Alabama § 22-21-217 - Program Participation by Counties Having No Hospital.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 22-21-217 — Program Participation by Counties Having No Hospital., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-21-217. Program Participation by Counties Having No Hospital.
In the event that there is no hospital located in a county and the county commission of such county certifies to the State Board of Health that it does desire to participate in the Hospital Service Program for Indigents, in the manner provided for in this article, the admissions committee of such county may approve the admittance of any indigent of the county 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.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 22-21-217 ("Program Participation by Counties Having No Hospital.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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