Alaska Stat. § 47.05.020 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.05 / Section 47.05.020
Regulations concerning records; disclosure of information.
Status: in_force

(a) The power of the department to adopt regulations includes the power to adopt and enforce reasonable regulations governing the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, files, and communications of the department. The regulations must provide that financial information concerning an eligibility determination of a person applying for or receiving cash assistance, a diversion payment, or self-sufficiency services under the Alaska temporary assistance program shall be disclosed to a legislator on request of the legislator in connection with official purposes within the scope of the legislator's legislative functions and related to the administration of the program consistent with federal law. When, under the law, names and addresses of recipients of public assistance are furnished to or held by another agency or department of government, the agency or department of government shall adopt regulations necessary to prevent the publication of the lists or their use for purposes not directly connected with the administration of public assistance and legislative functions. A legislator to whom information relating to the Alaska temporary assistance program is disclosed under this section may not further disclose the information except to another legislator and then only in connection with official purposes within each legislator's legislative functions and related to the administration of the program consistent with federal law.

(b) In addition to any access to public assistance records authorized under (a) of this section, the department shall provide a copy of a public assistance record prepared or maintained by or on behalf of the department to the child support services agency created in AS 25.27.010 , or the child support enforcement agency of another state, upon the request of the respective agency. If the record is in an electronic data base, the department shall provide the requesting agency with either access to the data base, or a copy of the information in the data base and a statement certifying its contents. The agency receiving the information under this subsection may use the information only for child support purposes authorized under law.
Alaska Stat. § 47.10.390 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.10 / Section 47.10.390
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 47.10.300  47.10.390, (1) licensed program for runaway minors means a residential or nonresidential program licensed by the department under AS 47.10.310 ;

(2) runaway minor means a person under 18 years of age who (A) is habitually absent from home; or

(B) refuses to accept available care;

(3) semi-secure has the meaning given in AS 47.10.141 (k).

Article 3. Shelters for Runaway Minors.
Alaska Stat. § 47.70.060 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.70 / Section 47.70.060
Executive head.
Status: in_force

As used in Art. VII of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the term executive head means the governor. The governor is authorized to appoint a compact administrator in accordance with the terms of art. VII.
Alaska Stat. § 47.05.290 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.05 / Section 47.05.290
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 47.05.200  47.05.290, (1) benefit has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ;

(2) claim includes a request for payment for medical assistance services under applicable state or federal law or regulations, whether the request is in an electronic format or paper format or both;

(3) commissioner means the commissioner of health;

(4) department means the Department of Health;

(5) falsely alters has the meaning given in AS 11.46.580 ;

(6) knowingly has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ;

(7) makes a false entry has the meaning given in AS 11.56.820 ;

(8) medical assistance agency means the department, an agency of the department, and an agent, contractor, or designee of the department or of one of its agencies that performs one or more of the activities of the department or an agency of the department;

(9) medical assistance program means a program under AS 47.07 or AS 47.08 ;

(10) medical assistance provider or provider means a person or organization that provides, attempts to provide, or claims to have provided services or products to a medical assistance recipient that may qualify for reimbursement under AS 47.07 or AS 47.08 or a person or organization that participates in or has applied to participate in a medical assistance program as a supplier of a service or product;

(11) medical assistance recipient means a person on whose behalf another claims or receives a payment from a medical assistance agency, without regard to whether the individual was eligible for benefits under a medical assistance program;

(12) medical assistance record means records required to be kept by state or federal law or regulation regarding claims to a medical assistance agency;

(13) organization has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ;

(14) person has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ;

(15) property has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 ;

(16) reckless disregard means acting recklessly, as that term is defined in AS 11.81.900 ;

(17) services or medical assistance services means a health care benefit that may qualify for reimbursement under AS 47.07 or AS 47.08 , including health care benefits provided, attempted to be provided, or claimed to have been provided to another, by a medical assistance provider, or services as defined in AS 11.81.900 ;

(18) unconditional discharge has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185 .

Article 3. Criminal and Civil History.
Alaska Stat. § 47.25.240 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.25 / Section 47.25.240
Action against person liable for care of recipient.
Status: in_force

If, during the continuance of an allowance, the department ascertains that a person liable for the support of the recipient of assistance is able to provide the necessary care and support of the recipient, and the person liable for the care and support of the recipient fails or refuses to support and care for the recipient, the state has a claim for the assistance against the person liable for it. This claim may be enforced by civil action brought in the name of the state by the attorney general against the person liable for the recovery of the amount of money, with interest, paid to the recipient, together with the costs and disbursements of the action.
Alaska Stat. § 47.12.020 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.12 / Section 47.12.020
Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(a) Proceedings relating to a minor under 18 years of age residing or found in the state are governed by this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when the minor is alleged to be or may be determined by a court to be a delinquent minor as a result of violating a criminal law of the state or a municipality of the state.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, proceedings relating to a person who is 18 years of age or over are governed by this chapter if the person is alleged to have committed a violation of the criminal law of the state or a municipality of the state, the violation occurred when the person was under 18 years of age, and the period of limitation under AS 12.10 has not expired.

(c) The provisions of this chapter apply to the detention and care of a person who is alleged to have committed a violation of a criminal law of the state or local government, subject to the provisions of AS 47.12.030 (a), 47.12.100, and 47.12.105.
Alaska Stat. § 47.08.060 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.08 / Section 47.08.060
Calculation of applicant's share.
Status: in_force

(a) As frequently as necessary the committee shall adopt, in light of appropriated funds and expected need, a formula to be used in determining the applicant's share of total medical expenses incurred as a result of a catastrophic illness, based on the applicant's annual gross income, number of dependents, amount of assets, and forthcoming third-party payments, all considered in light of the requirement that the applicant's share will be paid to the provider on a payment schedule covering a period of at least three years.

(b) For the purposes of applying the formula to determine the applicant's share, multiple catastrophic illness occurring within a 12-month period to the applicant or other members of the applicant's family shall be treated as one catastrophic illness.

(c) In applying the formula to determine the applicant's share, the total gross income and the total assets of the family of the applicant may be taken into account, with the following exceptions: (1) the applicant's permanent place of abode;

(2) one noncommercial vehicle;

(3) tools, equipment, vehicles and other assets required in a trade or business;

(4) ordinary household and personal effects;

(5) $1,000 of liquid assets;

(6) all nonliquid assets unless this exclusion would bring about an inequitable result; however, all income derived from this property shall be taken into consideration in determining the recipient's gross income;

(7) inalienable shares in a Native corporation created under 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act), for the period of their inalienability as specified in the Act;

(8) Alaska longevity bonus payments;

(9) any other assets specifically restricted for the use of the recipient by state or federal law.

(d) Assets received by the applicant as a custodian, guardian, conservator, or trustee for another are not considered assets of the custodian, guardian, conservator, or trustee.

(e) The applicant's share shall be reduced in the amount of any premiums paid for health insurance or a prepaid medical plan up to $500 if incurred in the 12-month period beginning with the occurrence of the injury or the onset of the illness.

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the committee may waive payment of an applicant's share when the catastrophic illness is the proximate result of an immunization required by law.
Alaska Stat. § 47.12.150 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.12 / Section 47.12.150
Legal custody, guardianship, and residual parental rights and responsibilities.
Status: in_force

(a) When a minor is committed to the department under AS 47.12.120 (b)(1) or (3) or 47.12.240, detained by the department on behalf of the Department of Corrections under AS 33.30.011 and AS 47.12.105 , or released under AS 47.12.120 (b)(2) to the minor's parents, guardian, or other suitable person, a relationship of legal custody exists. This relationship imposes on the state and its authorized agents or the parents, guardian, or other suitable person the responsibility of physical care and control of the minor, the determination of where and with whom the minor shall live, the right and duty to protect, train, and discipline the minor, and the duty of providing the minor with food, shelter, education, and medical care. These obligations are subject to any residual parental rights and responsibilities and rights and responsibilities of a guardian if one has been appointed. When a minor is committed to the department and the department places the minor with the minor's parent, the parent has the responsibility to provide and pay for food, shelter, education, and medical care for the minor. When parental rights have been terminated, or there are no living parents and a guardian has not been appointed, the responsibilities of legal custody include those in (b) and (c) of this section. The department or person having legal custody of the minor may delegate any of the responsibilities under this section, except authority to consent to marriage, adoption, and military enlistment may not be delegated. For purposes of this chapter, a person in charge of a placement setting is an agent of the department.

(b) When a guardian is appointed for the minor, the court shall specify in its order the rights and responsibilities of the guardian. The guardian may be removed only by court order. The rights and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, having the right and responsibility of reasonable visitation, consenting to marriage, consenting to military enlistment, consenting to major medical treatment, obtaining representation for the minor in legal actions, and making decisions of legal or financial significance concerning the minor.

(c) When there has been transfer of legal custody or appointment of a guardian and parental rights have not been terminated by court decree, the parents shall have residual rights and responsibilities. These residual rights and responsibilities of the parent include the right and responsibility of reasonable visitation, consent to adoption, consent to marriage, consent to military enlistment, consent to major medical treatment except in cases of emergency or cases falling under AS 25.20.025 , and the responsibility for support, except if by court order any residual right and responsibility has been delegated to a guardian under (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 47.05.310 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.05 / Section 47.05.310
Criminal history; criminal history check; compliance.
Status: reserved

(a) If an individual has been charged with, convicted of, found not guilty by reason of insanity for, or adjudicated as a delinquent for, a crime that is inconsistent with the standards for licensure or certification established by the department with licensing or certification authority for the individual by regulation, that individual may not own an entity, or be an officer, director, partner, member, or principal of the business organization that owns an entity. In addition, an entity may not (1) allow that individual to operate the entity;

(2) hire or retain that individual at the entity as an employee, independent contractor, or unsupervised volunteer of the entity;

(3) allow that individual to reside in the entity if not a recipient of services; or

(4) allow that individual to be present in the entity if the individual would have regular contact with individuals who receive services from the entity, unless that individual is a family member of or visitor of an individual who receives services from the entity.

(b) The department with licensing or certification authority for an entity or individual may not issue or renew a license or a certification for an entity or an individual that is in violation of (a) of this section or that would be in violation based on the information received as part of the application process.

(c) [Repealed, § 25 ch 69 SLA 2018.]

(d) An entity or an individual shall provide to the department with licensing or certification authority for the entity or individual a release of information authorization for a criminal history check under this section for each individual who is not a recipient of services from the entity, who is not in the custody of the applicable department, and, after the entity applies for or has been issued a license, license renewal, certification, or certification renewal by the applicable department, (1) who intends to become an owner of the entity, or an officer, director, partner, member, or principal of the business organization that owns the entity;

(2) whom the entity intends to hire or retain as the operator of the entity's business;

(3) whom the entity intends to hire or retain as an employee, independent contractor, or unsupervised volunteer of the entity; or

(4) who will be present in the entity or at the places of operation of the entity, and would have regular contact with individuals who receive services from the entity, but who is not a family member or visitor of an individual who receives services from the entity.

(e) An individual for whom a release of information authorization has been provided to the department with licensing or certification authority for the individual shall submit the individual's fingerprints to that department, with the fee established under AS 12.62.160 , for a report of criminal justice information under AS 12.62 and for submission by the Department of Public Safety to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check. The Department of Public Safety shall provide the report of criminal justice information and the results of the national criminal history record check to the applicable department for its use in considering an application for a license, license renewal, certification, or certification renewal, or in considering other approval or selection regarding an entity or individual, for compliance with the standards established in this section. The department with licensing or certification authority for the individual may waive the requirement for fingerprint submission if an individual is unable to provide fingerprints due to a medical or physical condition that is documented by a licensed physician.

(f) The provisions of this section do not apply if the department with licensing or certification authority for the individual or entity grants an exception from a requirement of (a)  (e) of this section under a regulation adopted by that department or if the department with licensing or certification authority for the individual or entity grants a variance under AS 47.05.360 .

(g) The Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services shall adopt regulations listing those criminal offenses that are inconsistent with the standards for licensure or certification by each department.

(h) For purposes of this section, in place of nonissuance or nonrenewal of a license or certification, an entity or individual that is not required to be licensed or certified by either department or a person wishing to become an entity or individual that is not required to be licensed or certified by either department is ineligible to receive a payment, in whole or in part, from the applicable department to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of persons who are served by the programs administered by that department if the entity or individual is in violation of this section or would be in violation of this section based on information received by the applicable department as part of an application, approval, or selection process.

(i) [Repealed, § 25 ch 69 SLA 2018.]

(j) An individual who possesses a valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20.015  14.20.025 and applies to work at a facility licensed or certified by the Department of Education and Early Development or who applies to work in a child care facility or residential child care facility in a position as a certificated teacher with supervised access may request that the individual's criminal justice information and national criminal history record check on file with the Department of Education and Early Development be used to satisfy the requirements of (d) and (e) of this section.

(k) A person is presumed to be acting in good faith and is immune from civil or criminal liability if the person (1) makes a report of medical assistance fraud, abuse, neglect, or exploitation;

(2) submits information to a civil history database identified under AS 47.05.330 ; or

(3) fails to hire or retain an employee or unsupervised volunteer because the employee or unsupervised volunteer is included in a civil history database identified under AS 47.05.330 .

(l) The Department of Family and Community Services may issue or renew a foster home license under AS 47.32 or provide payments under AS 47.14.100 (b) or (d) to an entity, individual service provider, or person if the applicant or a person who resides in the home is barred from licensure or payment under (c), (i)(2), or (i)(3) of this section and (1) a person in the home is an adult family member or family friend of a child in the custody or supervision of the state under AS 47.10 ;

(2) the Department of Family and Community Services finds that placing the child with the entity, individual service provider, or person is in the best interests of the child; and

(3) the conduct that is the basis of the finding under (c), (i)(2), or (i)(3) of this section occurred at least 10 years before the date the Department of Family and Community Services receives the application for licensure or renewal or makes a payment to the entity, individual service provider, or person.

(m) In this section, (1) adult family member has the meaning given in AS 47.10.990 ;

(2) child care facility has the meaning given in AS 47.25.095 ;

(3) foster home has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900 ;

(4) residential child care facility has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900 ;

(5) supervised access means that a supervisor maintains a prudent level of awareness of the whereabouts of the individual for whom supervised access is required to ensure the protection of recipients of services.
Alaska Stat. § 47.10.112 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.10 / Section 47.10.112
Proxy for a formal petition for adoption or legal guardianship.
Status: in_force

(a) A person seeking the immediate permanent placement of a child in state custody under this chapter may file a proxy for a formal petition for adoption or legal guardianship of the child. The court shall hear proceedings related to the proxy as part of the child-in-need-of-aid proceedings relating to the child. In the case of an Indian child, a proxy for a formal petition for (1) adoption preserves the placement preferences of 25 U.S.C. 1915(a) with respect to the person who files the proxy; and

(2) legal guardianship preserves the placement preferences of 25 U.S.C. 1915(b) with respect to the person who files the proxy.

(b) A proxy filed under this section does not initiate proceedings for adoption or legal guardianship. A person seeking to adopt a child in state custody must file a petition for adoption as required under AS 25.23 . A person seeking to be appointed legal guardian of a child in state custody must file a petition for appointment as required under AS 13.26.101  13.26.186.

(c) If a person files a proxy for a formal petition for adoption or legal guardianship of a child who is in out-of-home placement, and the child is not placed with the person who files the proxy at the time the person files the proxy, the department shall, not more than 60 days after the proxy is filed, submit a permanent plan to the court. The court shall hold a hearing to review the permanent plan for the child under AS 47.10.080 (l) not more than 90 days after the proxy is filed.

(d) A person who files a proxy for a formal petition for adoption or legal guardianship of a child under this section does not become a party to the child-in-need-of-aid proceedings. A person who files a proxy for a formal petition for adoption or legal guardianship may only participate in proceedings under this chapter that concern the person's proxy.

(e) A person who files a proxy for a formal petition for adoption or legal guardianship of a child is not entitled to the appointment of a lawyer at public expense.

(f) A person who receives a proxy for a formal petition for adoption or legal guardianship shall file the proxy with the court.

(g) The department may adopt regulations to implement this section.

(h) In this section, (1) extended family member (A) means a person who is at least 18 years of age and who is the child's grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, niece, nephew, first or second cousin, or stepparent; or

(B) in the case of an Indian child, has the meaning given in 25 U.S.C. 1903;

(2) proxy for a formal petition or proxy means (A) a request by a person who is interested in immediate permanent placement and adoption or legal guardianship of a child, and is an extended family member, member of an Indian child's tribe, or other Indian family member, made at any court hearing or conveyed to the department by telephone, mail, facsimile, electronic mail, or in person;

(B) in the case of an Indian child, a request made to the department on behalf of a person described in (A) of this paragraph by (i) the Indian child's biological parent, individually or through counsel; or

(ii) the Indian child's tribe, a tribe in which the Indian child is eligible for enrollment, or a tribe in which the Indian child's biological parent is a member; or

(C) a proxy for a formal petition, as established by the department by regulation.
Alaska Stat. § 47.24.040 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.24 / Section 47.24.040
Monitoring.
Status: in_force

If ongoing protective services are provided to a vulnerable adult under AS 47.24.017 , the department shall monitor the adult's situation, as the department considers appropriate, until the department determines that the protective services are no longer needed.
Alaska Stat. § 47.18.390 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.18 / Section 47.18.390
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 47.18.300  47.18.390, (1) program means the foster care transition program authorized under AS 47.18.300  47.18.390;

(2) qualified entities means municipalities, other political subdivisions of the state, nonprofit corporations formed under AS 10.20 , churches and religious organizations, and incorporated and unincorporated entities operating within the state that meet the requirements established by the department in regulation;

(3) state foster care means foster care, as defined in AS 47.10.990 , that is provided to a person who is in the custody of the department under AS 47.10 and AS 47.12 .

Article 6. General Provisions.
Alaska Stat. § 47.12.988 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.12 / Section 47.12.988
Implementation of provisions by an entity selected by department.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, when authority exercised by the department may also be exercised by an entity selected by the department, the entity that the department may select in order to exercise authority is limited to (1) a municipality;

(2) a corporation; or

(3) two or more persons recognized by the community and operating under contract or license from the department.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.770 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.770
Additional 180-day commitment.
Status: in_force

(a) The respondent shall be released from involuntary treatment at the expiration of 90 days unless the professional person in charge files a petition for a 180-day commitment conforming to the requirements of AS 47.30.740 (a) except that all references to 30-day commitment shall be read as the previous 90-day commitment and all references to 90-day commitment shall be read as 180-day commitment.

(b) The procedures for service of the petition, notification of rights, and judicial hearing shall be as set out in AS 47.30.740  47.30.750. If the court or jury finds by clear and convincing evidence that the grounds for 90-day commitment as set out in AS 47.30.755 are present, the court may order the respondent committed for an additional treatment period not to exceed 180 days from the date on which the first 90-day treatment period would have expired.

(c) Successive 180-day commitments are permissible on the same ground and under the same procedures as the original 180-day commitment. An order of commitment may not exceed 180 days.

(d) Findings of fact relating to the respondent's behavior made at a 30-day commitment hearing under AS 47.30.735 , a 90-day commitment hearing under AS 47.30.750 , or a previous 180-day commitment hearing under this section shall be admitted as evidence and may not be rebutted except that newly discovered evidence may be used for the purpose of rebutting the findings.
Alaska Stat. § 47.14.110 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.14 / Section 47.14.110
Department inspections; reports by foster homes and institutions.
Status: in_force

(a) A representative of the department shall visit, as often as is considered necessary, every foster home or institution in which a child is placed, and, if not satisfied as to the care given, may remove the child from the foster home or institution and place the child elsewhere.

(b) The person or institution receiving a child shall submit the reports the department requires as to the education, health, and welfare of the child and the conditions under which the child is living.
Alaska Stat. § 47.12.250 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.12 / Section 47.12.250
Temporary detention and detention hearing.
Status: in_force

(a) A peace officer or a juvenile probation officer who has arrested, or a peace officer who has continued the arrest of, a minor under AS 47.12.245 or a minor for criminal charges under AS 47.12.030 may (1) have the minor detained in a juvenile detention facility or temporary secure juvenile holding area if, in the opinion of the officer making or continuing the arrest, it is necessary to do so to protect the minor or the community; however, the department may direct that a minor subject to delinquency proceedings who was arrested or whose arrest was continued be released from detention before the hearing required by (c) of this section;

(2) before taking the minor to a juvenile detention facility or temporary secure juvenile holding area, release the minor to the minor's parents or guardian if detention is not necessary to (A) protect the minor or the community; or

(B) ensure the minor's attendance at subsequent court hearings.

(b) A peace officer who has a minor detained under (a) of this section shall immediately, and in no event more than 12 hours later, notify the court and make reasonable efforts to notify the minor's parents or guardian, the minor's foster parent, and the department of the officer's action. The department may file with the court a petition alleging delinquency before the detention hearing.

(c) The court shall immediately, and in no event more than 48 hours later, hold a hearing at which the minor and the minor's parents or guardian if they can be found shall be present. For those minors held securely in correctional facilities that house adult prisoners, the court shall immediately, and in no event more than 24 hours after the custody begins, hold a hearing at which the minor and the minor's parents or guardian if they can be found shall be present. The court shall determine whether probable cause exists for believing the minor to be delinquent. The court shall inform the minor of the reasons alleged to constitute probable cause and the reasons alleged to authorize the minor's detention. The minor is entitled to counsel. The court shall give the minor's foster parent the opportunity to be heard at the hearing.

(d) If the court finds that probable cause exists, it shall determine whether the minor should be detained pending the hearing on the petition or released. It may either order the minor held in detention or released to the custody of a suitable person pending the hearing on the petition. If the court finds no probable cause, it shall order the minor released and close the case.

(e) Except for temporary detention pending a detention hearing, a minor may be detained only by court order.

(f) A minor arrested for criminal charges under AS 47.12.030 is subject to adult court proceedings and shall be held in a juvenile detention facility under AS 47.12.105 . A minor arrested under this section may be temporarily held in an adult correctional facility or temporary secure juvenile holding area under the conditions set out in AS 47.12.240 (c).
Alaska Stat. § 47.15.020 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.15 / Section 47.15.020
Juvenile compact administrator.
Status: in_force

Under the compact established under AS 47.15.010 , the commissioner of family and community services may designate an officer as the compact administrator. The compact administrator shall cooperate with all departments, agencies, and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of a supplementary agreement entered into by this state.
Alaska Stat. § 47.20.330 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.20 / Section 47.20.330
Intervention program.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall establish guidelines for the provision of follow-up care for newborn and infant children in the state who have been identified as having or being at risk of developing a hearing loss. The services recommended must include appropriate follow-up care for newborns and infants with abnormal or inconclusive screening results, such as diagnostic evaluation, referral, and coordination of early intervention service programs if the newborn or infant is found to have a hearing loss.

(b) The parents of all newborns and infants diagnosed with a hearing loss, as reported to the department, shall be provided by the department with written information on the availability of follow-up care through community resources and government agencies, including those provided in accordance with 20 U.S.C. 1400  1482 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), as amended. Information provided by the department must include listings of local and statewide nonprofit deaf and hard of hearing consumer-based organizations, parent support organizations affiliated with deafness, counseling and educational services, and programs offered through the department and the Department of Education and Early Development.
Alaska Stat. § 47.15.060 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.15 / Section 47.15.060
Enforcement.
Status: in_force

The courts, departments, agencies and officers of this state and its subdivisions shall enforce this compact and shall do all things appropriate to the effectuation of its purposes and intent which are within their respective jurisdiction.
Alaska Stat. § 47.45.306 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.45 / Section 47.45.306
Appeal rights.
Status: in_force

An individual who receives a determination from the department that denies, limits, or modifies a cash benefit under AS 47.45.301  47.45.309, other than a determination under AS 47.45.301 (c) to reduce or eliminate benefits, may request a hearing before the office of administrative hearings ( AS 44.64.010 ) under regulations adopted by the department.
Alaska Stat. § 47.33.070 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.33 / Section 47.33.070
Resident files.
Status: in_force

(a) An assisted living home shall maintain, for each resident of the home, a file that includes (1) the name and birth date, and, if provided by the resident, the social security number of the resident;

(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the resident's closest relative, service coordinator, if any, and representative, if any;

(3) a statement of what actions, if any, the resident's representative is authorized to take on the resident's behalf;

(4) a copy of the resident's assisted living plan;

(5) a copy of the residential services contract between the home and the resident;

(6) a notice, as required under AS 47.33.030 , regarding the depository in which the resident's advance payment money is being held;

(7) written acknowledgment by the resident or the resident's representative that the resident has received a copy of and has read, or has been read the (A) resident's rights under AS 47.33.300 ;

(B) resident's right to pursue a grievance under AS 47.33.340 ;

(C) resident's right to protection from retaliation under AS 47.33.350 ;

(D) provisions of AS 47.32.160 , regarding immunity; and

(E) home's house rules;

(8) an acknowledgment and agreement relating to home safekeeping and management of the resident's money, as required by AS 47.33.040 ;

(9) a copy of the resident's living will, if any, or an advance health care directive made under AS 13.52 , if any; and

(10) a copy of a power of attorney or other written designation, including an advance health care directive made under AS 13.52 , of an agent, representative, or surrogate by the resident.

(b) An assisted living home shall retain a resident's file for at least one year after the resident terminates residency at the home.
Alaska Stat. § 47.12.980 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.12 / Section 47.12.980
Grants-in-aid.
Status: in_force

The department may accept grants-in-aid from the federal government or private foundations and may accept other gifts consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 47.27.005 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.27 / Section 47.27.005
Duties of the department.
Status: in_force

The department shall (1) administer the Alaska temporary assistance program by providing cash assistance, diversion payments, and self-sufficiency services to needy children and their families under this chapter and, if appropriate, by establishing regional public assistance programs to provide effectively for varying conditions in regions of the state designated by the department;

(2) establish, by regulation, program standards for incentives to work, incentives for financial planning, cash assistance, diversion payments, self-sufficiency services, and other opportunities to develop self-sufficiency;

(3) prepare, submit to the federal government, and amend, if necessary, a state plan designed to ensure that federal money is available to the state for the operation of the program set out in this chapter to provide cash assistance, diversion payments, and self-sufficiency services to needy children and their families consistent with the state objectives identified in (2) of this section;

(4) adopt methods of program administration to ensure consistency with the federal requirements under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program;

(5) make reports regarding the program to the federal government as required under federal law, in the form and containing the information required, and comply with the provisions that the federal government determines are necessary to ensure correct and verifiable information on the program;

(6) provide to the legislature an annual executive summary of the information required to be reported to the federal government under (5) of this section;

(7) conduct studies and research in order to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of the state program; and

(8) adopt regulations and take action to implement, interpret, and administer the provisions of this chapter.

Article 2. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.440 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.440
Interpretation and construction.
Status: in_force

AS 47.30.410  47.30.460 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.490 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.490
Acceptance of funds.
Status: in_force

The department may accept on behalf of the state and deposit, apart from other public funds, grants from the federal government or gifts or contributions from other sources to assist in carrying out the purposes of AS 47.30.470 .
Alaska Stat. § 47.27.055 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.27 / Section 47.27.055
Agency collaboration.
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall coordinate with other state agencies that provide assistance, benefits, or services to applicants that are eligible for and to participants in the Alaska temporary assistance program in order to facilitate the application for and delivery of assistance, benefits, or services to promote family self-sufficiency. Subject to appropriations, state agencies may locate their facilities and operations near each other in order to improve service delivery.

(b) The department may provide information received under this chapter to other state agencies in order to facilitate the delivery of services. Information received from an applicant for or participant in the Alaska temporary assistance program shall be treated as confidential by all state agencies that share the information under this section and is not open to public inspection or copying under AS 40.25.110  40.25.125. Misuse of public assistance lists or information is punishable as a violation of AS 47.05.030 .

(c) Departments in the executive branch shall cooperate in fulfilling the purposes of this chapter, including, subject to appropriations, the establishment of temporary positions that will provide job opportunities for families participating in the Alaska temporary assistance program. Temporary positions established for this purpose are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110 but are not subject to AS 39.25.195 . An individual participating in the Alaska temporary assistance program who holds a temporary position established for purposes of this subsection is not a public employee for purposes of AS 23.40.070  23.40.260.
Alaska Stat. § 47.37.220 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.37 / Section 47.37.220
Visitation and communication with patients.
Status: in_force

(a) Patients in any approved treatment facility under this chapter shall be granted reasonable opportunities for adequate consultation with counsel, and for continuing contact with family and friends including the use of telephone facilities, consistent with an effective treatment program.

(b) Mail or other communication to or from a patient in any approved treatment facility may not be intercepted, read, or censored.
Alaska Stat. § 47.05.050 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.05 / Section 47.05.050
Cooperation with federal government.
Status: in_force

It is the public policy of the state to cooperate and coordinate with the United States government and its agencies in providing for and administering federal and state laws for adult public assistance and the other assistance that is provided for or extended to the people of the state.
Alaska Stat. § 47.80.500 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.80 / Section 47.80.500
Statewide traumatic or acquired brain injury program.
Status: in_force

(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 organizations in the state that provide brain injury services in implementing all aspects of the program.

(b) The program established under this section must include (1) review and consideration of data collected under (c)(1) of this section;

(2) supervision and coordination of services provided to persons with traumatic or acquired brain injury;

(3) evaluation of standards pertaining to the treatment, care, and support of persons with traumatic or acquired brain injury;

(4) assessment of the availability of acute and long-term treatment, care, and support options in and outside the state for persons with traumatic or acquired brain injury;

(5) evaluation of the need for and scope of community services for persons with traumatic or acquired brain injury throughout the state;

(6) investigation of the models of service coordination that can be replicated at a local level in the state;

(7) coordination and expansion of publicly and privately funded residential and nonresidential acute and long-term services to persons with traumatic or acquired brain injury, including education, referral, and home and community-based services;

(8) facilitation of admissions to and discharges from acute and long-term care facilities for the treatment of traumatic or acquired brain injury;

(9) identification and description of available treatment and care facilities of all types for persons with traumatic or acquired brain injury based on length of stay, patient capacity, available services, and barriers encountered to community placement after discharge;

(10) a plan that describes recommendations for the development of a statewide service delivery continuum of comprehensive rehabilitative, supportive living, and community programs.

(c) The department shall (1) establish and implement a traumatic or acquired brain injury registry of information from service providers that includes (A) health status, including age, cause, and severity of injury and region of brain affected;

(B) acute recovery period;

(C) location of the (i) event that caused the injury;

(ii) hospital treating the injury; and

(iii) residence of the person with traumatic or acquired brain injury;

(D) access to and use of rehabilitation services, including behavioral, vocational, and long-term care services;

(E) access to and use of neuropsychological assessment;

(F) status of long-term recovery at five-year intervals;

(G) financial and social effects on family;

(H) cost associated with services;

(2) establish standards and recommendations for improvement of prevention, assessment, treatment, and care of persons with traumatic or acquired brain injury in the state;

(3) contract with service providers and qualified entities to carry out the purposes of this section;

(4) provide a standardized reporting form for use in gathering data for the registry.

(d) In (c) of this section, service provider means a public or private entity that provides health education, group shelter, or criminal justice services to individuals in the state.
Alaska Stat. § 47.45.309 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.45 / Section 47.45.309
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In AS 47.45.301  47.45.309, (1) department means the Department of Health;

(2) eligible individual means an individual who meets the requirements of AS 47.45.301  47.45.309 and regulations adopted under those statutes for eligibility for the program;

(3) family member means a person who is (A) legally related to an eligible individual through marriage or guardianship; or

(B) an eligible individual's sibling, parent, grandparent, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or first cousin;

(4) program means the senior benefits payment program established in AS 47.45.301  47.45.309;

(5) resident has the meaning given in AS 47.25.430 (a).
Alaska Stat. § 47.18.110 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.18 / Section 47.18.110
Eligible projects.
Status: in_force

(a) Projects funded under AS 47.18.100 shall be designed with a holistic approach that recognizes the interconnectedness of adolescent parenthood and a broad array of related circumstances, such as low self-esteem, domestic violence, substance abuse, economic security, financial responsibilities of having a child, cultural integrity, sources of adolescent stress, parenting skills, educational and vocational opportunities, and access to reproductive health services.

(b) Projects funded under AS 47.18.100 may include one or more of the following types of activities: (1) family life education;

(2) counseling services for adolescents who are, or who may think they are, pregnant or who want to avoid pregnancy;

(3) prenatal care for pregnant adolescents;

(4) job training and placement for adolescent parents;

(5) educational and support services for adolescent parents;

(6) other activities that, in the judgment of the department, are likely to have a tangible effect on combating a problem associated with adolescent pregnancy or parenthood.
Alaska Stat. § 47.08.100 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.08 / Section 47.08.100
Finality of decisions.
Status: in_force

Decisions as to catastrophic illness awards are final (1) 30 days after the applicant receives the committee's decision unless a reconsideration is requested during that time;

(2) 30 days after the applicant receives the committee's decision upon reconsideration unless a hearing is requested during that time;

(3) 15 days after the applicant receives the hearing authority's decision if that decision is not appealed to the director during that time;

(4) upon being notified of the decision of the director if an appeal is taken to the director under AS 47.25.180 .
Alaska Stat. § 47.25.625 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.25 / Section 47.25.625
Ability to recover or recoup improper home heating assistance payments.
Status: in_force

An individual is liable to the department for the value of assistance improperly paid under AS 47.25.623 if the improper payment was based on inaccurate or incomplete information provided by the individual. In a civil action brought by the state to recover from the individual the value of the assistance improperly paid, the state may recover from the individual the costs of investigation and prosecution of the civil action, including attorney fees as determined under court rules.
Alaska Stat. § 47.17.035 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.17 / Section 47.17.035
Duties of department in domestic violence cases.
Status: in_force

(a) In consultation with the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the department shall develop written procedures for screening reports of harm for abuse and neglect of a child to assess whether there is domestic violence occurring within the family. The procedures must include the following factors: (1) inquiry concerning the criminal records of the parents or of the alleged abusive or neglectful person or the alleged perpetrator if not the parent of the child; and

(2) inquiry concerning the existence of protective orders issued or filed under AS 18.66.100  18.66.180 involving either parent as a petitioner or respondent.

(b) If the department determines in an investigation of abuse or neglect of a child that (1) the child is in danger because of domestic violence or that the child needs protection as a result of the presence of domestic violence in the family, the department shall take appropriate steps for the protection of the child; in this paragraph, appropriate steps includes (A) reasonable efforts to protect the child and prevent the removal of the child from the parent or guardian who is not a domestic violence offender;

(B) reasonable efforts to remove the alleged domestic violence offender from the child's residence if it is determined that the child or another family or household member is in danger of domestic violence; and

(C) services to help protect the child from being placed or having unsupervised visitation with the domestic violence offender until the department determines that the offender has met conditions considered necessary by the department to protect the safety of the domestic violence victim and household members;

(2) a person is the victim of domestic violence, the department shall provide the victim with a written notice of the rights of and services available to victims of domestic violence that is substantially similar to the notice provided to victims of domestic violence under AS 18.65.520 .

(c) For purposes of obtaining access to information needed to conduct the inquiries required by (a)(1) and (2) of this section, the department is a criminal justice agency conducting a criminal justice activity.

(d) A person may not bring a civil action for damages for a failure to comply with the provisions of this section.

(e) In this section, (1) criminal justice activity has the meaning given in AS 12.62.900 ;

(2) criminal justice agency has the meaning given in AS 12.62.900 ;

(3) domestic violence has the meaning given in AS 18.66.990 .
Alaska Stat. § 47.37.190 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.37 / Section 47.37.190
Involuntary commitment.
Status: in_force

(a) A spouse or guardian, a relative, the certifying physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or the administrator in charge of an approved public treatment facility may petition the court for a 30-day involuntary commitment order. The petition must allege that the person is an alcoholic or drug abuser who (1) has threatened, attempted to inflict, or inflicted physical harm on another and that unless committed is likely to inflict physical harm on another; or (2) is incapacitated by alcohol or drugs. A refusal to undergo treatment does not constitute evidence of lack of judgment as to the need for treatment. The petition must be accompanied by a certificate of a licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse who has examined the person within two days before submission of the petition, unless the person whose commitment is sought has refused to submit to a medical examination, in which case the fact of refusal must be alleged in the petition. The certificate must set out the physician's, physician assistant's, or advanced practice registered nurse's findings of the examination in support of the allegations of the petition.

(b) After the petition is filed, the court shall fix a date for a hearing no later than 10 days after the date the petition was filed. A copy of the petition and of the notice of the hearing, including the date fixed by the court, shall be served on (1) the petitioner;

(2) the person whose commitment is sought or the person's guardian, if any;

(3) the attorney representing the person whose commitment is sought;

(4) the administrator in charge of the approved public or private treatment facility in which the committed person has been committed for emergency care; and

(5) any other person the court considers appropriate.

(c) A person who is the subject of a petition filed under this section does not have the right to a jury.
Alaska Stat. § 47.32.060 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.32 / Section 47.32.060
License renewal.
Status: in_force

(a) At least 90 days before expiration of a biennial license, a licensed entity that intends to remain licensed shall submit an application for renewal of the license on a form provided by the applicable department or in a format approved by the applicable department, accompanied by (1) all documents and information identified in regulation as being required for renewal of the license; and

(2) any fee established by regulation.

(b) Before expiration of a biennial license, the authorizing department or its representative may inspect an entity that is the subject of a renewal application to determine whether the entity is operating in compliance with this chapter, regulations adopted under this chapter, and other applicable statutes or regulations. After any inspection and investigation under this subsection and before expiration of the biennial license, the authorizing department shall renew a biennial license if the department finds that (1) the licensed entity meets the requirements for renewal;

(2) a ground for nonrenewal of a license does not exist; and

(3) any applicable fee has been paid.

(c) If an application for renewal of a license is submitted but the authorizing department is unable to complete its review of the application before the expiration of the biennial license, the license is automatically extended for six months or until the department completes its review and either approves or denies the application, whichever occurs earlier.

(d) The authorizing department may place one or more conditions on a renewed license issued under this section to further the purposes of this section.

(e) The department shall adopt regulations establishing the grounds for nonrenewal of a license for each entity that department licenses under AS 47.32.010 for purposes of AS 47.32.050 and this section.
Alaska Stat. § 47.25.550 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.25 / Section 47.25.550
Alienation and attachment.
Status: in_force

Assistance granted under AS 47.25.430  47.25.615 is inalienable by an assignment or transfer and is exempt from garnishment, levy, or execution as provided in AS 09.38 (exemptions).
Alaska Stat. § 47.27.990 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.27 / Section 47.27.990
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Alaska temporary assistance program.
Alaska Stat. § 47.15.035 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.15 / Section 47.15.035
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The Department of Family and Community Services may adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 47.20.060 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.20 / Section 47.20.060
Purpose.
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of AS 47.20.060  47.20.290 to (1) subject to the availability of funding, provide quality learning and related early intervention family support services to eligible children under the age of three who have developmental delays or disabilities and, on a discretionary basis, to those children under the age of three who are at risk of developmental delays or disabilities;

(2) bring together and make optimal use of all available federal, state, local, and private resources for the benefit of children under the age of three with developmental delays or disabilities and their families;

(3) expand and improve existing learning and early intervention services and to provide and arrange for comprehensive services through local agencies and statewide support programs.
Alaska Stat. § 47.32.170 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.32 / Section 47.32.170
Criminal penalty.
Status: in_force

A person who intentionally or with criminal negligence violates a provision of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter related to the health and safety of persons served by an entity required to comply with this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Alaska Stat. § 47.06.020 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.06 / Section 47.06.020
Purpose and policy related to children.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this title as it relates to children is to secure for each child the care and guidance, preferably in the child's own home, that will serve the moral, emotional, mental, and physical welfare of the child and the best interests of the community; to preserve and strengthen the child's family ties unless efforts to preserve and strengthen the ties are likely to result in physical or emotional damage to the child, removing the child from the custody of the parents only as a last resort when the child's welfare or safety or the protection of the public cannot be adequately safeguarded without removal; and, when the child is removed from the family, to secure for the child adequate custody and care and adequate planning for permanent placement of the child. It is the policy of the state to acknowledge and take into account the principles of early childhood and youth brain development and, whenever possible, consider the concepts of early adversity, toxic stress, childhood trauma, and the promotion of resilience through protective relationships, supports, self-regulation, and services.
Alaska Stat. § 47.55.030 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.55 / Section 47.55.030
Rates; agreement to pay.
Status: reserved

(a) A person eligible for admission under AS 47.55.020 may, on application, be admitted to the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home upon the person's agreement to pay to the state the applicable amount specified in (f) of this section plus charges under (b) of this section. When this agreement is entered into, the department may require security for the payments.

(b) The department may charge a home resident reasonable fees to cover the cost of supplies, medication, equipment, and services provided to the home resident that are not included in the monthly or daily rates specified in (f) of this section.

(c) [Repealed, § 9 ch 23 SLA 2020.] (d) [Repealed, § 9 ch 23 SLA 2020.] (e) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.] (f) Except as provided in (b) and (g) of this section, the department may charge a home resident a monthly or daily rate of not more than (1) $2,976 a month for the provision of level I care;

(2) $5,396 a month for the provision of level II care;

(3) $7,814 a month for the provision of level III care;

(4) $9,333 a month for the provision of level IV care;

(5) a monthly rate the department considers sufficient to compensate the state for the cost of care and support of the home resident for the provision of level V care;

(6) $200 a day for services provided to a home resident who requires the provision of housing, meals, emergency assistance, medication administration, health-related services, recreation, and extensive assistance with activities of daily living for up to eight hours a day between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., including meals scheduled during the period the recipient is receiving the services;

(7) $322 a day for room and board provided in a home to a recipient who requires the provision of housing, meals, emergency assistance, medication administration, health-related services, recreation, and extensive assistance with activities of daily living for 24 hours a day for up to 14 consecutive days.

(g) Not later than 90 days after social security benefits are increased under 42 U.S.C. 415(i) (Social Security Act), the department shall adjust the monthly and daily rates in (f) of this section by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the cost-of-living adjustment provided for the social security benefits. The department may not make any other changes to the rates in (f) of this section.

(h) The department shall by regulation define and establish criteria for each level of care in (f)(1)  (5) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 47.31.030 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.31 / Section 47.31.030
Payment.
Status: in_force

If the department determines that a patient is eligible for assistance under this chapter, the department shall provide for payment of assistance directly to the facility. By endorsing the check received from the department or authorizing the endorsement by the facility's agent, the facility certifies that the claim for which the check is payment is true and accurate unless written notice of an error is sent to the department by the facility within 30 days after the date the check is presented by the facility for payment.
Alaska Stat. § 47.10.083 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.10 / Section 47.10.083
Review of orders, requests for extensions.
Status: in_force

In a review under AS 47.10.080 (f) and in a hearing related to a request for extended commitment or extended supervision under AS 47.10.080 (c)(1) or (2), the court shall, in addition to the requirements of those provisions and the requirements of court rules, determine whether a child continues to be a child in need of aid at the time of the review or hearing. The court may not continue or extend state custody or supervision of the child unless the court finds that the child continues to be a child in need of aid except that, if the child is no longer a child in need of aid, the court may establish a specific timetable for gradual reunification of the family and termination of state custody or supervision if the court makes a finding that immediate reunification would be detrimental to the child.
Alaska Stat. § 47.55.900 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.55 / Section 47.55.900
Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) department means the Department of Family and Community Services;

(2) home means (A) the Alaska Pioneers' Home; or

(B) the Alaska Veterans' Home;

(3) physical disability or other reason means inability of an individual to maintain a household without regular assistance in shopping, housekeeping, meal preparation, dressing, or personal hygiene because of physical or medical impairment, infirmity, or disability;

(4) resident of the state has the meaning given resident in AS 47.25.430 (a);

(5) veteran means a person who has been discharged from the armed forces of the United States, including the Alaska National Guard or the Alaska Territorial Guard; the discharge from the armed forces must be other than dishonorable.
Alaska Stat. § 47.38.190 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.38 / Section 47.38.190
Regulations.
Status: in_force

The department may adopt regulations necessary to implement this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 47.10.980 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.10 / Section 47.10.980
Grants-in-aid.
Status: in_force

The department may accept grants-in-aid from the federal government or private foundations and may accept other gifts consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
Alaska Stat. § 47.07.060 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.07 / Section 47.07.060
Receipt of federal money.
Status: in_force

The Department of Administration shall accept and receive all grants of money awarded to the state under 42 U.S.C. 1396  1396p (Title XIX, Social Security Act, Medical Assistance). All money received shall be deposited by the Department of Administration in a special account of the general fund and shall be used by the state exclusively for medical assistance and the administration of medical assistance under the provisions of this chapter. This money shall be paid from the account on a certified disbursement voucher from the department.
Alaska Stat. § 47.24.050 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.24 / Section 47.24.050
Confidentiality of reports.
Status: in_force

(a) Investigation reports and reports of the undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self-neglect of a vulnerable adult filed under this chapter are confidential and are not subject to public inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110  40.25.125. However, under this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter, investigation reports may be used by appropriate agencies or individuals inside and outside the state, in connection with investigations or judicial proceedings involving the undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self-neglect of a vulnerable adult.

(b) The department shall disclose a report of the undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self-neglect of a vulnerable adult if the vulnerable adult who is the subject of the report or the vulnerable adult's guardian, conservator, attorney-in-fact, trustee, or surrogate decision maker consents in writing. The department may not disclose a report of the undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self-neglect of a vulnerable adult to the vulnerable adult's guardian, conservator, attorney-in-fact, trustee, or surrogate decision maker if that person is an alleged perpetrator of the undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, or neglect of the vulnerable adult and is being investigated under this chapter. The department shall, upon request, disclose the number of verified reports of undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self-neglect of a vulnerable adult that occurred at an institution that provides care for vulnerable adults or that were the result of actions or inactions of a public home care provider.
Alaska Stat. § 47.60.070 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.60 / Section 47.60.070
Municipal contributions.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a municipality may give financial assistance to a nonprofit corporation that undertakes the development and operation of a multipurpose senior center.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.735 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.735
30-day commitment; hearing.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of a proper petition for commitment, the court shall hold a hearing at the date and time previously specified according to procedures set out in AS 47.30.715 .

(b) The hearing shall be conducted in a physical setting least likely to have a harmful effect on the mental or physical health of the respondent, within practical limits. At the hearing, in addition to other rights specified in AS 47.30.660  47.30.915, the respondent has the right (1) to be present at the hearing; this right may be waived only with the respondent's informed consent; if the respondent is incapable of giving informed consent, the respondent may be excluded from the hearing only if the court, after hearing, finds that the incapacity exists and that there is a substantial likelihood that the respondent's presence at the hearing would be severely injurious to the respondent's mental or physical health;

(2) to view and copy all petitions and reports in the court file of the respondent's case;

(3) to have the hearing open or closed to the public as the respondent elects, except that, if the respondent was charged with a felony offense against a person under AS 11.41 or felony arson and the criminal case was dismissed under AS 12.47.110 , an alleged victim in the dismissed criminal case and the prosecutor, or a staff member of the prosecutor's office, may attend the hearing, but may not disclose confidential information from the hearing;

(4) to have the rules of evidence and civil procedure applied so as to provide for the informal but efficient presentation of evidence;

(5) to have an interpreter if the respondent does not understand English;

(6) to present evidence on the respondent's behalf;

(7) to cross-examine witnesses who testify against the respondent;

(8) to remain silent;

(9) to call experts and other witnesses to testify on the respondent's behalf.

(c) At the conclusion of the hearing the court may commit the respondent to a treatment facility for not more than 30 days if it finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the respondent is mentally ill and as a result is likely to cause harm to the respondent or others or is gravely disabled.

(d) If the court finds that there is a viable less restrictive alternative available and that the respondent has been advised of and refused voluntary treatment through the alternative, the court may order the less restrictive alternative treatment for not more than 30 days if the program accepts the respondent.

(e) The court shall specifically state to the respondent, and give the respondent written notice, that if commitment or other involuntary treatment beyond the 30 days is to be sought, the respondent has the right to a full hearing or jury trial.
Alaska Stat. § 47.27.050 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.27 / Section 47.27.050
Grants and contracts for services.
Status: in_force

(a) The department may contract with or award grants to qualified entities in the state to administer an Alaska temporary assistance program or a distinct part of the Alaska temporary assistance program. The department may establish standards for the administration of services under the grant or contract, including fees to be charged to applicants for or recipients of those services.

(b) Contracts authorized under this section are to be administered in accordance with AS 47.05.015 . Grants authorized under this section are to be awarded using requirements, established in regulation, that are substantially similar to those set out in AS 47.05.015 for contracts.

(c) This section may not be construed to expand the powers of a municipality.

(d) In this section, qualified entities include municipalities, other political subdivisions of the state, nonprofit corporations formed under AS 10.20 , churches and religious organizations, and incorporated and unincorporated businesses operating within the state that meet the requirements established by the department in regulation.
Alaska Stat. § 47.37.245 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.37 / Section 47.37.245
Wages of patients.
Status: in_force

(a) A participant in a residential drug abuse or alcoholism treatment program may be paid wages for work therapy. The payment of wages for work therapy by a drug or alcoholism treatment program shall be considered an allowable cost under the department's regulations governing costs a grantee may pay with money received from a grant.

(b) No part of the wage earned by the patient worker may be deducted for the cost of room, board, or services. The program, however, after the payment of wages, may assess and collect the reasonable cost of treatment according to rates established under AS 47.37.240 , and on the same basis it assesses and collects from nonworking patients.

(c) Wages earned by the patient worker may be held in trust by the program for the benefit of the patient, and, except as provided in (d) of this section, may be disbursed by the program only with the patient's consent (1) for the support of the patient's dependents;

(2) to pay a civil judgment;

(3) for the purchase of gifts, clothing, and items of personal use;

(4) to pay restitution or a fine;

(5) for other purposes considered appropriate by the treatment program.

(d) Wages earned by the patient worker may be disbursed without the patient's consent in accordance with a final court order.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.880 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.880
Interstate Compact on Mental Health ratified.
Status: in_force

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 to implement the compact.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.870 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.870
Transportation.
Status: in_force

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, a peace officer, after a determination that the person is not committable, at the end of a commitment period, or at the end of a voluntary stay at a treatment facility following an evaluation conducted in accordance with AS 47.30.715 . When advisable, one or more relatives or friends shall be permitted to accompany the person. The department may pay necessary travel, housing, and meal expenses incurred by one relative or friend in accompanying the person if the department determines that the person's best interests require that the person be accompanied by the relative or friend and the relative or friend is indigent.
Alaska Stat. § 47.14.235 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.14 / Section 47.14.235
Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

(a) A person attending a meeting of the state panel or a member or staff of the state panel may not make any disclosure related to information obtained during a review by the state panel unless authorized under AS 47.10.092 or 47.10.093.

(b) Meetings of the state panel are subject to AS 44.62.310  44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act).
Alaska Stat. § 47.37.150 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.37 / Section 47.37.150
Admission for treatment.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt regulations for the admission of persons into the treatment program, considering available treatment resources and facilities, for the purpose of early and effective treatment of alcoholics, intoxicated persons, drug abusers, and inhalant abusers. In adopting the regulations the department shall be guided by the following standards: (1) if possible a patient must be treated on a voluntary rather than an involuntary basis;

(2) a patient must be initially assigned or transferred to outpatient or intermediate treatment, unless the patient is found to require inpatient treatment;

(3) a person may not be denied treatment solely because the person has withdrawn from treatment against medical advice on a prior occasion or because the person has relapsed after earlier treatment;

(4) an individualized treatment plan must be prepared and maintained on a current basis for each patient;

(5) provision must be made for a continuum of coordinated treatment services, so that a person who leaves a facility or a form of treatment will use other appropriate treatment and facilities.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.836 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.836
Psychotropic medication in non-crisis situation.
Status: in_force

(a) An evaluation facility or designated treatment facility may not administer psychotropic medication to a patient in a situation that does not involve a crisis under AS 47.30.838 (a)(1) unless the patient (1) has the capacity to give informed consent to the medication, as described in AS 47.30.837 , and gives that consent; the facility shall document the consent in the patient's medical chart;

(2) authorized the use of psychotropic medication in an advance health care directive properly executed under AS 13.52 or authorized an agent or surrogate under AS 13.52 to consent to the use of psychotropic medication for the patient and the agent or surrogate does consent; or

(3) is determined by a court to lack the capacity to give informed consent to the medication and the court approves use of the medication under AS 47.30.839 .

(b) Before administering psychotropic medication to a minor patient under this section, a mental health professional shall consult with a parent or guardian of the minor, evaluate the minor for drug withdrawal and medical psychosis caused by currently prescribed drugs or self-medication, and review all available information regarding the minor's family history, diet, medications, and other contributing factors.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.590 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.590
Patient rights and the confidential nature of records and information.
Status: in_force

(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 regulations must provide for disclosure of confidential information to parents or guardians, to mental health professionals providing services to a recipient, and to other appropriate service agencies when it is in the defined best interests of the patient.

(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the department is authorized to review, obtain, and copy confidential and other records and information about the clients of services requested or furnished under AS 47.30.520  47.30.620 to evaluate compliance with those statutes. The department may obtain the records and information regarding clients from the client or directly from an entity designated by the department under AS 47.30.520  47.30.620 that furnished those services. Records obtained by the department under this subsection are medical records, shall be handled confidentially, and are exempt from public inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110  40.25.120.
Alaska Stat. § 47.14.215 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.14 / Section 47.14.215
Duties of the state panel.
Status: in_force

(a) The state panel shall evaluate the extent to which the department is effectively discharging its child protection responsibilities under (1) the state plan submitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. 5106a(b);

(2) child protection standards under federal and state laws; and

(3) any other criteria that the panel considers important to ensuring the protection of children, including the level and efficiency of coordination of foster care and adoption programs in the state and a review of child fatalities and near fatalities.

(b) In carrying out the responsibilities under (a) of this section, the state panel shall examine the policies, procedures, and practices of the department, and, where appropriate, evaluate specific cases of child abuse or neglect.

(c) The commissioner shall, by regulation, establish policies and procedures necessary to carrying out the duties of the state panel under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 47.10.310 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.10 / Section 47.10.310
Licensing of programs for runaway minors.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not operate a program for runaway minors in the state without a license issued under this section. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a violation.

(b) The department may license a program for runaway minors under AS 47.10.300  47.10.390 only if the program (1) is operated by a corporation or a municipality; and

(2) meets the requirements of (c) of this section.

(c) A program for runaway minors shall (1) explain to a minor who seeks assistance from the program the legal rights and responsibilities of runaway minors and the services and assistance provided for runaway minors by the program and by the state or local municipality;

(2) upon admission of a minor to the program, attempt to determine why the minor is a runaway and what services may be necessary or appropriate for reuniting the minor with the minor's family;

(3) provide or help arrange for the provision of services necessary to promote the health and welfare of a minor in the program and, if appropriate, members of the minor's family; services may include, but are not limited to, the provision of food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and individual, group, or family counseling;

(4) within one state working day after admission of a minor to the program inform the department of a minor in the program (A) who claims to be the victim of child abuse or neglect, as defined in AS 47.17.290 ;

(B) whom an employee of the program has cause to believe has been a victim of child abuse or neglect; or

(C) whom an employee of the program has reason to believe is evading the supervision of the department, the person to whom the department has entrusted supervision, or the minor's legal guardian;

(5) be operated with the goal of reuniting runaway minors with their families, except in cases in which reunification is clearly contrary to the best interest of the minor; and

(6) maintain adequate staffing and accommodations to ensure physical security and to provide crisis services to minors residing in a facility operated by the program; a program that, as determined by the department, regularly receives state money in an amount that exceeds one-fourth of the program's costs shall maintain semi-secure portions of its facilities in a proportion that meets regulations established by the department; residents under 18 years of age shall be segregated from residents who are 18 years of age or older.

(d) A program for runaway minors may provide services for the protection of the health and welfare of a person under 21 years of age who is in need of the services and who is without a place of shelter in which supervision and care of the person are available.

(e) A program for runaway minors that operates a licensed residential shelter in the state shall provide a shelter with a capacity designated in the license issued under AS 47.10.300  47.10.390.
Alaska Stat. § 47.33.350 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.33 / Section 47.33.350
Retaliation against home resident.
Status: in_force

(a) An assisted living home may not take retaliatory action against a resident of that home if the resident or the resident's representative (1) exercises a right provided by this chapter or by other law;

(2) appears as a witness, or refuses to appear as a witness, in an adjudicatory proceeding regarding the home;

(3) files a civil action alleging a violation of this chapter; or

(4) claims a violation of this chapter before a state or federal agency having jurisdiction over the home or its employees.

(b) Termination of a resident's residential services contract by an assisted living home within 60 days after the resident engages in an activity described in (a) of this section creates a rebuttable presumption that the termination was retaliatory.

(c) At the time, or before, a person begins residency in an assisted living home, the home shall give the resident and the resident's representative, if any, written notice of the protection from retaliation provided under this section.
Alaska Stat. § 47.60.060 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.60 / Section 47.60.060
Lease of property from state.
Status: in_force

The Department of Health may lease property under its jurisdiction, suitable for use as a multipurpose senior center, to a nonprofit corporation that undertakes the development and operation of a multipurpose senior center.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.755 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.755
Court order.
Status: in_force

(a) After the hearing and within the time limit specified in AS 47.30.745 , the court may commit the respondent to a treatment facility for no more than 90 days if the court or jury finds by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is mentally ill and as a result is likely to cause harm to self or others, or is gravely disabled.

(b) If the court finds that there is a less restrictive alternative available and that the respondent has been advised of and refused voluntary treatment through the alternative, the court may order the less restrictive alternative treatment after acceptance by the program of the respondent for a period not to exceed 90 days.
Alaska Stat. § 47.14.040 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.14 / Section 47.14.040
Authority to maintain and operate temporary secure juvenile holding area, juvenile detention facility, or juvenile treatment facility.
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality or entity may maintain and operate a temporary secure juvenile holding area, and a municipality or a nonprofit corporation may maintain and operate a juvenile detention facility or juvenile treatment facility.

(b) The municipality or nonprofit corporation may receive grants-in-aid from the state for costs of operation of the temporary secure juvenile holding area or facility maintained and operated under (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.477 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.477
Grant-in-aid program regulations.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt regulations implementing AS 47.30.475 . The regulations must provide for the method of application, the time for consideration of applications, the processing of applications, the type of record keeping, the requirements for reporting the progress and statistics regarding the program, and the notification of the applicant as to the action taken on the application. The department shall also establish the necessary forms of application and may adopt other regulations considered necessary to meet the requirements of health and safety and the orderly administration of the grant-in-aid program. The regulations must include reporting requirements that will permit an evaluation of the success of the program.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.685 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.685
Request to leave; evaluation; 48-hour hold for commitment.
Status: in_force

A voluntary patient who is 18 years of age or older and who desires to leave a treatment facility shall submit to the facility a request to leave on a form provided by the facility. When the investigation is completed, the patient shall be evaluated immediately in writing and discharged immediately or given written notice that involuntary commitment proceedings will be initiated against the patient. The treatment facility may detain the patient for no more than 48 hours after receipt of the patient's request to leave in order to initiate involuntary commitment proceedings.
Alaska Stat. § 47.25.140 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.25 / Section 47.25.140
Residents of public institutions.
Status: in_force

(a) Payment under AS 47.25.120  47.25.300 may not be made to or on behalf of an individual who is a resident of a public institution, except as a patient in a public medical institution, or an individual who is a patient in a public or private institution for tuberculosis or mental disease. A resident of a public institution who is otherwise eligible to receive an allowance under AS 47.25.120  47.25.300 may apply for the allowance instead of the support and maintenance provided in the public institution.

(b) In this section, public institution does not include the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home.
Alaska Stat. § 47.10.085 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.10 / Section 47.10.085
Medical treatment by religious means.
Status: in_force

In a case in which the minor's status as a child in need of aid is sought to be based on the need for medical care, the court may, upon consideration of the health of the minor and the fact, if it is a fact, that the minor is being provided treatment by spiritual means through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination by an accredited practitioner of the church or denomination, dismiss the proceedings and thereby close the matter. This may be done, in the interests of justice and religious freedom, on the court's own motion or upon the application of a party to the proceedings, at any stage of the proceedings after information is given to the court under AS 47.10.020 (a).
Alaska Stat. § 47.05.090 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.05 / Section 47.05.090
Authorization of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community services may cooperate and, on behalf of the state, enter into the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance and supplementary agreements with agencies of other states for the provision of adoption and medical assistance under AS 47.07 and other provisions of this title for eligible children with special needs.

(b) In this section, state includes a state, territory, possession, or commonwealth of the United States.
Alaska Stat. § 47.12.060 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.12 / Section 47.12.060
Informal action to adjust matter.
Status: reserved

(a) The provisions of this section apply to a minor who is alleged to be a delinquent minor under AS 47.12.020 and for whom the department or an entity selected by it has made a preliminary inquiry as required by AS 47.12.040 (a)(1). Following the preliminary inquiry, (1) the department or the entity selected by it may dismiss the matter with or without prejudice; or

(2) the department or the entity selected by it may take informal action to adjust the matter.

(b) When the department or the entity selected by it decides to make an informal adjustment of a matter under (a)(2) of this section, that informal adjustment (1) must be made with the agreement or consent of the minor and the minor's parents or guardian to the terms and conditions of the adjustment;

(2) must give the minor's foster parent an opportunity to be heard before the informal adjustment is made;

(3) must include notice that informal action to adjust a matter is not successfully completed unless, among other factors that the department or the entity selected by it considers, as to the victim of the act of the minor that is the basis of the delinquency allegation, the minor pays restitution in the amount set by the department or the entity selected by it or agrees as a term or condition set by the department or the entity selected by it to pay the restitution.

(4) [Repealed, § 22 ch 32 SLA 2016.] (5) [Repealed, § 56 ch 16 SLA 2021.]
Alaska Stat. § 47.15.080 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.15 / Section 47.15.080
Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Interstate Compact for Juveniles.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.707 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.707
Admission to and hold at a crisis stabilization center.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, when a crisis stabilization center admits a respondent under AS 47.30.705 , the crisis stabilization center may hold the respondent at the center for a period not to exceed 23 hours and 59 minutes. A mental health professional shall examine the respondent within three hours after the respondent arrives at the center.

(b) If the professional person in charge at the crisis stabilization center determines that there is probable cause to believe that the respondent has a mental illness and is suffering an acute behavioral health crisis and, as a result, is likely to cause serious harm to self or others or is gravely disabled, the respondent's acute behavioral health crisis will be resolved during admission to a crisis residential center or evaluation facility, and the respondent is not willing to voluntarily go to the crisis residential center or evaluation facility, a mental health professional may submit an ex parte application to the court under this section for detention at the crisis residential center or evaluation facility. Based on the application, if the court finds that probable cause exists to believe that the respondent has a mental illness and is suffering an acute behavioral health crisis and, as a result, is likely to cause serious harm to self or others or is gravely disabled and the respondent's acute behavioral health crisis will be resolved during admission to a crisis residential center or evaluation facility, and the respondent is not willing to voluntarily go to a crisis residential center or evaluation facility, the court shall grant the application and appoint an attorney to represent the respondent, and the respondent may remain at the crisis stabilization center until admission to a crisis residential center or evaluation facility. If the court finds no probable cause, the court shall order the respondent released.
Alaska Stat. § 47.37.145 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.37 / Section 47.37.145
Telehealth.
Status: in_force

(a) A public or private treatment facility approved under AS 47.37.140 may provide health care services authorized under AS 47.37.030  47.37.270 through telehealth to a patient in this state.

(b) If an individual employed by a public or private treatment facility approved under AS 47.37.140 , in the course of a telehealth encounter with a patient, determines that some or all of the encounter will extend beyond the health care services authorized under AS 47.37.030  47.37.270, the individual shall advise the patient that the facility is not authorized to provide some or all of the services to the patient, recommend that the patient contact an appropriate provider for the services the facility is not authorized to provide, and limit the encounter to only those services the facility is authorized to provide. The facility may not charge a patient for any portion of an encounter that extends beyond the health care services authorized under AS 47.37.030  47.37.270.

(c) A fee for a service provided through telehealth under this section must be reasonable and consistent with the ordinary fee typically charged for that service and may not exceed the fee typically charged for that service.

(d) A facility permitted to practice telehealth under this section may not be required to document a barrier to an in-person visit to provide health care services through telehealth. The department may not limit the physical setting from which a facility may provide health care services through telehealth.

(e) Nothing in this section requires the use of telehealth when an individual employed by a facility approved under AS 47.37.140 determines that providing services through telehealth is not appropriate or when a patient chooses not to receive services through telehealth.

(f) In this section, telehealth has the meaning given in AS 47.05.270 (e).
Alaska Stat. § 47.10.087 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.10 / Section 47.10.087
Placement in secure residential psychiatric treatment center.
Status: in_force

(a) The court may authorize the department to place a child who is in the custody of the department under AS 47.10.080 (c)(1) or (3) or 47.10.142 in a secure residential psychiatric treatment center if the court finds, based on the testimony of a mental health professional, that (1) the child is gravely disabled or is suffering from mental illness and, as a result, is likely to cause serious harm to the child or to another person;

(2) there is no reasonably available, appropriate, and less restrictive alternative for the child's treatment or that less restrictive alternatives have been tried and have failed; and

(3) there is reason to believe that the child's mental condition could be improved by the course of treatment or would deteriorate if untreated.

(b) A court shall review a placement made under this section at least once every 90 days. The court may authorize the department to continue the placement of the child in a secure residential psychiatric treatment center if the court finds, based on the testimony of a mental health professional, that the conditions or symptoms that resulted in the initial order have not ameliorated to such an extent that the child's needs can be met in a less restrictive setting and that the child's mental condition could be improved by the course of treatment or would deteriorate if untreated.

(c) The department shall transfer a child from a secure residential psychiatric treatment center to another appropriate placement if the mental health professional responsible for the child's treatment determines that the child would no longer benefit from the course of treatment or that the child's treatment needs could be met in a less restrictive setting. The department shall notify the child, the child's parents or guardian, and the child's guardian ad litem of a determination and transfer made under this subsection.

(d) In this section, likely to cause serious harm has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915 .
Alaska Stat. § 47.32.110 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.32 / Section 47.32.110
Right of access and inspection.
Status: in_force

(a) A designated agent or employee of a department with licensing authority under AS 47.32.010 shall have right of access to an entity within that department's licensing authority (1) to determine whether an application for licensure or renewal is appropriate;

(2) to conduct a complaint investigation;

(3) to conduct a standard inspection;

(4) to inspect documents, including personnel records, accounts, the building, or the premises;

(5) to interview staff or residents; or

(6) if the department with licensing authority for that entity has reasonable cause to believe that the entity is operating in violation of this chapter or the regulations adopted under this chapter.

(b) If an entity denies access to an agent or employee of the department with licensing authority for that entity under AS 47.32.010 , the department may petition the court for an order permitting access, or the department may seek to revoke the entity's license under AS 47.32.140 .

(c) Upon petition of the department with licensing authority for the entity under AS 47.32.010 and after a hearing held upon reasonable notice to the entity, the court shall issue an order to an officer or employee of that department authorizing the officer or employee to enter for any of the purposes described in (a) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.400 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.400
Purpose of AS 47.30.35047.30.400.
Status: in_force

The purpose of AS 47.30.350  47.30.400 is to provide for the constructing and equipping of hospitals and other facilities in this state needed for carrying out a comprehensive mental health program, to accept the benefits of 42 U.S.C. 274, and to authorize the department to take action necessary to accomplish these purposes.
Alaska Stat. § 47.25.051 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.25 / Section 47.25.051
Placement; payment by state.
Status: in_force

(a) Parents or guardians shall select the child care facility for the care of their children.

(b) Benefits shall be paid by the department directly to the municipality or organization contracting with the child care facility.

(c) The department shall use a market rate study or a cost of care study to establish a subsidy rate for each region served by the program established under AS 47.25.001 . The department shall use the subsidy rate to determine the amount of benefits payable by the department under (b) of this section.
Alaska Stat. § 47.33.310 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.33 / Section 47.33.310
Notice of rights.
Status: in_force

(a) At the time a person begins residency in an assisted living home, the home shall provide the resident and the resident's representative, if any, with a copy of the rights set out in AS 47.33.300 . The home shall obtain from the resident or the resident's representative a signed and dated acknowledgement stating that the resident has read or been read the rights, understands the rights, and has had any questions about the rights answered by the home.

(b) An assisted living home shall post in a prominent place in the home (1) a copy of the rights set out in AS 47.33.300 ;

(2) the name, address, and phone number of the long term care ombudsman hired under AS 44.25.300 and, if relevant to residents, of the advocacy agency for persons with a developmental disability or mental illness;

(3) the telephone number of an information or referral service for vulnerable adults; and

(4) a copy of the grievance procedure established under AS 47.33.340 .
Alaska Stat. § 47.10.092 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.10 / Section 47.10.092
Disclosure to certain public officials and employees.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding AS 47.10.090 and 47.10.093, a parent or legal guardian of a child subject to a proceeding under AS 47.10.005  47.10.142 may disclose confidential or privileged information about the child or the child's family, including information that has been lawfully obtained from agency or court files, to the governor, the lieutenant governor, a legislator, the ombudsman appointed under AS 24.55 , the attorney general, and the commissioner of family and community services, administration, or public safety, or an employee of these persons, for review or use in their official capacities. The Department of Family and Community Services and the Department of Administration shall disclose additional confidential or privileged information, excluding privileged attorney-client information, and make copies of documents available for inspection about the child or the child's family to these state officials or employees for review or use in their official capacities upon request of the official or employee and submission of satisfactory evidence that a parent or legal guardian of the child has requested the state official's assistance in the case as part of the official's duties. A person to whom disclosure is made under this section may not disclose confidential or privileged information about the child or the child's family to a person not authorized to receive it.

(b) The disclosure right under (a) of this section is in addition to, and not in derogation of, the rights of a parent or legal guardian of a minor.

(c) The obligations under (a) of this section remain in effect throughout the period that the child is in the custody of the department, including after the parent's parental rights have been terminated with respect to the child, unless the child's parent or legal guardian who made the disclosure under (a) of this section subsequently files a notice with the Department of Family and Community Services that the assistance of the state official or employee is no longer requested.

(d) The Department of Family and Community Services shall notify an official identified under (a) of this section of the opportunity for a parent to file a grievance under AS 47.10.098 when the official is denied access to all or part of a requested record.

(e) Each department shall respond to a request made by an official identified under (a) of this section within five working days after receiving the request, or by a later date specified in the request, by providing access to all or part of the information requested or by providing the specific citation to a federal or state law that prohibits disclosure of all or part of the information requested.

(f) A person who discloses confidential or privileged information in violation of (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both.
Alaska Stat. § 47.30.380 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.30 / Section 47.30.380
Appropriation authorized.
Status: in_force

Funds to carry out AS 47.30.350  47.30.400 shall be set out in the appropriation bill authorizing the operating and capital expenditures of the state's integrated comprehensive mental health program under AS 37.14.003 (a) and submitted to the legislature under AS 37.07.020 (a)(1).
Alaska Stat. § 47.90.050 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.90 / Section 47.90.050
State employment assistance.
Status: in_force

Contractors operating programs under AS 47.90.010 shall, to the maximum extent possible, provide displaced homemakers with assistance in qualifying on state employment registers under regulations of the commissioner.
Alaska Stat. § 47.45.060 — AK Code / Title 47 / Chapter 47.45 / Section 47.45.060
Legal remedy.
Status: in_force

Legal remedy from disqualification may be sought by an applicant or recipient in any court of competent jurisdiction in the state. The burden of proof shall rest solely upon the applicant or recipient and any costs related to a disqualification verdict determined against the applicant or recipient may be recoverable by the attorney general from that person, or from any agency representing that person supported in whole, or in part, with state appropriations.