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AL Code § 22-21-222 (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 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents.|Section 22-21-222 - Disposition of Unexpended Funds - Counties.

Section 22-21-222Disposition of unexpended funds - Counties. Any unexpended funds allocated to any county under the provisions of this article shall not revert to the State Board of Health at the end of any fiscal year, but shall remain to the credit of the county to which they were allocated by the board. Such unexpended funds shall be used by the county solely for the purpose of providing hospitalization for indigents during the succeeding fiscal year, as provided in this article, and shall not be used for the purpose of matching any state funds which may be allocated to such county, under the provisions of this article, during such succeeding fiscal year. (Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §7.)
AL Code § 22-21-223 (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 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents.|Section 22-21-223 - Appropriation of Proceeds of Special County Tax or Funds in County Treasury.

Section 22-21-223Appropriation of proceeds of special county tax or funds in county treasury. In any county in which a special county tax is levied and collected, pursuant to the provisions of any amendment to the constitution heretofore adopted, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, equipping, operating and maintaining public hospitals, public clinics, public health centers and related public health facilities of any kind, or for any one or more of the purposes included within the meaning of the term "public hospital purposes," the county commission of the county is hereby authorized to appropriate so much of the proceeds of such tax as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article; provided, that if any portion of the proceeds of such tax has been heretofore pledged to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, such portion of the proceeds of the tax as shall have been so pledged shall not be used for any purpose except in payment of such bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness. The county commission of the county is also authorized to appropriate, out of any funds in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this article. (Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §8.)
AL Code § 22-21-224 (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 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents.|Section 22-21-224 - Expenses of State Board of Health.

Section 22-21-224Expenses of State Board of Health. The expenses incurred by the State Board of Health in the administration of this article during each fiscal year shall be budgeted, appropriated and allotted in the same manner as other administrative expenses of the board are budgeted, appropriated and allotted, but such expenses shall be paid out of any funds appropriated to the board for use in carrying out the provisions of this article. (Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §9.)
AL Code § 22-21-225 (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 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents.|Section 22-21-225 - Federal Funds.

Section 22-21-225Federal funds. In the event any federal funds are made available to the state by the federal government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for use in carrying out the purposes of this article, the State Board of Health is authorized to take such action and promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary in order to qualify for and obtain such funds. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the Department of Human Resources from complying with the requirements of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, in relation to the administration by said department of the program of medical care, including hospitalization, for persons eligible for public assistance. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the State Department of Education from carrying out the provisions of the approved state plans for Vocational Rehabilitation Service and Crippled Children's Service in cooperation with the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. (Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §16.)
AL Code § 22-21-227 (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 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents.|Section 22-21-227 - Charging, etc., for Assisting Person in Hospitalization.

Section 22-21-227Charging, etc., for assisting person in hospitalization. Any person, firm or corporation who shall, either directly or indirectly, charge or receive anything of value for assisting any person in making application for, or obtaining, indigent hospitalization under the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law. (Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §18.)
AL Code § 22-21-240 (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 8 - Trusts for Payment of Liability Claims Against Hospitals, Dentists, Etc.|Section 22-21-240 - Establishment, Administration, etc., of Trusts Authorized; Specification of Terms, Conditions and Provisions of Trusts.

Section 22-21-240Establishment, administration, etc., of trusts authorized; specification of terms, conditions and provisions of trusts. There is hereby authorized the establishment, maintenance, administration and operation of any trust established by agreement of any hospitals or other health care units licensed as such by the State of Alabama (hereinafter referred to as "hospitals") or by agreement of any dental practitioners licensed as such by the State of Alabama (hereinafter referred to as "dentists") as grantors, with such hospitals and dentists as beneficiaries, for the purpose of insuring against general public liability claims based upon acts or omissions of such hospitals or dentists, including without limitation, claims based upon malpractice. Such hospitals or dentists may, by trust agreement among themselves and a trustee or trustees of their selection, specify the terms, conditions and provisions of such a trust. (Acts 1977, No. 166, p. 226, §2; Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 24, p. 1703, §2.)
AL Code § 22-21-241 (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 8 - Trusts for Payment of Liability Claims Against Hospitals, Dentists, Etc.|Section 22-21-241 - Powers and Liabilities of Trustees of Trusts.

Section 22-21-241Powers and liabilities of trustees of trusts. The trustees of trusts established pursuant to Section 22-21-240 shall hold the legal title to all property at any time belonging to the trust. They shall have control over such property as well as the control and management of the business and affairs of the trust. Liability to third persons for any act, omission or obligation of a trustee of a trust, when acting in such capacity, shall extend to the whole of the trust estate or so much thereof as may be necessary to discharge such obligation, but no trustee shall be personally liable for any such act, omission or obligation. The trustees shall have such powers as to the investment of the trust estate as may be set out in the declaration of trust; provided, however, that the investments of the trust shall be limited to the same type, kind and quality as those required of a domestic casualty insurer. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the trustees shall have any powers, whether conferred upon them by the agreement of trust or otherwise, to perform all acts necessary or desirable to the conduct of the business of a public liability insurer. (Acts 1977, No. 166, p. 226, §3.)
AL Code § 22-21-242 (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 8 - Trusts for Payment of Liability Claims Against Hospitals, Dentists, Etc.|Section 22-21-242 - Liability of Hospitals and Dentists as Participants in Trusts.

Section 22-21-242Liability of hospitals and dentists as participants in trusts. No hospital or dentist who or which is a participant in such a trust, as a grantor, member, beneficiary or otherwise, shall be liable or obligated to the trust, to the trustee, to any other grantor, member or beneficiary, to any creditor of the trust or to any other person by virtue of his or its participation other than for the payment of his or its full agreed contribution to the trust in accordance with the trust agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no participating hospital or dentist shall incur any other liability of any nature whatever because of or arising out of his or its participation in such a trust. (Acts 1977, No. 166, p. 226, §4; Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 24, p. 1703, §3.)
AL Code § 22-21-243 (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 8 - Trusts for Payment of Liability Claims Against Hospitals, Dentists, Etc.|Section 22-21-243 - Rights, Privileges, Immunities, etc., Conferred by Article.

Section 22-21-243Rights, privileges, immunities, etc., conferred by article. All of the provisions of this article shall apply to and shall confer all rights, privileges, exemptions and immunities upon any trust established for the purposes contemplated by this article and the grantors, members, beneficiaries, participants and trustees thereof, whether such trust was established before or after April 7, 1977. (Acts 1977, No. 166, p. 226, §5.)
AL Code § 22-21-261 (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 22-21-261 - Legislative Findings; Purpose of Article.

Section 22-21-261Legislative findings; purpose of article. The Legislature of the State of Alabama declares that it is the public policy of the State of Alabama that a certificate of need program be administered in the state to assure that only those health care services and facilities found to be in the public interest shall be offered or developed in the state. It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this article to prevent the construction of unnecessary and inappropriate health care facilities through a system of mandatory reviews of new institutional health services, as the same are defined in this article. (Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1509, §1; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-770, p. 249, §2.)
AL Code § 22-21-265.1 (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 22-21-265.1 - Certificates of Need - No Legislative Intent to Ratify Illegal Actions or False Information of Applicants, Agents, Etc.

Section 22-21-265.1Certificates of need - No legislative intent to ratify illegal actions or false information of applicants, agents, etc. It is not legislative intent to forgive, ratify or confirm any illegal actions or presentation of information known to be false on the part of applicants for certificates of need or the agents or employees of either the applicants or SHPDA. (Acts 1995, No. 95-565, p. 1179, §2.)
AL Code § 22-21-265.2 (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 22-21-265.2 - Certificates of Need - Legislative Intent Reiterated.

Section 22-21-265.2Certificates of need - Legislative intent reiterated. It is not the intent of the Legislature to forgive, ratify, or confirm any illegal actions or presentation of information known to be false on the part of applicants for certificates of need or the agents or employees of either the applicants or the State Health Planning and Development Agency. (Act 99-586, p. 1338, §2.)
AL Code § 22-21-265.3 (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 22-21-265.3 - Certificates of Need - All-Digital, Automated Hospital Exempt From Review Process.

Section 22-21-265.3Certificates of need - All-digital, automated hospital exempt from review process. The Legislature finds and determines that the well-being and health of the citizens of the State of Alabama will be enhanced by the development and growth of a state of the art digital, automated hospital using the latest technological advances in healthcare to lower healthcare costs, reduce human errors, and provide patients with the best medical care available, and that it is in the best interest of the state to induce the location of one all-digital, automated hospital, meeting the requirements of a digital hospital as provided in subsection (f) of Section 22-21-265, in a county in which is located an accredited medical school and teaching facility and not less than 3,000 licensed general hospital beds, in order to set new standards for quality, efficiency, and cost-effective delivery of healthcare services, and to promote these purposes by exempting from the certificate of need review process the first all-digital, automated hospital to be developed and located in such a county. The Legislature further finds and declares the exemption to be granted by subsection (f) of Section 22-21-265 and the purposes to be accomplished hereby are proper governmental and public purposes and that the inducement of the location of an all-digital, automated hospital in such a county is of paramount importance to the development of state of the art healthcare in this state. (Act 2001-899, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 730, §2.)
AL Code § 22-21-266 (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 22-21-266 - Certificates of Need - Required Findings for Inpatient Facilities.

Section 22-21-266Certificates of need - Required findings for inpatient facilities. No certificate of need for new inpatient facilities or services shall be issued unless the SHPDA makes each of the following findings: (1) That the proposed facility or service is consistent with the latest approved revision of the appropriate state plan effective at the time the application was received by the state agency; (2) That less costly, more efficient or more appropriate alternatives to such inpatient service are not available, and that the development of such alternatives has been studied and found not practicable; (3) That existing inpatient facilities providing inpatient services similar to those proposed are being used in an appropriate and efficient manner consistent with community demands for services; (4) That in the case of new construction, alternatives to new construction (e.g., modernization and sharing arrangement) have been considered and have been implemented to the maximum extent practicable; and (5) That patients will experience serious problems in obtaining inpatient care of the type proposed in the absence of the proposed new service. (Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1509, §7; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-770, p. 249, §6.)
AL Code § 22-21-267 (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 22-21-267 - Certificates of Need - Application for Certificate or Modification Thereto and Extensions Thereof.

Section 22-21-267Certificates of need - Application for certificate or modification thereto and extensions thereof. Any application for a certificate of need under Section 22-21-265, for a modification thereto or for an extension thereof shall be made in written form and shall include such information and supporting data relevant to the merits of the application as may be prescribed by the approved rules and regulations of the SHPDA. The application shall be filed with the SHPDA not less than 90 days prior to the date of the proposed obligation for the capital expenditure or the inauguration of the proposed service. (Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1509, §8; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-770, p. 249, §7.)
AL Code § 22-21-268 (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 22-21-268 - Certificates of Need - Emergency Certificate Prior to Hearing.

Section 22-21-268Certificates of need - Emergency certificate prior to hearing. Any person may apply, either independently and without notice under Section 22-21-267 or as a part of an application filed under Section 22-21-267, for an emergency certificate of need for the authorization of capital expenditures made necessary by unforeseen events which endanger the health and safety of the patients. Emergency capital expenditures include, but are not necessarily limited to, emergency expenditures to maintain quality care, to overcome failure of fixed equipment, including heating and air conditioning equipment, elevators, electrical transformers and switch gear, sterilization equipment, emergency generators, water supply and other utility connections. Applications for emergency certificates of need shall include a description of the work to be done and/or equipment to be purchased, the cost thereof, justification for considering the capital expenditure as being of an emergency nature and such other information as the SHPDA may require. Emergency certificates of need issued hereunder shall be subject to such special limitations and restrictions as the duration and right of extension or renewal as may be prescribed in the rules and regulations adopted by the SHPDA. (Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1509, §9; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-770, p. 249, §8.)
AL Code § 22-21-271.1 (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 22-21-271.1 - Certificates of Need - Fee Increases.

Section 22-21-271.1Certificates of need - Fee increases. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the staff agency of the State Health Planning and Development Agency or its executive director may not increase or set any fees otherwise authorized relating to the certificate of need process pursuant to this article. (b) Any fee increase by the staff agency of the State Health Planning and Development Agency or its executive director adopted after January 1, 1998, is rescinded and shall not be operative unless readopted in accordance with this section.  (c) Any fee increase related to the certificate of need process of the State Health Planning and Development Agency shall be adopted as a rule pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. (d)(1) For the purpose of this section, the term "State Health Planning and Development Agency" means the CON review board which is defined as the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) in subdivision (14) of Section 22-21-260, and which consists of three consumers, three providers, and three representatives of the Governor. (2) For the purpose of this section, the term "any fee related to the certificate of need process" means any fee authorized to be established by the State Health Planning and Development Agency, its staff agency, or the executive director of the staff agency. The term includes, but is not limited to, applications for a CON, opinions from the state agency as to whether a project is subject to review, or any other fee established pursuant to this article. (Act 98-384, p. 731, §1.)
AL Code § 22-21-274 (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 22-21-274 - Adoption and Public Notice of Review Procedures and Criteria.

Section 22-21-274Adoption and public notice of review procedures and criteria. The SHPDA, with the advice and consultation of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, shall prescribe by rules and regulations the review criteria and review procedures required by this article. Said review criteria and review procedures shall be consistent with this article and with appropriate federal regulations. Prior to the adoption of rules and regulations, the SHPDA shall give wide publicity to the proposed rules and regulations and shall conduct a public hearing following legal notice of not less than 30 days. The public hearing shall be held in the City of Montgomery, Alabama. Prior to advertising the public hearing, the SHPDA shall submit the proposed rules and regulations to the Statewide Health Coordinating Council and other interested agencies. Future revisions of the rules and regulations shall be made as required in this section for the original rules and regulations and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (§ 41-22-1 et seq.). (Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1509, §13; Acts 1979, No. 79-577, p. 1033, §3; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-770, p. 249, §12; Act 98-341, p. 597, §1.)