AL SB306

Qualified home health care agencies, hospice agencies, and durable medical equipment providers cannot be required to purchase business licenses in Class 7 or Class 8 municipalities or counties unless they maintain headquarters or a branch office there.

Health care employees and agents of qualified providers are exempt from business license requirements in Class 7 or Class 8 municipalities merely for visiting patients at their residences or health care facilities located in those jurisdictions.

Qualified providers cannot be required to purchase licenses for delivering equipment or supplies within a Class 7 or Class 8 municipality or county unless they maintain a physical office location there.

Exemption applies only to services or products reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid, health benefit plans, health insurance, workers' compensation, or similar third-party payers.

The bill adds Section 11-51-90.4 to the Alabama Code and takes effect immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval.