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 this article, and any such rule or regulation promulgated and adopted by the board shall be binding on any county participating in the Hospital Service Program for the Indigent and shall be complied with by all local agencies or persons responsible for the enforcement of any part of this article. The rules and regulations of the board shall include, among other things:
(1) Requirements concerning any reports to be made to the board by any county participating in the program or by any participating hospital in any such county, including both medical and financial reports;
(2) Criteria for acceptance of participating hospitals;
(3) Method of determining need for hospitalization of applicants for indigent hospital service;
(4) Method of determining reimbursable costs for indigent hospital service in each participating hospital, but such costs shall not include any payment for professional medical services and shall, in no event, exceed the nonprofit basic per diem costs of hospitalization in such hospital; and
(5) Methods and standards of determining indigency, as the term is defined by Section 22-21-210.
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.