Sec. 47.05.015. Contracts.
(a) The department may contract with a person or local government for the delivery of services to be provided by the department under AS 47.05.010 if the commissioner determines the service will be provided at less cost to the state or will be provided in a more effective manner. (b) Services that may be provided […]
Sec. 47.05.090. Authorization of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.
(a) The Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community services may cooperate and, on behalf of the state, enter into the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance and supplementary agreements with agencies of other states for the provision of adoption and medical assistance under AS 47.07 and other provisions of this […]
Sec. 47.05.017. Home care providers.
(a) State money may not be used for a home care provider unless criminal history record information as permitted by P.L. 105-277 and AS 12.62 is requested for the provider within 10 business days after the provider is hired to provide the care and is reviewed within five business days after it is received. The […]
Sec. 47.05.105. Enhanced computerized eligibility verification system.
(a) The department shall establish an enhanced computerized income, asset, and identity eligibility verification system for the purposes of verifying eligibility, eliminating duplication of public assistance payments, and deterring waste and fraud in public assistance programs administered by the department under AS 47.05.010. Nothing in this section prohibits the department from verifying eligibility for public […]
Sec. 47.05.020. Regulations concerning records; disclosure of information.
(a) The power of the department to adopt regulations includes the power to adopt and enforce reasonable regulations governing the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, files, and communications of the department. The regulations must provide that financial information concerning an eligibility determination of a person applying for or receiving cash assistance, a […]
Sec. 47.05.110. Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact.
The state may participate in a tribal child welfare compact with Alaska tribes and tribal organizations for the administration of child welfare services by the tribes or tribal organizations. The compact is a written agreement between the state and Alaska tribes and tribal organizations that affirms the government-to-government relationship between the state and tribes.
Sec. 47.05.030. Misuse of public assistance lists and records.
(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section and for purposes directly connected with the administration of general assistance, adult public assistance, the day care assistance program authorized under AS 47.25.001 – 47.25.095, or the Alaska temporary assistance program, and in accordance with the regulations of the department, a person may not […]
Sec. 47.05.190. Definitions.
In AS 47.05.010 – 47.05.190, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of the Department of Health; (2) “department” means the Department of Health.
Sec. 47.05.032. Disclosures to legislators.
A legislator to whom confidential information is disclosed under AS 47.05.020 – 47.05.030 is not subject to a penalty for further disclosure of the information unless, at the time the information was provided to the legislator, the legislator was given written notification that the material was confidential.
Sec. 47.05.040. Consent to conditions of federal programs.
In order to take advantage of the training grants provisions of 42 U.S.C. 301 – 1397f (Social Security Act), as amended, the state, through the department, consents and agrees to all conditions required by federal statute and regulation necessary for the state to participate fully in the training grants or other programs.