SB500 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Gerald H. AllenSenator
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Gerald O. Dial Phillip W. Williams Bill Holtzclaw Paul Bussman Dick Brewbaker Shadrack McGill Greg J. Reed Scott Beason Rusty Glover Paul Sanford Ben H. Brooks Bryan Taylor
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Health care benefits, state subsidized, adults applying for or receiving, testing initially and periodically for substance abuse required, ineligibility for positive tests, Health Department to administer, payment for tests, State Health Officer to promulgate rules pursuant to Administrative Procedure Act to implement, certain persons exempt, Patient Accountability and Personal Responsibility Act
Description: Under existing law, there is no requirement that any adult applying for or receiving state subsidized health care benefits must be tested initially and periodically for substance abuse.
This bill would make such requirement.
This bill would provide for the Alabama Department of Public Health to be responsible for testing; would provide that any positive test results are not admissible in any criminal proceeding; would provide that any adult who fails the test or refuses to take the test would be ineligible for state subsidized health care benefits; would provide for the payment of the tests; would provide for the Public Health Officer to promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to implement this act; and would provide for exemptions.
Subjects: Health Care

Pending third reading on day 29 Favorable from Health

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health