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AL SB390
Bill
Status
3/15/2012
Primary Sponsor
Jimmy Holley
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AI Summary
SB390 Summary
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Expands the statewide trauma system to include other health care illnesses requiring coordination of pre-hospital and hospital care, not limited to trauma cases.
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Adds "health care center" designation for hospitals voluntarily participating in statewide health systems, alongside existing trauma center designations.
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Renames the "Statewide Trauma Advisory Council" to the "Statewide Trauma and Health System Advisory Council" to reflect expanded scope beyond trauma.
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Authorizes the Alabama Department of Public Health to establish multiple registries for collecting and analyzing data on various health conditions, with specific data elements defined by rule.
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Creates the Statewide Health System Fund (new Section 22-11D-10) for funding, with distribution methodology established by the council and adopted by the board pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.
Legislative Description
Hospitals and emergency medical services, statewide trauma system and council, council amended, coordination of pre-hospital and hospital care, regulated by Health Department and other systems and other health services for other illnesses, Secs. 22-11D-1 to 22-11D-9, inclusive, am'd; Sec. 22-11D-10 added
Health
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health
3/15/2012