Sec. 47.80.500. Statewide traumatic or acquired brain injury program.
(a) A statewide traumatic or acquired brain injury program is established in the department for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness and availability of information and services for the prevention and treatment of traumatic or acquired brain injury in the state. The department shall consult and collaborate with state agencies, private nonprofit entities, and other […]
Sec. 47.80.529. Definition.
In AS 47.80.500 – 47.80.529, “traumatic or acquired brain injury” means an insult from physical force or internal damage to the brain or its coverings, not of a degenerative or congenital nature, that produces an altered mental state and that results in a decrease in cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or physical functioning.
Sec. 47.80.900. Definitions.
In this chapter, (1) “council” means the Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education created by AS 44.29.600; (2) “department” means the Department of Health; (3) “facilities for persons with disabilities” means publicly or privately operated facilities, or specified portions of facilities, designed primarily for the delivery of services to those persons; the term includes […]
Sec. 47.80.010. Rights of persons with disabilities.
Persons with disabilities have the same legal rights and responsibilities guaranteed all other persons by the Constitution of the United States and federal laws and by the constitution and laws of the state. An otherwise qualified person may not be excluded, by reason of having a disability, from participation in, be denied the benefits of, […]
Sec. 47.80.020. Protection and advocacy of rights.
The department shall establish a system to protect and advocate rights of persons with disabilities. The system (1) has the authority to pursue legal, administrative, and other appropriate remedies to assure the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities; and (2) shall be independent of any state agency that provides treatment, services, or habilitation […]
Sec. 47.80.100. Programs for persons with disabilities.
(a) The Department of Health, the Department of Education and Early Development, and other departments of the state as appropriate, shall, in coordination, plan, develop, and implement a comprehensive system of services and facilities for persons with disabilities that is consistent with the state plan adopted under AS 44.29.660(5) and is dispersed geographically within the […]
Sec. 47.80.110. Program principles.
The system of services and facilities required under AS 47.80.100 shall accord with the principles that service providers shall (1) make services available at times and locations that enable residents of the provider’s service area to obtain services readily; (2) ensure each client’s right to confidentiality and treatment with dignity; (3) establish staffing patterns that […]
Sec. 47.80.120. Habilitation plans.
A state agency, contractor, or grantee who is directly responsible for providing services to persons with disabilities shall develop an individual habilitation plan for each person whose program of services utilizes state funds. The plan shall be completed in writing and furnished to the department within 30 days of admission of a client to the […]
Sec. 47.80.130. Powers and duties of the department.
(a) The department shall (1) develop budgets and receive and distribute appropriations and funds under this section; (2) adopt regulations regarding standards of services and facilities for persons with disabilities and the quality of services and the process by which services are to be delivered; (3) adopt any other regulations necessary to implement this chapter; […]
Sec. 47.80.135. Gainful employment of persons with disabilities.
(a) When carrying out duties under AS 47.80.130 related to the provision of services to a person with a disability, the department’s primary objective and preferred outcome is to help the person become gainfully employed in the general workforce of the public or private sector in an integrated workplace where persons with disabilities work with […]