Section 22-21-210 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITAL. Any state, county, municipal or other public or private hospital licensed under the laws of this state, except a hospital, whether public or private, which is operated […]
Section 22-21-211 Purpose of article. It is the legislative intent and purpose of this article that the Hospital Service Program for Indigents provided for in this article shall be a program designed and administered so as to provide hospitalization for those residents of the State of Alabama who are ill or injured and who can […]
Section 22-21-212 Administration of program; rules and regulations. The Hospital Service Program for the Indigent shall be administered by the State Board of Health through the State Health Department. The board shall, subject to the provisions of this article, promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper administration of […]
Section 22-21-214 County admissions committees – Creation; appointment, terms, qualifications and compensation of members; meetings. An admissions committee is hereby created in each county in the state. The admissions committee in each county shall be appointed by majority vote of an appointing board in each county consisting of the judge of probate of the county, […]
Section 22-21-215 County admissions committees – Powers and duties; liability. The admissions committee in each county shall determine the indigency of any resident of the county making application for hospitalization as an indigent under the authority of this article and shall promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary in the admission […]
Section 22-21-216 Determination of need for indigents’ hospitalization. Any person desiring to be hospitalized as an indigent under the provisions of this article must first be examined by an attending physician, who shall attest to the general need for hospitalization of such person, but final determination of the need for hospitalization of such person shall […]
Section 22-21-217 Program participation by counties having no hospital. In the event that there is no hospital located in a county and the county commission of such county certifies to the State Board of Health that it does desire to participate in the Hospital Service Program for Indigents, in the manner provided for in this […]
Section 22-21-218 Admittance in other county when local facilities deemed inadequate. In the event that no participating hospital in a participating county has adequate personnel, equipment or other medical facilities necessary for the proper care and treatment of a particular indigent residing in the county, the admissions committee in such county may approve the admittance […]
Section 22-21-219 Payment of public funds to physicians prohibited; collection of costs, etc., from indigent patient, etc. No physician shall be entitled to receive any public funds as a fee for attending or treating an indigent patient hospitalized under the provisions of this article, it being the intent and purpose of this article that all […]
Section 22-21-220 Apportionment of appropriated funds to counties. (a) All funds appropriated each year for the use of the State Board of Health in carrying out the provisions of this article, except as may otherwise be provided in this section, shall be apportioned among the various counties of the state as follows: (1) Twenty-five percent […]
Section 22-21-221 Disposition of unexpended funds – State Board of Health. Any unexpended funds appropriated to the State Board of Health for allocation among the various counties under the provisions of this article shall not revert to the State Treasury at the end of any fiscal year. Such unexpended funds remaining to the credit of […]
Section 22-21-222 Disposition 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 […]
Section 22-21-223 Appropriation 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 […]
Section 22-21-224 Expenses 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 […]
Section 22-21-225 Federal 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 […]
Section 22-21-227 Charging, 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 […]
