HB465 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Mike Hill
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Home Medical Equipment Services Providers Board, insulin infusion pumps or glucose monitors, manufacturers and distributors exempt under certain conditions, Sec. 34-14C-5 am'd.
Summary: HB465 exempts certain providers that manufacture or distribute their own company-branded insulin pumps or glucose monitors from licensure under Alabama’s home medical equipment rules.
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Section 34-14C-5 to remove licensure requirements for providers that manufacture or distribute their own company-branded insulin infusion pumps or continuous glucose monitors and related supplies. It keeps existing exemptions for many other groups, such as home health agencies, hospital-based HMEs, certain healthcare practitioners, manufacturers/distributors who don’t sell directly to patients, retail pharmacies, hospice programs, skilled nursing facilities, government agencies, and mail-order companies. It also clarifies that licensed physicians may practice medicine without being licensed as an HME provider, and that nothing in the bill requires physicians to obtain HME licensure. The overall effect is to reduce licensure requirements for qualifying manufacturers/distributors while leaving other rules in place.

Who It Affects
Providers that manufacture or distribute their own company-branded insulin infusion pumps or continuous glucose monitors (and related supplies) will be exempt from licensure.
Other home medical equipment providers and related entities not meeting the new exemption will continue to be governed by existing licensure rules or exemptions.

Key Provisions
Adds an exemption from licensure for providers of home medical equipment that manufacture or distribute their own company-branded insulin infusion pumps or continuous glucose monitors and related supplies.
Retains existing exemptions for home health agencies, hospital-based HMEs, practitioners eligible to order/use HME, manufacturers/distributors not selling directly to patients, retail pharmacies, hospice programs, SNFs, governmental agencies, and mail-order companies.
States that licensed physicians practicing medicine are not required to be licensed as home medical equipment providers, and that the chapter does not restrict physician practice.
Effective date: becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects: Home Medical Equipment Services Providers, Board of