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. 47.65.020. Grants for community service programs.
Not less than 60 percent of the amount appropriated by the legislature for older Alaskans service programs under AS 47.65.010 – 47.65.050 shall be allocated annually by the department as community program grants to sponsors of older Alaskans service programs. Payments shall be made on the basis of applications submitted to the department by sponsors […]
Sec. 47.75.030. Annual public meetings required.
(a) During the first quarter of each fiscal year, the department shall hold public meetings for the purposes of gathering information and testimony on the availability and need of social services in the regional office service areas designated by the department. (b) Notice of these public meetings shall be made by publication in newspapers of […]
Sec. 47.65.030. Pilot project grants.
(a) The balance of the amount appropriated for older Alaskans service programs under AS 47.65.010 – 47.65.050 not allocated under AS 47.65.020 shall be allocated annually by the department as grants to support pilot projects for the benefit of older Alaskans under this section. (b) The department shall adopt standards for pilot project grants and, […]
Sec. 47.75.040. Public hearings on proposed state plan.
(a) Upon completion of the needs analysis required in AS 47.75.020 and the public meetings required in AS 47.75.030, the department shall prepare a state plan. (b) At least 90 days before the first day of each regular legislative session, the department shall publish and make available to the public and members of the legislature […]
Sec. 47.65.040. Required contribution by sponsor.
(a) Except as provided in (f) of this section, a sponsor receiving a grant under AS 47.65.010 – 47.65.050 shall contribute to the total cost of the program or project. The contribution may be in cash or in-kind services. The amount of the sponsor’s required contribution is determined by the application of the following formula: […]
Sec. 47.65.050. Administrative requirements.
(a) Payments received by a sponsor under AS 47.65.010 – 47.65.050 may be used only to meet costs of services that the department has determined directly benefit older Alaskans. A payment may not be made by the department under this section unless the department determines that the sponsor (1) meets accepted standards of fiscal accountability […]