Sec. 47.30.570. Regulations; eligible services and costs.
The department shall adopt regulations specifying the types of services and program costs eligible for state participation. These regulations must include (1) a provision excluding capital expenditures as eligible costs; and (2) a requirement that the community entity contractor or applicant agrees as a condition of contract approval that it will not supplant existing local […]
Sec. 47.30.580. Comprehensive services.
Plans and regulations adopted under AS 47.30.520 – 47.30.620 must allow local programs sufficient administrative and program flexibility so that local community mental health programs may be joined with other programs such as intellectual and developmental disability programs, drug abuse programs, alcoholism programs, and comprehensive mental health services programs.
Sec. 47.30.585. Telehealth.
(a) An entity designated by the department under AS 47.30.520 – 47.30.620 may provide community mental health services authorized under AS 47.30.520 – 47.30.620 through telehealth to a patient in this state. (b) If an individual employed by an entity designated by the department under AS 47.30.520 – 47.30.620, in the course of a telehealth […]
Sec. 47.30.590. Patient rights and the confidential nature of records and information.
(a) The department shall adopt regulations to assure patient rights and to safeguard the confidential nature of records and information about the recipients of services provided under this chapter. The regulations must require that entities identified in AS 47.30.540(b) develop and include in any plan submitted for approval adequate provisions for safeguarding confidential information. The […]
Sec. 47.30.610. Definitions.
In AS 47.30.520 – 47.30.610, (1) “authority” means the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority established in AS 44.25.200; (2) “department” means the Department of Health; (3) “persons with mental disorders” means persons with disorders currently included within nationally accepted diagnostic systems of the mental health professions; (4) “trust” has the meaning given in AS 44.25.295.
Sec. 47.30.620. Short title.
AS 47.30.520 – 47.30.620 may be cited as the Community Mental Health Services Act.
Sec. 47.30.523. Community mental health program policy and principles.
(a) It is the policy of the state that (1) the community mental health program provide a comprehensive and integrated system of community-based facilities, supports, and mental health services, including child and adolescent screening and diagnosis, inpatient, outpatient, prevention, consultation, and education services; (2) persons most in need of community mental health services receive appropriate […]
Sec. 47.30.530. Duties of department.
(a) The department shall administer the provisions of AS 47.30.520 – 47.30.620 and shall (1) define and develop standards for various levels and qualities of mental health care; (2) provide fiscal and professional technical assistance in planning, organizing, developing, implementing, and administering local mental health services; (3) develop budgets and receive and distribute state appropriations […]
Sec. 47.30.540. Local community entities.
(a) A city or borough government or other political subdivision of the state, a nonprofit corporation, or a combination of these, is eligible to receive funds and administer local programs under AS 47.30.520 – 47.30.620. In order to ensure equitable access to funds and programs through the state, the department shall determine appropriate geographical areas […]
Sec. 47.30.545. Populations to be served.
The entities designated by the department to receive money under AS 47.30.540(b) shall provide one or more of the services that are set out in AS 44.25.290(i) to persons identified in AS 44.25.290.