SB319 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Vivian Davis FiguresSenator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, authorized to make rules, Secs. 22-10B-2, 22-10B-3 am'd.

Summary

SB319 gives the Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission power to remove members for missing three consecutive meetings and to issue rules for handling complaints and managing statewide sickle cell programs.

What This Bill Does

It adds a removal trigger for members who miss three consecutive properly noticed meetings. It authorizes the commission to promulgate rules under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act to handle complaints about service delivery and management of statewide sickle cell programs, while limiting its authority from setting medical care standards. It clarifies the commission's role in insuring the delivery of sickle cell services across Alabama and in establishing geographic service boundaries and guidelines for uniform service delivery.

Who It Affects

• Commission members and their appointing authorities (Governor, University of South Alabama Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Children's Hospital of Birmingham, and seven Sickle Cell Disease Association of America-Alabama Chapter) with four-year terms and a removal mechanism for missing meetings.
• People with sickle cell disease and other Alabama residents who rely on state-wide sickle cell services, as the bill aims to ensure delivery of services across all counties and provides a process for handling complaints about service and program management.

Key Provisions

• Amends 22-10B-2 to specify commission composition: 2 Governor appointments, 1 from University of South Alabama Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, 1 from UAB, 1 from Children's Hospital of Birmingham, and one appointee from each of the seven Alabama chapters of Sickle Cell Disease Association of America-Alabama Chapter.
• Appointees must be Alabama citizens, subject to Senate confirmation, and serve four-year terms; the commission must report annually on diversity goals and fill vacancies with successors from the original appointing authority.
• Adds a removal provision: a member who fails to attend three consecutive properly noticed meetings may be removed at the commission's request.
• Amends 22-10B-3 to designate the Commission as the agency to insure delivery of sickle cell services statewide, help establish geographic service delivery boundaries, and promulgate guidelines for uniform service delivery and program management;
• Authorizes the Commission to promulgate rules under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act to handle complaints about service and statewide program management, but clarifies that rules cannot regulate medical care or establish a standard of care for physicians.

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Subjects

Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission