Legislative Intent.

  1. Law
  2. Code of Alabama
  3. Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
  4. Health and Environmental Control Generally.
  5. Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.
  6. Financial Responsibility for Indigent Health Care.
  7. Legislative Intent.

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Section 22-21-291

Legislative intent.

It is the intent of the Legislature to place the ultimate financial obligation for the medical treatment of indigents on the county in which the indigent resides, for all those costs not fully reimbursed by other governmental programs or third-party payers.

(Acts 1979, No. 79-808, p. 1487, §2.)


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