(a) It is the legislative intent to effect a program in this state of:

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-12A-2

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) Perinatal care in order to reduce infant mortality and handicapping conditions;
(2) Administering such policy by supporting quality perinatal care at the most appropriate level in the closest proximity to the patients’ residences and based on the levels of care concept of regionalization; and
(3) Encouraging the closest cooperation between various state and local agencies and private health care services in providing high quality, low cost prevention oriented perinatal care, including optional educational programs.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, the word “perinatal” shall include that period from conception to one year post delivery.
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