Section 36-29-4Establishment of health insurance plan; adoption, etc., of rules and regulations for administration of plan; provisions of plan generally.
The State Employees' Insurance Board is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a health insurance plan for employees of the State of Alabama and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of such plan, subject to such limitations as may be contained in this chapter. Such plan may provide for group hospitalization, surgical and medical insurance against the financial costs of hospitalization, surgical and medical treatment and care and may also include, among other things, prescribed drugs, medicines, prosthetic appliances, hospital inpatient and outpatient service benefits and medical expenses indemnity benefits, including major medical benefits or such other coverage or benefits as may be deemed appropriate and desirable by the board.
(Acts 1965, No. 833, p. 1564, §3.)
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