Sec. 47.75.010. Purpose.
The purpose of the state plan for social services is to assess the state’s needs for existing and new social services, to establish priorities among these needs, and to present an annual implemental plan to meet those needs based upon available state and federal financing with the goals of (1) achieving or maintaining economic self-support […]
Sec. 47.75.020. State plan.
(a) The department shall annually provide to the legislature a detailed state plan for the delivery of social services. It includes the following: (1) a needs analysis of social services presently provided or purchased by the state; (2) a needs analysis of social services that are not presently provided or purchased by the state or […]
Sec. 47.75.030. Annual public meetings required.
(a) During the first quarter of each fiscal year, the department shall hold public meetings for the purposes of gathering information and testimony on the availability and need of social services in the regional office service areas designated by the department. (b) Notice of these public meetings shall be made by publication in newspapers of […]
Sec. 47.75.040. Public hearings on proposed state plan.
(a) Upon completion of the needs analysis required in AS 47.75.020 and the public meetings required in AS 47.75.030, the department shall prepare a state plan. (b) At least 90 days before the first day of each regular legislative session, the department shall publish and make available to the public and members of the legislature […]
Sec. 47.55.050. Maintenance funds.
The legislature shall, each session, appropriate the necessary funds for the maintenance of the Alaska Pioneers’ Home and the Alaska Veterans’ Home to be expended by the department, and the department may receive funds, donations, and bequests from private individuals, societies, or organizations, and funds from the federal government for the support and maintenance of […]
Sec. 47.55.060. Trust fund.
Unless otherwise provided by the donor, money bequeathed to the Alaska Pioneers’ Home or the Alaska Veterans’ Home constitutes a special trust fund. Unless otherwise provided by the donor, interest from the special trust fund is under the control and at the disposal of the department, and expenditure from it is limited to the benefit […]
Sec. 47.55.070. Indebtedness of home resident to state.
The following expenses incurred for an Alaska Pioneers’ Home or Alaska Veterans’ Home resident under this chapter and not recoverable from a collateral source are a debt of the resident to the state and may be recovered during the life of the resident: (1) costs of standard or nursing care provided in the home each […]
Sec. 47.55.080. Enforcement against estate.
If a beneficiary under this chapter dies leaving an estate in the state, the attorney general or the Department of Family and Community Services shall file with the executor or administrator, or with the probate court, the claim of the state against the estate, and the attorney general shall take the steps necessary to enforce […]
Sec. 47.55.090. Enforcement against property outside state.
If a beneficiary under this chapter dies leaving property outside the state, the attorney general on direction of the governor shall take the steps with respect to the property that will protect and secure the rights of the state as a creditor.
Sec. 47.55.095. Limitation on enforcement of claims against estate.
Notwithstanding AS 47.55.080 and 47.55.090, upon the death of an Alaska Pioneers’ Home or Alaska Veterans’ Home resident or of a recipient of day care or respite services, a state claim for unpaid debt owed to the home may be satisfied only out of the decedent’s estate. The state may not pursue a claim to […]