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 of such indigent to a participating hospital in any other county, and in such cases, the county commission of the county in which such indigent resides shall pay to the hospital to which the indigent is admitted such charges for indigent hospitalization as such hospital would have been entitled to receive had the indigent been a resident of the county in which the hospital is located.
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.