action is taken under the auspices of this article. This fund may be used for the maintenance of a facility pending correction of deficiencies or closure and to reimburse residents for personal funds lost. All funds in excess of $50,000.00 may be used to provide technical assistance to facilities to return to full compliance with this article. (Acts 1989, No. 89-641, p. 1268, §8.)
AL Code § 22-6-30 (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 3 - Health Care Trust Fund.|Section 22-6-30 - Fund Established; Purpose.

Section 22-6-30Fund established; purpose. There is hereby established the Alabama Health Care Trust Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of further providing for the operation of the Medicaid Program and the maintenance and expansion of medical services available thereunder. This fund shall consist of revenues received from certain taxes levied on providers of medical services. (Acts 1991, No. 91-125, p. 152, §1.)
AL Code § 22-6-31 (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 3 - Health Care Trust Fund.|Section 22-6-31 - Moneys in Fund Appropriated to Alabama Medicaid Agency.

Section 22-6-31Moneys in fund appropriated to Alabama Medicaid Agency. All moneys deposited in said fund shall be available solely for appropriation by the Legislature to the Alabama Medicaid Agency. Said moneys shall be used and expended under the supervision of the Commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid Agency in order to accomplish the purposes of this article and in accordance with the terms of the appropriations from which the moneys are derived. (Acts 1991, No. 91-125, p. 152, §2.)
AL Code § 22-6-32 (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 3 - Health Care Trust Fund.|Section 22-6-32 - Unobligated Balance Not to Revert to General Fund but to Be Carried Forward.

Section 22-6-32Unobligated balance not to revert to General Fund but to be carried forward. Any unobligated balance in said fund shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of any fiscal year but shall be automatically carried forward and available to be appropriated by the Alabama Legislature in each succeeding fiscal year in said fund. Such appropriations shall be budgeted and allotted pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41. The existence or availability of moneys in this trust fund shall not reduce appropriations to the Alabama Medicaid Agency from the State General Fund below the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1992. (Acts 1991, No. 91-125, p. 152, §3.)
AL Code § 22-6-40 (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 4 - Obstetrics, Pediatrics, and Family Practice Financing and Insurance Premium Adjustments.|Section 22-6-40 - Medicaid Agency Authorized to Increase Financing and Adjust Insurance Premiums for Family Practitioners, Pediatricians and Obstetricians.

Section 22-6-40Medicaid Agency authorized to increase financing and adjust insurance premiums for family practitioners, pediatricians and obstetricians. The Legislature recognizes the shortage of and the decline in obstetrical care in the rural areas of the state and the hardship imposed on those who are required to travel many miles to obtain the necessary prenatal care and ultimately delivery at term. The Legislature further recognizes the high infant mortality rates that are attributed in part to inadequate care during pregnancy, delivery, and necessary care after delivery. The Legislature further recognizes that the reduction in available care and services is attributed in part to high liability insurance premiums. In recognizing the ability of the Alabama Medicaid Agency to maximize state revenues, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Medicaid Agency provide increased financing for family practitioners, pediatricians and obstetricians to increase availability of obstetrical services and to address the difference in existing insurance premiums and the amount required for obstetrical practice. (Acts 1991, No. 91-596, p. 1099, §1.)
AL Code § 22-6-41 (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 4 - Obstetrics, Pediatrics, and Family Practice Financing and Insurance Premium Adjustments.|Section 22-6-41 - Availability of Increased Financing.

Section 22-6-41Availability of increased financing. This financing shall be available to physicians in family practice, pediatrics and obstetrics who provide obstetrical services in rural and underserved areas. (Acts 1991, No. 91-596, p. 1099, §2.)
AL Code § 22-6-42 (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 4 - Obstetrics, Pediatrics, and Family Practice Financing and Insurance Premium Adjustments.|Section 22-6-42 - Administration of Financing Program; Establishment of Rules and Criteria for Alleviating Rural Problems and Reducing High Infant Mortality Rates.

Section 22-6-42Administration of financing program; establishment of rules and criteria for alleviating rural problems and reducing high infant mortality rates. The Alabama Medicaid Agency is hereby authorized to develop and administer the financing program and establish the appropriate rules necessary to promote new obstetrical services and set additional criteria necessary to alleviate the problems in the rural areas to reduce the high infant mortality rates. (Acts 1991, No. 91-596, p. 1099, §3.)
AL Code § 22-6-70 (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 6 - Medicaid Trust Fund.|Section 22-6-70 - Created.

Section 22-6-70Created. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a trust fund to be known as the Medicaid Trust Fund. The trust fund shall be administered by a board of directors in accordance with the provisions of this article. Funds received by the State of Alabama from the following sources shall be deposited into the trust fund: (1) Tobacco revenues, as defined by Section 41-10-622(9), designated by state law for the use and benefit of the Alabama Medicaid Agency; (2) intergovernmental fund transfers received by the Alabama Medicaid Agency from public hospitals and public nursing homes which, at the end of any fiscal year, have not been expended or encumbered in accordance with the fiscal laws and procedures of the State of Alabama and when the transfer to the Medicaid Trust Fund has been recommended by the Commissioner of the Medicaid Agency and approved by the Director of Finance; and (3) any funds appropriated to the Alabama Medicaid Agency from any source which, at the end of any fiscal year, have not been expended or encumbered in accordance with the fiscal laws and procedures of the State of Alabama and when the transfer to the trust fund has been approved by the Director of Finance and the Governor. (Act 2000-772, p. 1768, §1.)
AL Code § 22-6-71 (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 6 - Medicaid Trust Fund.|Section 22-6-71 - Board of Directors.

Section 22-6-71Board of directors. The Medicaid Trust Fund Board of Directors shall be composed of the Governor, who shall be its chairman; the Director of Finance, who shall be its vice-chairman; the Commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid Agency, who shall be its secretary; the Chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee-General Fund or his or her designee; and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee-General Fund or his or her designee. The board shall meet at the call of the chairman. Any four members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business. The proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing by the secretary and signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and the secretary. The proceedings of the board shall be recorded in a substantially bound book and filed in the office of the secretary. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified. (Act 2000-772, p. 1768, §2.)
AL Code § 22-6-72 (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 6 - Medicaid Trust Fund.|Section 22-6-72 - Duties of State Treasurer; Disposition of Funds.

Section 22-6-72Duties of State Treasurer; disposition of funds. The State Treasurer shall invest the funds in the trust fund on the direction of the board in investments which are eligible investments for the Alabama Trust Fund as authorized by Amendment No. 450 and Amendment No. 488 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. All interest earned on the investment of money in the trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund. The State Treasurer shall receive no fees or compensation for his or her work in complying with this provision. No funds may be transferred to the Medicaid Agency or expended by the board except as budgeted and allotted in accordance with the Budget Act and the Budget Management Act. Money contained in the trust fund at the end of any year shall not revert to the General Fund or any other fund in the State Treasury but shall remain in the trust fund until appropriated by the Legislature. (Act 2000-772, p. 1768, §3.)
AL Code § 22-6-73 (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 6 - Medicaid Trust Fund.|Section 22-6-73 - Powers of Board.

Section 22-6-73Powers of board.  The board of directors of the trust fund shall have the following powers: (1) To transfer funds in the trust fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Alabama Medicaid Agency for any purpose for which the Medicaid Agency may expend funds. (2) To advise the State Treasurer on investments that may be made with trust fund assets. (3) To make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature as to the need for appropriations from the Medicaid Trust Fund to the Medicaid Agency. (4) To advise the Governor and the Legislature on the continuing status of the tobacco revenues designated by state law for the use and benefit of the Alabama Medicaid Agency. (Act 2000-772, p. 1768, §4.)
AL Code § 22-6-90 (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 7 - Medicaid Revenue Use Act.|Section 22-6-90 - Short Title.

Section 22-6-90Short title. This article shall be known as the "Medicaid Revenue Use Act." (Act 2002-410, p. 1031, §1.)
AL Code § 22-6-91 (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 7 - Medicaid Revenue Use Act.|Section 22-6-91 - Definitions.

Section 22-6-91Definitions.  For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) HEALTHCARE SERVICES. Any services of the type for which the Medicaid Agency may reimburse a provider. (2) PARTNERSHIP HOSPITAL PROGRAM. The Medicaid managed care program for the provision of inpatient care in this state. (Act 2002-410, p. 1031, §2.)
AL Code § 22-6-92 (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 7 - Medicaid Revenue Use Act.|Section 22-6-92 - Use of Funds; Annual Certification.

Section 22-6-92Use of funds; annual certification. Any hospital or hospital system located in the State of Alabama that receives funds from the Medicaid Agency or from a partnership hospital program shall utilize all revenues received from either source only in connection with the provision of healthcare services. Within 30 days after the close of a hospital's or a hospital system's fiscal year, the hospital or hospital system shall certify in writing to the Medicaid Agency that it has complied with the requirements of this section during the past fiscal year. The certification shall be executed by the hospital's or hospital system's administrator or chief financial officer and may be made electronically. (Act 2002-410, p. 1031, §3.)
AL Code § 22-6-93 (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 7 - Medicaid Revenue Use Act.|Section 22-6-93 - Transfer of Funds - Generally.

Section 22-6-93Transfer of funds - Generally. To the extent any hospital or hospital system transfers, directly or indirectly, funds to the Medicaid Agency, transfers by the hospital or hospital system in any fiscal period which may be determined on an annual or other reasonable periodic basis may not exceed the amount of revenues received by the hospital or hospital system from payors other than the Medicaid Agency or a partnership hospital program during that period.  (Act 2002-410, p. 1031, §4.)
AL Code § 22-6-94 (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 7 - Medicaid Revenue Use Act.|Section 22-6-94 - Transfer of Funds - Use by Medicaid Agency.

Section 22-6-94Transfer of funds - Use by Medicaid Agency.  All funds transferred by a hospital or a hospital system from any payor source directly or indirectly to the Medicaid Agency shall be used by the Medicaid Agency to defer costs incurred in connection with either the provision of healthcare services, as provided in Section 22-6-92, or Medicaid-covered services to Medicaid-eligible beneficiaries. (Act 2002-410, p. 1031, §5.)
AL Code § 22-6-95 (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 7 - Medicaid Revenue Use Act.|Section 22-6-95 - Transfer of Funds - Annual Certification.

Section 22-6-95Transfer of funds - Annual certification.  At the time a hospital or hospital system transfers funds to the Medicaid Agency, or no less frequently than within 30 days after the close of the transferor hospital's or hospital system's fiscal year, the hospital or hospital system shall certify in writing to the Medicaid Agency that the funds transferred met the requirements of Section 22-6-93. In the case of an annual certification, the transferor hospital or hospital system shall certify that all the funds transferred during the hospital's or hospital system's past fiscal year met the requirements of Section 22-6-93. The certifications pursuant to this section shall be executed by the hospital's or hospital system's administrator or chief financial officer and may be made electronically. The Medicaid Agency shall determine that it has not sought federal matching funds on funds transferred to it by a hospital or hospital system that have not been certified by the transferor hospital or hospital system as provided for in this section. (Act 2002-410, p. 1031, §6.)
AL Code § 22-6-96 (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 7 - Medicaid Revenue Use Act.|Section 22-6-96 - Transfer of Funds - Return of Uncertified Funds.

Section 22-6-96Transfer of funds - Return of uncertified funds. In the event a hospital or hospital system transfers funds to the Medicaid Agency and fails to certify that the funds transferred are in compliance with the requirements of Section 22-6-93, the Medicaid Agency shall return any portion of the funds not certified to the transferor hospital or hospital system no later than 90 days after the close of the transferor hospital's or hospital system's fiscal year. (Act 2002-410, p. 1031, §7.)
AL Code § 22-6-97 (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 7 - Medicaid Revenue Use Act.|Section 22-6-97 - Transfer of Funds - Return of Noncomplying Funds.

Section 22-6-97Transfer of funds - Return of noncomplying funds. In the event a hospital or hospital system transfers funds to the Medicaid Agency and certifies that the funds transferred are in compliance with Section 22-6-93, but subsequently it is determined that the transfer was not in compliance, the Medicaid Agency shall return the transferred funds to the transferor hospital or hospital system. The transferor hospital or hospital system shall transfer to the Medicaid Agency funds that comply with the requirements of this article within 60 days of that determination, along with a certification that this transfer complies with the requirements of this article, to the extent that revenues from sources other than Medicaid are available to effect a transfer that complies with this article. (Act 2002-410, p. 1031, §8.)
AL Code § 22-6-98 (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 7 - Medicaid Revenue Use Act.|Section 22-6-98 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 22-6-98Rules and regulations. The Commissioner of the Medicaid Agency may adopt and implement regulations as necessary to ensure compliance with this article. (Act 2002-410, p. 1031, §9.)
AL Code § 22-6-120 (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 8 - Medicaid Preferred Drug Plan.|Section 22-6-120 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-6-120Legislative findings.  The Legislature finds the following: (1) The availability of appropriate pharmaceutical benefits to every Alabama citizen is a critical component to the overall health of its population. (2) Alabama should strive to provide appropriate, safe, effective, and cost-efficient pharmaceutical care to those who depend on health benefits through state funded programs. (3) The Alabama Medicaid Agency should endeavor to manage the Medicaid Pharmacy Program utilizing clinical management tools in a manner to foster optimal health outcomes at reasonable costs. (4) State Medicaid programs and private insurance plans across the country utilize preferred drug lists as an effective way to foster and encourage clinically appropriate and safe use of pharmaceuticals in a cost-effective manner. (5) Based on the proven effectiveness of preferred drug programs to foster appropriate use of drugs, it is in the best interests of Alabama and its citizens for the Alabama Medicaid Agency to develop and implement a preferred drug plan. The plan should include a preferred drug list, which should be based on in-depth clinical evaluations of drugs. (6) Efficacy and safety considerations override all other considerations in the preferred drug decision making process. (Act 2003-297, p. 697, §1.)