Alabama Code 22-21-2. Appropriations for indigent persons in hospitals
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-21-2
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- 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
The governing body of any county or municipality in this state may make an appropriation or appropriations out of their respective treasuries to aid in maintaining and taking care of sick and wounded persons who are unable to provide for themselves in any hospital maintained for the care of the sick and wounded. Any county or municipally owned or controlled hospital may accept patients from any county or municipality.