HR318 Alabama 2026 Session

Summary

Session

2026 Regular Session

Title

SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR

Summary

HR318 sets a Special Order Calendar that places a list of health, education, and state funding bills as the priority business for the 26th legislative day.

What This Bill Does

It immediately designates the listed bills as the special order of business, giving them precedence over regular business. The items include rural health program appropriations, removal of sunset clauses on various health-related assessments, CHIP and Children’s Trust Fund funding, state employee pay changes, domestic violence funding and reporting requirements, and governance/oversight provisions for certain commissions and weatherization programs. The bill itself does not enact policy but specifies which measures will be debated and acted upon first.

Who It Affects

• Rural Health Transformation Program participants and healthcare providers (through supplemental and ongoing funding)
• Nursing facilities and their beds, including facility operators and residents (sunset clause removal on per-bed assessments and surcharges)
• Emergency medical transport providers (assessments with sunset removal)
• Hospitals (including private hospitals) and Medicaid beneficiaries (assessments and related funding programs with sunset removal)
• Children and families involved with the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Department of Human Resources (fund distributions and program funding)
• Children First Trust Fund stakeholders and tobacco settlement revenue recipients (appropriations and deposit timing)
• State employees and potential recipients of a cost‑of‑living adjustment
• Domestic violence organizations and clients (appropriation, operations plan, and reporting requirements)
• Government agencies and legislators involved with the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services (creation/revisions and oversight duties)
• Weatherization program participants and nonprofit program administrators (ADECA-administered adjustments)
• State general fund agencies and related programs (updated appropriations for fiscal years ending 2027)

Key Provisions

• Designates HR318 as the special and paramount order of business for the 26th legislative day, taking precedence over regular business.
• Names the specific bills to be included in the special order: HB591, HB614, SB143, SB144, SB145, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB317, HB609, SB226, and SB146.
• Notes that several included bills would remove sunset clauses on certain assessments (nursing facility per-bed assessments, emergency medical transport provider assessments, and private hospital assessments) and make corresponding funding or program changes.
• Provides for appropriations and funding changes related to rural health programs, CHIP, the Children’s First Trust Fund, tobacco settlement revenues, and state employee compensation adjustments.
• Includes governance, reporting, and oversight requirements for the Coalition against Domestic Violence, the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services, and weatherization-related programs.
• Overall, the resolution sets the agenda to advance debate and potential action on these measures on the specified legislative day.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano-2025-08-07 on Apr 1, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.