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AL Code § 22-10C-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10C - Alabama Commission on Tick Borne Illness.|Section 22-10C-1 - (Effective Until September 30, 2021, Unless Extended by the legislature.) Commission Created.

Section 22-10C-1(Effective until September 30, 2021, unless extended by the Legislature.) Commission created.  The Alabama Commission on Tick Borne Illness is created in order to coordinate research on the prevention of tick borne illness in the state. (Act 2016-356, §1.)
AL Code § 22-10C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10C - Alabama Commission on Tick Borne Illness.|Section 22-10C-2 - (Effective Until September 30, 2021, Unless Extended by the legislature.) Composition.

Section 22-10C-2(Effective until September 30, 2021, unless extended by the Legislature.) Composition.  The commission shall be composed of the following members who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority: (1) One member with knowledge of the study and prevention of tick borne illness appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (2) One member with knowledge of the study and prevention of tick borne illness appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (3) One member with knowledge of the study and prevention of tick borne illness appointed by the Governor. (4) One member with knowledge of the study and prevention of tick borne illness appointed by the State Health Officer. (5) One member appointed by the Chair of the House Education, Finance, and Appropriations Committee. (6) One member appointed by Chair of the Finance and Taxation-Education Committee. (Act 2016-356, §2.)
AL Code § 22-10C-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10C - Alabama Commission on Tick Borne Illness.|Section 22-10C-3 - (Effective Until September 30, 2021, Unless Extended by the legislature.) Purpose; Meetings; Reports; Compensation.

Section 22-10C-3(Effective until September 30, 2021, unless extended by the Legislature.) Purpose; meetings; reports; compensation.  (a) The goal of the commission is to coordinate research and distribute funding for research on the study of tick borne illness in Alabama and to make suggestions for the treatment of and reduction and eradication of tick borne illness in the state. Research may include methods of prevention, treatment, surveillance, diagnosis, risk prediction, outreach, and intervention of tick borne illness. The commission may not issue any recommendation that would create or define standards for the practice of medicine. (b) Upon adjournment of the 2016 Regular Legislative Session, the commission shall schedule an initial meeting to organize and discuss a plan of action and create criteria and an application process for awarding research funds appropriated to the commission for such purposes, and the commission shall meet as necessary thereafter to achieve its goals. (c) The commission shall report its findings and any proposed legislation to the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate annually by the third day of the regular session of the Legislature. (d) Upon request of the chair of the commission, the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives shall provide necessary clerical assistance for the work of the commission. (e) Each legislative member of the commission shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the commission in accordance with Amendment 871 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. These payments shall be paid out of any funds appropriated to the use of the Legislature. (Act 2016-356, §3.)
AL Code § 22-10C-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10C - Alabama Commission on Tick Borne Illness.|Section 22-10C-4 - (Effective Until September 30, 2021, Unless Extended by the legislature.) Distribution of Funds.

Section 22-10C-4(Effective until September 30, 2021, unless extended by the Legislature.) Distribution of funds.  (a) The commission shall allocate funds for research on tick borne illness in the state based on appropriations received by the commission from the Education Trust Fund. (b) The commission shall award appropriated funds annually through a grant application process. Only research universities and research facilities may apply for grant moneys. (c) In order to receive the funds before the first day of the fiscal year, the college or university requesting or receiving money shall provide information regarding the method, scope, and significance of its research as a prerequisite to receiving the funds. The commission may withdraw future funding from any university not performing adequate research in the opinion of the commission. (Act 2016-356, §4.)
AL Code § 22-10C-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 10C - Alabama Commission on Tick Borne Illness.|Section 22-10C-5 - (Effective Until September 30, 2021, Unless Extended by the legislature.) Dissolution of Commission.

Section 22-10C-5(Effective until September 30, 2021, unless extended by the Legislature.) Dissolution of commission.  The commission shall dissolve on September 30, 2021, unless continued by act of the Legislature. (Act 2016-356, §5.)
AL Code § 22-11B-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data.|Section 22-11B-1 - Health Care Providers Upon Request Required to Give Immunization Status of Patients.

Section 22-11B-1Health care providers upon request required to give immunization status of patients. (a) Notwithstanding any of the confidentiality provisions in Chapter 11A of this title, or any other provisions of law, every public and private health care provider shall, upon request of the persons or entities herein identified, provide information concerning the immunization status of any patient in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health to the following persons and entities: (1) Other public and private health care providers. (2) Health care insurers of all descriptions. (3) The Alabama Medicaid Agency. (4) Individuals and organizations with a need to verify the immunization status of persons in their care, custody, or enrollment, including but not limited to, the chief executive officer, or a designee of the officer, of a public or private day care center, school, or postsecondary educational institution. (b) The authorization granted pursuant to this chapter shall be exercised solely for the purpose of implementing and operating proper immunization programs as determined by the State Board of Health and for updating or verifying the immunization status of individuals in the care, custody, or enrollment of the person requesting or accessing the information pursuant to 42 C.F.R., Section 431.302, Subpart F, safeguarding information pertaining to Medicaid recipients. (Acts 1995, No. 95-530, p. 1075, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11B-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data.|Section 22-11B-2 - Immunization Registry.

Section 22-11B-2Immunization registry. Pursuant to and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, the State Board of Health is authorized to create and maintain an immunization registry. The immunization registry is the central collection of data and reports concerning a vaccine dose or doses administered to a person by a provider. The nature of the immunization information contained in this registry shall be determined by rule of the State Board of Health and shall be obtained from clinic records, billing data and information, and vital or any other records owned and controlled by the State Board of Health and the Alabama Medicaid Agency. Medical insurers and public and private providers are authorized and encouraged to provide information to the registry. (Acts 1995, No. 95-530, p. 1075, §2.)
AL Code § 22-11B-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data.|Section 22-11B-3 - Medicaid Recipients Deemed to Have Given Consent to Information Release With Receipt of Services.

Section 22-11B-3Medicaid recipients deemed to have given consent to information release with receipt of services. Medicaid recipients shall be deemed to have given their consent to the release by the State Medicaid Agency of information to the State Board of Health or any other health care provider by virtue of their receipt of Medicaid covered services. (Acts 1995, No. 95-530, p. 1075, §3.)
AL Code § 22-11B-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data.|Section 22-11B-4 - Limited Immunity of Person or Entity Providing Information.

Section 22-11B-4Limited immunity of person or entity providing information. All persons, firms, corporations, or other public or private entities and all officers, agents, servants, or employees who provide information for exchange in good faith pursuant to this chapter shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for those actions and no cause of action shall be created by their acts or omissions hereunder. (Acts 1995, No. 95-530, p. 1075, §4.)
AL Code § 22-11B-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11B - Exchange of Immunization Status Data.|Section 22-11B-5 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective May 24, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 22-11B-5THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 24, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) A state or local government entity, or any of its officers or agents, may not issue vaccine or immunization passports, vaccine or immunization passes, or any other standardized documentation for the purpose of certifying the immunization status of an individual, or otherwise require the publication or sharing of immunization records or similar health information for an individual, except as otherwise required by Chapter 30 of Title 16, Code of Alabama 1975, or other applicable state law. (b) A state or local government entity or agency, or any of its officers or agents, may not require an individual to receive an immunization or present documentation of an immunization as a condition for receiving any government service or for entry into a government building, except as otherwise required by Chapter 30 of Title 16, Code of Alabama 1975, or other applicable state law. (c) Institutions of education may continue to require a student to prove vaccination status as a condition of attendance only for the specific vaccines that were already required by the institution as of January 1, 2021, provided that the institutions give an exemption for students with a medical condition or religious belief that is contrary to vaccination. (d) An entity or individual doing business in this state may not refuse to provide any goods or services, or refuse to allow admission, to a customer based on the customer's immunization status or lack of documentation that the customer has received an immunization. (Act 2021-493, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11C-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-11C-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act." (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §1.)
AL Code § 22-11C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-2 - Legislative Intent.

Section 22-11C-2Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the referral of persons who have traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injuries to a coordinated rehabilitation program developed and administered by other state agencies, to ascertain information relative to the occurrence of head injuries resulting in moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries or spinal cord injuries, to identify prevention programs to prevent these disabling conditions, and to recommend to the Legislature, state agencies, and other interested organizations steps to prevent and better treat these conditions. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §2.)
AL Code § 22-11C-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-3 - Definitions.

Section 22-11C-3Definitions. 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 anoxia due to near drowning. (2) SPINAL CORD INJURY. The occurrence of an acute traumatic lesion of neural elements in the spinal canal (spinal cord and Cauda equina), resulting in temporary or permanent sensory deficit, motor deficit, or bowel or bladder dysfunction. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §3.)
AL Code § 22-11C-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-4 - Alabama Statewide Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry.

Section 22-11C-4Alabama 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, including the data to be reported, and the effective date after which reporting shall be required. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §4.)
AL Code § 22-11C-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-5 - Reporting Injuries; Access to Records.

Section 22-11C-5Reporting 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.)
AL Code § 22-11C-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-6 - Notice of Available State Assistance; Referrals.

Section 22-11C-6Notice 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.)
AL Code § 22-11C-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-7 - Confidentiality; Disclosure of Information.

Section 22-11C-7Confidentiality; disclosure of information. (a) All information reported pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential and privileged.  (b) The State Health Officer shall take strict measures to ensure that all identifying information is kept confidential, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (c) Head and spinal cord injury information may be provided to researchers or research institutions, or both, in connection with head and/or spinal cord injury morbidity and mortality studies upon appropriate review by the State Health Officer. All identifying information regarding an individual patient, health care provider, or health care facility contained in records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the State Health Officer or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly with the State Health Officer in connection with these studies shall be confidential and privileged and shall be used solely for the purposes of the study. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the State Health Officer from publishing statistical compilations relating to morbidity and mortality studies which do not identify individual cases or sources of information.  (d) Information collected under this chapter is not subject to disclosure under Section 36-12-40. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §7.)
AL Code § 22-11C-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-8 - Exchange of Information With Other Registries.

Section 22-11C-8Exchange 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.)
AL Code § 22-11C-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-9 - Registry Funding.

Section 22-11C-9Registry funding. (a) The State Health Officer may accept grants, services, and property from the federal government, foundations, organizations, medical schools, and other entities as may be available for the purposes of fulfilling the obligations of this program. (b) The State Health Officer shall seek any federal waiver or waivers that may be necessary to maximize funds from the federal government to implement this program. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §9.)
AL Code § 22-11C-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-10 - Advisory Panel on Head and Spinal Cord Injury.

Section 22-11C-10Advisory 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.)
AL Code § 22-11C-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.|Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.|Chapter 11C - Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act.|Section 22-11C-11 - Report of Findings and Recommendations.

Section 22-11C-11Report 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.)