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 be helped markedly by treatment in a hospital, but who are clearly unable to meet the cost of such hospitalization from their own resources or from the resources of those upon whom they are legally dependent. It is not intended that the program shall be burdened by attempting to provide purely domiciliary care for persons with permanently disabling diseases or illnesses or with chronic diseases or illnesses, such as tuberculosis or mental disorders, which are already provided for under any special program of the State of Alabama or of the United States. It is also not intended that this article shall be compulsory on any county except during such time as the county agrees, in the manner prescribed in this article, to participate in the program.
Structure 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 22-21-210 - Definitions.
Section 22-21-211 - Purpose of Article.
Section 22-21-212 - Administration of Program; Rules and Regulations.
Section 22-21-215 - County Admissions Committees - Powers and Duties; Liability.
Section 22-21-216 - Determination of Need for Indigents' Hospitalization.
Section 22-21-217 - Program Participation by Counties Having No Hospital.
Section 22-21-218 - Admittance in Other County When Local Facilities Deemed Inadequate.
Section 22-21-220 - Apportionment of Appropriated Funds to Counties.
Section 22-21-221 - Disposition of Unexpended Funds - State Board of Health.
Section 22-21-222 - Disposition of Unexpended Funds - Counties.
Section 22-21-223 - Appropriation of Proceeds of Special County Tax or Funds in County Treasury.
Section 22-21-224 - Expenses of State Board of Health.
Section 22-21-225 - Federal Funds.
Section 22-21-227 - Charging, etc., for Assisting Person in Hospitalization.