Sec. 47.37.210. Records of alcoholics, drug abusers, and intoxicated persons.
(a) Except as required by AS 28.35.030(d), the registration and other records of treatment facilities shall remain confidential and are privileged to the patient. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the department may make available information from patients’ records for purposes of research into the causes and treatment of alcoholism or drug abuse. Information may […]
Sec. 47.37.220. Visitation and communication with patients.
(a) Patients in any approved treatment facility under this chapter shall be granted reasonable opportunities for adequate consultation with counsel, and for continuing contact with family and friends including the use of telephone facilities, consistent with an effective treatment program. (b) Mail or other communication to or from a patient in any approved treatment facility […]
Sec. 47.37.050. Interdepartmental coordinating committee.
(a) An interdepartmental coordinating committee is created, composed of the commissioners of health, education and early development, transportation and public facilities, labor and workforce development, and public safety, and the director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The committee shall meet at least twice annually at the call of the commissioner of health who is […]
Sec. 47.37.230. Establishment of emergency service patrol.
(a) Cities and boroughs may establish emergency service patrols. An emergency service patrol consists of persons trained to give assistance in public places to persons who are intoxicated. Members of an emergency service patrol shall be capable of providing first aid in emergency situations and shall be capable of transporting intoxicated persons to their homes […]
Sec. 47.37.120. Program development and implementation.
(a) The department shall carry out the development and implementation of a comprehensive program dealing with the prevention and treatment of, and research on, problems of alcoholism and drug abuse as they affect the state. (b) The comprehensive program carried out under this section must include a strategy for expanding substance abuse treatment services and […]
Sec. 47.37.235. Limitations on liability; bad faith application a felony.
(a) Except as provided under (b) of this section, a person acting in good faith upon either actual knowledge or reliable information who takes a person into protective custody or detains a person under AS 47.37.170 – 47.37.180, or who petitions for commitment under AS 47.37.180 – 47.37.205, is not subject to civil or criminal […]
Sec. 47.37.125. Payment for services.
Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the mental health trust settlement income account established in AS 37.14.036 may be used to support a service provided under the authority given in this chapter.
Sec. 47.37.240. Payment for treatment.
(a) A patient in an approved treatment facility, or the person obligated to provide for the cost of treatment of a person committed under this chapter, is liable to the public or private facility for the cost of maintenance and treatment of the patient in accordance with rates established by the department. (b) The department […]
Sec. 47.37.130. Comprehensive program for treatment; regional facilities.
(a) The department shall establish a comprehensive and coordinated program for the treatment of alcoholics, intoxicated persons, drug abusers, and inhalant abusers. The department may divide the state into appropriate regions to conduct the program and establish standards for the development of the program on the regional level. In establishing the regions, consideration shall be […]
Sec. 47.37.245. Wages of patients.
(a) A participant in a residential drug abuse or alcoholism treatment program may be paid wages for work therapy. The payment of wages for work therapy by a drug or alcoholism treatment program shall be considered an allowable cost under the department’s regulations governing costs a grantee may pay with money received from a grant. […]