The legal authorities under which the Medicaid Program is operated are:

1. (1) Title XIX of the Social Security Act as amended.
2. (2) 42 C.F.R. §§430, et seq.
3. (3) 45 C.F.R. §§205, et seq.
4. (4) Alabama Executive Order No. 8, dated June 30, 1967; Executive Order No. 32, dated February 17, 1972; Executive Order No. 81, dated June 16, 1977; Executive Order No. 83, dated September 26, 1977; and Executive Order No. 38, dated March 2, 1981.
5. (5) Alabama State Plan for Medical Assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as approved by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services.
6. (6) Section 1634, Public Law 92-603.
7. (7) Code of Ala. 1975, §§22-6-1, 27-14-11, 35-1-2, 36-13-8, and 36-13-9, et seq.
8. (8) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
9. (9) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
10. (10) The Age Discrimination Act of 1975.
11. (11) Alabama Medicaid Agency Administrative Code.
12. (12) Alabama Medicaid Provider Manual.
13. (13) Provider Notices and Alerts.
14. (14) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), P. L. 100-578 (42 U.S.C. Section 263a).

Author: Theresa Richburg, Director, Medical Services Division

Statutory Authority: Social Security Act, Title XIX, §1902 (a)(10)(A); 42 C.F.R. §440.210; Executive Order Numbers 38, 81 and 83.

History: Rule effective October 1, 1982. Amended: Effective June 27, 1983; January 13, 1993, based on OBRA 1990, Section 1927; Filed: October 7, 1992. Effective November 12, 1992. Effective May 11, 1993. Amended: Filed September 11, 2013; effective October 16, 2013. Amended: Filed August 11, 2016; effective September 25, 2016.