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 […]
Sec. 47.80.140. Licensing and certificates of need.
(a) A person may not establish or operate a residential facility until the facility has been licensed under AS 47.32. (b) A certificate of need is required as a prerequisite for the licensing of a residential facility established after July 1, 1978, and not otherwise provided for in AS 18.07.031 – 18.07.111. A certificate shall […]
Sec. 47.80.150. Liability for expense of services.
(a) A person with a disability or the person’s legal representative acting in a representative capacity, the person’s spouse, or the person’s parents if the person is a minor shall pay or contribute to the payment of the charges for the care or treatment in accordance with the fee schedule adopted under AS 44.29.022. The […]
Sec. 47.80.160. Transportation.
When an individual is to be treated under this chapter, the department shall arrange, upon the request of a person having a proper interest in the individual’s treatment, and may pay for the individual’s transportation to the designated facility, with appropriate medical or nursing attendants and by the available means that are appropriate and suitable. […]
Sec. 47.80.170. Provision for personal needs upon discharge.
The department shall make arrangements which are necessary to ensure that (1) no patient is discharged or placed on convalescent status from a designated facility without suitable clothing; and (2) an indigent patient discharged or placed on convalescent status is furnished suitable transportation to the patient’s permanent residence in this state or other suitable place […]
Sec. 47.80.400. Qualifications for teaching the use of certain aids or devices for the blind or visually impaired.
(a) A person who is employed to teach the use of orientation and mobility aids or assistive technology devices to students who are 16 years of age or older and who are blind or visually impaired may not receive payment from the state or a political subdivision of the state unless the person meets the […]
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.