The Alabama Government Transparency & Performance Act (AL-GT&P)

Alabama state companion to GT&P. Extends Alabama State Personnel Board structure (Ala. Code Title 36 Ch. 26), Open Records (Ala. Code Sec. 36-12-40), and Alabama Medicaid fraud recovery under Ala. Code Sec. 22-1-11 et seq.

THE ALABAMA GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY & PERFORMANCE ACT (AL-GT&P)

Vehicle: State passage. Alabama Legislature, regular session. Primary referral to House State Government and Senate Governmental Affairs / Finance and Taxation General Fund.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the “Alabama Government Transparency & Performance Act (AL-GT&P).”

SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT

The Legislature finds that Alabama’s State Personnel Board and Merit System operate under Ala. Code Title 36 Ch. 26; that the Alabama Public Records Law operates under Sec. 36-12-40; that the Legislative Services Agency provides fiscal notes under Ala. Code Sec. 29-5A-40; that Alabama does not have a general False Claims Act but recovers Medicaid fraud under the Alabama Medicaid False-Claim recovery authority in Ala. Code Sec. 22-1-11; and that the Alabama Medicaid Agency (Ala. Code Title 22) partners with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit under the Office of the Attorney General pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396b(q). This Act extends these frameworks.

TITLE I — DEFINITIONS & COORDINATION WITH ALABAMA LAW

Sec. 101. Definitions

1. (a) “AL-OMB” means the State of Alabama’s Executive Budget Office / Department of Finance under Ala. Code Title 41 Ch. 4.
2. (b) “Publicly visible outcome” means a metric published under Sec. 201.
3. (c) “MFCA” means the Alabama Medicaid False-Claim recovery authority under Sec. 22-1-11.

Sec. 102. Coordination with Existing Alabama Law

1. (a) Consistent with:

• Ala. Code Title 36 Ch. 26 (State Personnel Board).
• Ala. Code Sec. 36-12-40 (Public Records).
• Ala. Code Sec. 29-5A-40 (Legislative Services Agency fiscal notes).
• Ala. Code Title 41 Ch. 4 (Department of Finance).
• Ala. Code Sec. 22-1-11 (Medicaid False-Claim authority).

TITLE II — OUTCOME-BASED BUDGETING

Sec. 201. Outcome Metrics for Covered Programs

1. (a) Each covered program in the Executive Budget shall publish at least three outcome metrics.
2. (b) The Department of Finance shall publish the Alabama Outcome Dashboard in machine-readable form.

Sec. 202. Fiscal-Note Outcome Integration

1. (a) Legislative Services Agency fiscal notes under Sec. 29-5A-40 shall identify outcome metrics from Sec. 201.

TITLE III — CIVIL-SERVICE MERIT PROTECTIONS

Sec. 301. Codification of Performance-Standards Protections

1. (a) Ala. Code Title 36 Ch. 26 is amended so that nothing precludes policy-influencing-position classifications with publicly posted performance standards.
2. (b) Classifications consistent with State Personnel Board rules.

TITLE IV — ALABAMA MEDICAID FRAUD QUI TAM (MFCA Rewire)

Sec. 401. Medicaid Fraud Qui Tam Authority

1. (a) Given that Alabama does not have a general False Claims Act, this Title operates as a Medicaid-specific qui tam authority under Ala. Code Sec. 22-1-11 and in coordination with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396b(q).

Sec. 402. Credentialing and Outcome-Data Fraud

1. (a) A person presenting a materially false or fraudulent claim involving ALRMC, Federal FRAC, AL-OBSA outcome data, or Medicaid-related credential claims is liable to the State for a civil penalty under Sec. 22-1-11 and treble damages.

Sec. 403. Whistleblower Award

1. (a) A whistleblower whose information leads to recovery shall receive between 15 and 30 percent of the State recovery, as determined by the Attorney General and consistent with Sec. 22-1-11 distribution rules.

TITLE V — IMPLEMENTATION & GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 501. Severability

If any provision is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the remainder.

Sec. 502. Effective Date

This Act shall take effect October 1 of the year following enactment.

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Canonical federal version: GT&P. Other Alabama bills: AL-ACSA, AL-MEWRA, AL-AI-Workforce.