Sec. 47.55.040. Transfer of mentally ill residents to an institution.
A person regularly admitted into the Alaska Pioneers’ Home or the Alaska Veterans’ Home who is found to be insane may be transferred to an institution provided for the care and custody of insane persons for the state in the manner provided by law for the admission of other persons to the institution.
Sec. 47.60.080. Exemption from taxation.
A multipurpose senior center developed and operated by a nonprofit corporation under this chapter is not subject to real or personal property taxation by a municipality. The exemption granted under this section continues in force only while the multipurpose senior center is owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation under the provisions of this chapter.
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 […]
Sec. 47.55.100. Certificate as evidence.
A certificate by the attorney general to the effect that a decedent was a beneficiary under this chapter and that the state has a claim against the decedent’s estate, is prima facie evidence of these facts in a proceeding in the courts of the state.
Sec. 47.55.900. Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “department” means the Department of Family and Community Services; (2) “home” means (A) the Alaska Pioneers’ Home; or (B) the Alaska Veterans’ Home; (3) “physical disability or other reason” means inability of an individual to maintain a household without regular assistance in shopping, housekeeping, meal preparation, […]