(a) The Medicaid Agency of the State of Alabama, the single state agency charged with responsibility for administering the Alabama Medicaid Program, is hereby authorized to contract, for periods not to exceed seven years, with one or more fiscal intermediaries for the purpose of receiving, processing, and paying claims for services rendered recipients of the Alabama Medicaid Program; provided, that such contracts shall comply in all other respects with the provisions of the Alabama Competitive Bid Law as codified in Sections 41-16-20 through 41-16-32, as amended.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) notwithstanding, the Medicaid Agency of the State of Alabama may extend the present contract in existence on September 1, 2007, for two additional years through September 30, 2011.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 22-6-1 - Appropriations.
Section 22-6-2 - Payment of Contract Adjustments.
Section 22-6-3 - Disposition of Fund Balances.
Section 22-6-4 - Copayments by Persons Receiving Medical Services From Physicians Under Program.
Section 22-6-4.2 - Copayments for Prescription Drugs.
Section 22-6-7.1 - Procurement of Prescription Eyewear.
Section 22-6-9 - Medicaid Identification Card; Issuance and Use; Confidentiality of Recipient.
Section 22-6-10 - Women's Right to Health Care.
Section 22-6-11 - Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment.
Section 22-6-13 - Medicaid Benefits for County Inmates and Certain Juveniles.