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AK Stat § 47.45.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 2. Alaska Commission on Aging.|Sec. 47.45.210. Meetings and officers.

(a) The commission shall meet at the call of the chair, at the request of a majority of the members, or at a regularly scheduled time as determined by a majority of the members. The commission shall meet at least four times each year. (b) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for conducting business and exercising the powers of the commission. (c) The commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson, and may select other officers it considers necessary.
AK Stat § 47.45.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 2. Alaska Commission on Aging.|Sec. 47.45.220. Compensation.

Members of the commission receive no compensation for their services, but are entitled to per diem and travel allowances authorized by law for other boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180.
AK Stat § 47.45.230 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 2. Alaska Commission on Aging.|Sec. 47.45.230. Executive director.

The executive director of the commission shall formulate and submit to the department a comprehensive statewide plan that identifies the concerns and needs of older Alaskans and present that plan to the commission.
AK Stat § 47.45.290 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 2. Alaska Commission on Aging.|Sec. 47.45.290. Definitions.

In AS 47.45.200 - 47.45.290, (1) “commission” means the Alaska Commission on Aging; (2) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services; (3) “older Alaskan” means a resident who is 60 years of age or older.
AK Stat § 47.45.301 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 3. Senior Benefits Payment Program.|Sec. 47.45.301. Alaska senior benefits payment program.

(a) The Alaska senior benefits payment program is established in the Department of Health and Social Services to provide cash benefits as far as practicable under appropriations provided by law. (b) The department shall administer the program and adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out the purposes of the program. (c) If the department estimates that appropriations for the program are insufficient to meet the demands of the program in a fiscal year, the department may reduce or eliminate the cash benefit available to recipients.
AK Stat § 47.45.302 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 3. Senior Benefits Payment Program.|Sec. 47.45.302. Cash assistance benefit.

(a) An individual is eligible for a cash assistance benefit under the program if the individual (1) is 65 years of age or older; (2) is a resident of the state; (3) is a citizen of the United States or a qualified alien under 8 U.S.C. 1613 and 1641; (4) has a household income that does not exceed 175 percent of the annual federal poverty line for Alaska, as determined by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and revised under 42 U.S.C. 9902(2); (5) has not received a longevity bonus payment under AS 47.45.010 - 47.45.160 for the same period; and (6) applies in the format prescribed by the department; the department may use an abbreviated form for an individual who received a payment under an assistance program for seniors that paid $120 a month and was administered by the department on or before July 29, 2007. (b) An eligible individual shall receive a monthly cash assistance payment beginning on August 1, 2007, as follows: (1) $250 if the individual's household income does not exceed 75 percent of the federal poverty line for Alaska; (2) $175 if the individual's household income does not exceed 100 percent but is above 75 percent of the federal poverty line for Alaska; (3) $125 if the individual's household income does not exceed 175 percent but is above 100 percent of the federal poverty line for Alaska. (c) Cash assistance provided under this section is subject to appropriation.
AK Stat § 47.45.304 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 3. Senior Benefits Payment Program.|Sec. 47.45.304. Continuation of benefits.

An eligible individual who leaves the state may not receive a cash benefit under AS 47.45.302 during the absence unless the individual's absence is temporary and is for one of the following reasons: (1) to receive medical treatment for the individual; (2) to accompany the individual's family member who is receiving medical treatment outside the state; or (3) for a vacation, business trip, or other absence of less than 30 consecutive days, unless the individual has applied for and received a time extension from the department for special circumstances.
AK Stat § 47.45.306 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 3. Senior Benefits Payment Program.|Sec. 47.45.306. Appeal rights.

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.
AK Stat § 47.45.308 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 3. Senior Benefits Payment Program.|Sec. 47.45.308. Ability to recover or recoup improper assistance or benefits.

An individual is liable to the department for the value of assistance or benefits improperly paid to the individual under AS 47.45.302 or former AS 47.45.310 or 47.45.320 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 assistance or benefits improperly paid under AS 47.45.302 or former AS 47.45.310 or 47.45.320, 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.
AK Stat § 47.45.309 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 3. Senior Benefits Payment Program.|Sec. 47.45.309. Definitions.

In AS 47.45.301 - 47.45.309, (1) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services; (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).
AK Stat § 47.45.400 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents|Article 4. Long-term Care Allowance.|Sec. 47.45.400. Long-term care allowance.

(a) The department shall exclude a personal needs allowance of $200 a month from the income calculation made for the reimbursed cost of long-term care facility services, including swing-bed facility services, paid by the department for a person who is a recipient of medical assistance benefits under AS 47.07.020. (b) The department shall pay a personal needs allowance of $200 a month to a resident of a long-term care facility in the state who is without income or resources. (c) In this section, “long-term care facility” means an establishment, other than an Alaska Pioneers' Home or an Alaska Veterans' Home, that is (1) licensed by the department under AS 47.32 as a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility; or (2) owned or operated as a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility by the United States, an Indian tribe, or a tribal organization and exempt from state licensure under applicable law.
AK Stat § 47.65.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 65. Service Programs for Older Alaskans and Other Adults|Article 1. Service Programs for Older Alaskans.|Sec. 47.65.010. Appropriations for service programs.

An amount to carry out the provisions of AS 47.65.010 - 47.65.050 may be appropriated annually by the legislature. The amount appropriated shall be fully distributed by the department to sponsors of older Alaskans service programs in accordance with the provisions of AS 47.65.010 - 47.65.050.
AK Stat § 47.65.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 65. Service Programs for Older Alaskans and Other Adults|Article 1. Service Programs for Older Alaskans.|Sec. 47.65.020. Grants for community service programs.

Not less than 60 percent of the amount appropriated by the legislature for older Alaskans service programs under AS 47.65.010 - 47.65.050 shall be allocated annually by the department as community program grants to sponsors of older Alaskans service programs. Payments shall be made on the basis of applications submitted to the department by sponsors of community programs.
AK Stat § 47.65.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 65. Service Programs for Older Alaskans and Other Adults|Article 1. Service Programs for Older Alaskans.|Sec. 47.65.030. Pilot project grants.

(a) The balance of the amount appropriated for older Alaskans service programs under AS 47.65.010 - 47.65.050 not allocated under AS 47.65.020 shall be allocated annually by the department as grants to support pilot projects for the benefit of older Alaskans under this section. (b) The department shall adopt standards for pilot project grants and, after adoption of the standards as regulations, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), shall apply the standards to determine eligibility of applicants for pilot project grants. In awarding pilot project grants, the department shall (1) enter into agreements with the project sponsor to operate one or more of the selected pilot projects consistent with the standards adopted; (2) monitor and evaluate, in a written report, each pilot project; the report must include (A) a description of the project and of the persons served by it; (B) the problems presented by the persons served by the project; (C) a description of the problems most effectively handled by the project; and (D) an estimate of projected cost of operation of the project for the next three succeeding years.
AK Stat § 47.65.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 65. Service Programs for Older Alaskans and Other Adults|Article 1. Service Programs for Older Alaskans.|Sec. 47.65.040. Required contribution by sponsor.

(a) Except as provided in (f) of this section, a sponsor receiving a grant under AS 47.65.010 - 47.65.050 shall contribute to the total cost of the program or project. The contribution may be in cash or in-kind services. The amount of the sponsor's required contribution is determined by the application of the following formula: average per capita full and true value of all property in the municipality or community in which the project or program takes place divided by the average per capita full and true value of all property in the state, and then multiplied by the contribution percentage to the estimated total program or project cost as determined by the department at the time of approval of a grant application. However, the amount of the sponsor's contribution may not amount to more than 10 percent of the total program or project cost. (b) For purposes of this section, (1) the contribution percentage for (A) a program or project in a municipality or community having a population of 5,000 or less is 10 percent of the total program or project cost; (B) a program or project in a municipality or community having a population of 5,001 to 10,000 is 20 percent of the total program or project cost; and (C) a program or project in a municipality or community having a population of more than 10,000 is 30 percent of the total program or project cost. (c) If an application is submitted for a program or project in a municipality or community for which no average per capita full and true property value determination has been made, (1) if the population of the municipality or community is 750 or more, the department shall request the state assessor to compute the average per capita full and true property value of that municipality or community and report it; (2) if the population is less than 750, the department may substitute for the average per capita full and true value of property in the municipality or community an amount equal to the average per capita full and true value of property in the smallest municipality for which that amount has been determined by the state assessor. (d) The required contribution rate of the sponsor may not exceed the contribution percentage established in (b) of this section; (e) The grant awarded by the department may not exceed the estimated total program or project cost as determined by the department less the contribution by the sponsor determined in accordance with this section. (f) When awarding a grant to support a pilot project under AS 47.65.010 - 47.65.050, the department may waive all or part of the sponsor contribution required under this section if waiver is in the public interest. The department shall adopt regulations establishing standards for granting waivers under this subsection.
AK Stat § 47.65.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 65. Service Programs for Older Alaskans and Other Adults|Article 1. Service Programs for Older Alaskans.|Sec. 47.65.050. Administrative requirements.

(a) Payments received by a sponsor under AS 47.65.010 - 47.65.050 may be used only to meet costs of services that the department has determined directly benefit older Alaskans. A payment may not be made by the department under this section unless the department determines that the sponsor (1) meets accepted standards of fiscal accountability for public funds; (2) can demonstrate, when requested, the actual cost of services that it is providing for the benefit of older Alaskans; and (3) agrees to make available, upon request, all fiscal information relating to service for which payments are provided under AS 47.65.010 - 47.65.050. (b) The department may not make payments to a sponsor whose program includes family respite care services or home care services unless the sponsor has agreed to request criminal history record information as permitted by P.L. 105-277 and AS 12.62 for the individual who will provide the services within 10 business days after the individual is hired to provide the services and review the information within five business days after receiving it.
AK Stat § 47.65.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 65. Service Programs for Older Alaskans and Other Adults|Article 2. Adult Day Care and Family Respite Care.|Sec. 47.65.100. Adult day care and family respite care.

(a) In addition to administering grants for adult day care programs and family respite care services for older Alaskans under AS 47.65.010 - 47.65.050, the department may make grants under this section from funds otherwise available to it for adult day care programs and family respite care services for frail older persons and other similarly disabled adults. (b) In order to fund grants under this section, the department may seek and enter into contracts or grants with any party, including reimbursable service agreements with other state agencies. (c) The department shall, by regulation, set fees for services provided under this section. The fees must be based on a sliding scale formula that takes into account the client's income. (d) Fees established under (c) of this section may not exceed the cost of the service. A person may not be denied service based solely on inability to pay a fee established under this section. (e) The department may not award a grant under this section for family respite care services or for adult day care services that include home care services unless the grantee has agreed to request criminal history record information as permitted by P.L. 105-277 and AS 12.62 for the individual who will provide the services within 10 business days after the individual is hired to provide the services and review the information within five business days after receiving it. (f) In this section, (1) “frail older person” means a state resident who is at risk of institutional placement and (A) is age 55 or older; or (B) has Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder; (2) “similarly disabled adult” means a state resident who is 18 years of age or older who is at risk of institutional placement but who is not a frail older person or an older Alaskan.
AK Stat § 47.65.290 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 65. Service Programs for Older Alaskans and Other Adults|Article 3. General Provisions.|Sec. 47.65.290. Definitions.

In this chapter, (1) “adult day care” means nonresidential care for a group of persons that offers supervision, custodial care, and other appropriate social, indoor and outdoor recreational, physical, medical, or psychological services for persons at risk of institutional placement; (2) “at risk of institutional placement” means that a person is either already a resident of an adult foster home or is likely to need placement in a 24-hour care residential or nursing facility, not including a mental health hospital; (3) “department” means the Department of Health and Social Services; (4) “family respite care” means intermittent and substitute care that provides relief for a family caregiver or adult foster home provider by providing intermittent care in the form of companionship, temporary supervision, and minor personal care to a person who is at risk of institutional placement; the service may be provided either in the home of the client or the caregiver, including in an adult foster care home if that is the client's residence; (5) “home care services” means homemaker services, chore services, personal care services, home health care services, or similar services in or around the residence of an older Alaskan or of a frail older person or similarly disabled adult, as defined in AS 47.65.100; (6) “older Alaskan” means a resident of Alaska who is 60 years of age and older; (7) “service program” means the following general categories of services to older Alaskans, including reasonable costs of administration: (A) nutritional programs; (B) volunteer programs; (C) adult day care programs and family respite care services; (D) health services; (E) housing services; (F) legal services and assistance; (G) home health and homemaker services; (H) counseling; (I) information and referral services; (J) programs which train persons to work with or assist older Alaskans; (K) transportation services; (L) educational activities; and (M) employment services; (8) “sponsor” means the provider of one or more service programs or pilot projects for the benefit of older Alaskans, including (A) a municipality of the state; (B) a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the state; and (C) an educational institution.
AK Stat § 47.80.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities|Article 1. Rights.|Sec. 47.80.010. Rights of persons with disabilities.

Persons with disabilities have the same legal rights and responsibilities guaranteed all other persons by the Constitution of the United States and federal laws and by the constitution and laws of the state. An otherwise qualified person may not be excluded, by reason of having a disability, from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity that receives public funds. Some persons with disabilities may be unable, due to the severity of their disability, to exercise for themselves all of their rights in a meaningful way; for others modification of some or all of their rights is appropriate. The procedure used for modification of rights must contain proper legal safeguards against every form of abuse, must be based on an evaluation of the social capability of the person by qualified experts, and must be subject to periodic reviews and to the right of appeal to higher authorities.
AK Stat § 47.80.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities|Article 1. Rights.|Sec. 47.80.020. Protection and advocacy of rights.

The department shall establish a system to protect and advocate rights of persons with disabilities. The system (1) has the authority to pursue legal, administrative, and other appropriate remedies to assure the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities; and (2) shall be independent of any state agency that provides treatment, services, or habilitation of persons with disabilities.
AK Stat § 47.80.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities|Article 2. Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education.|Sec. 47.80.030. Governor's council on disabilities and special education.

There is established the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education. For budgetary purposes, the council is located within the Department of Health and Social Services but is the interdepartmental planning and coordinating agency of the Department of Health and Social Services, the Department of Education and Early Development, and other departments that deliver services to persons who are experiencing a disability. In addition, except as provided in AS 47.80.300 - 47.80.330, the council is the state planning council and interagency coordinating council for purposes of federal laws relating to persons who are experiencing a disability.
AK Stat § 47.80.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities|Article 2. Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education.|Sec. 47.80.040. Composition.

(a) The council consists of no fewer than 18 nor more than 26 members appointed by the governor in a manner that satisfies the requirements for a state interagency coordinating council under 20 U.S.C. 1482 and a state planning council under 42 U.S.C. 6024. (b) [Repealed, § 5 ch 13 SLA 1992.]  (c) [Repealed, § 5 ch 13 SLA 1992.]  (d) [Repealed, § 5 ch 13 SLA 1992.]  (e) [Repealed, § 5 ch 13 SLA 1992.]  (f) In the appointment of all members other than state agency members, due regard shall be given to geographically balanced representation of areas of the state and to representation of persons with a variety of different mental and physical disabilities.