Sec. 47.30.855. Posting of rights.
The rights set out in AS 47.30.817 – 47.30.855 shall be prominently posted in all treatment facilities in places accessible to all patients. A patient who does not understand English shall have the patient rights explained in a language the patient understands.
Sec. 47.30.860. Documents and notices in other languages.
When practicable, all documents and notices required by AS 47.30.660 – 47.30.915 to be served on a respondent, or on the respondent’s parents, guardian or adult designee, shall be explained in a language the person understands if the respondent is not competent in English.
Sec. 47.30.865. Discrimination prohibited.
(a) The fact that a person is or has been evaluated or treated for mental illness may not be a basis for discrimination in (1) seeking employment; (2) resuming or continuing professional practice or previous occupation; (3) obtaining or retaining housing; (4) obtaining or retaining licenses or permits, including but not limited to a motor […]
Sec. 47.30.870. Transportation.
When a person is to be involuntarily committed to a facility, the department shall arrange, and is authorized to pay for, the person’s necessary transportation to the designated facility accompanied by appropriate persons and, if necessary, by a peace officer. The department shall pay return transportation of a person, the person’s escorts, and, if necessary, […]
Sec. 47.30.875. Residence; nonresident patients; interstate agreements.
(a) The admission papers of a person who is admitted to a treatment facility under AS 47.30.660 – 47.30.915 must include a statement as to the person’s residence. The department may return a patient who is not a resident of the state to the state of the person’s residence with court approval if the person […]
Sec. 47.30.880. Interstate Compact on Mental Health ratified.
This state ratifies and adopts by reference “The Interstate Compact on Mental Health” consisting of 14 articles approved on September 30, 1955, by the Northeast State Governments Conference on Mental Health. The department is designated as compact administrator with full power to carry out the purpose of the compact and to adopt all necessary regulations […]
Sec. 47.30.885. Rights outside state.
Nothing in AS 47.30.660 – 47.30.915 alters or impairs the application or availability to a patient, while hospitalized in another state under contractual arrangements entered in accordance with AS 47.30.660 – 47.30.915, of the rights, remedies, or safeguards provided by the laws of this state.
Sec. 47.30.890. Provision for personal needs upon discharge.
The department shall ensure that (1) a patient is not discharged from a treatment facility without suitable clothing; and (2) a discharged indigent patient is furnished (A) suitable transportation to the patient’s permanent residence in this state or to another suitable place at the discretion of the department; and (B) a reasonable amount of money […]
Sec. 47.30.895. Disposition of unclaimed property; recovery of personal property.
(a) Those unclaimed articles of personal property that are covered by AS 34.45.110 – 34.45.260 and the unclaimed money in the custody of a treatment facility that belong to a patient who dies before discharge, or to a patient who leaves the hospital without authority, if unclaimed by the patient or the legal heirs or […]
Sec. 47.30.900. Diligent inquiry; personal property delivery and claims.
The department shall make diligent inquiry in every instance after departure without authority or death of a patient, to ascertain the whereabouts of the patient or that of the patient’s legal heirs or representatives, and shall turn over to the proper person the money or articles of personal property in the custody of the facility […]