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AK Stat § 47.55.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.030. Rates; agreement to pay.

(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 (c) [Repealed, § 9 ch 23 SLA 2020.] (d) [Repealed, § 9 ch 23 SLA 2020.] (e) [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]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.
AK Stat § 47.55.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.035. Exception to admission criteria.

An applicant for admission to the home who has been a resident of the state for 30 years and is otherwise qualified for admission under AS 47.55.020 may not be disqualified for admission because of absence from the state if the commissioner of health and social services determines the absence was reasonable and admission is consistent with the intent of AS 47.55.010 - 47.55.100.
AK Stat § 47.55.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.040. Transfer of mentally ill residents to an institution.

A person regularly admitted into the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home who is found to be insane may be transferred to an institution provided for the care and custody of insane persons for the state in the manner provided by law for the admission of other persons to the institution.
AK Stat § 47.55.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.050. Maintenance funds.

The legislature shall, each session, appropriate the necessary funds for the maintenance of the Alaska Pioneers' Home and the Alaska Veterans' Home to be expended by the department, and the department may receive funds, donations, and bequests from private individuals, societies, or organizations, and funds from the federal government for the support and maintenance of the homes.
AK Stat § 47.55.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.060. Trust fund.

Unless otherwise provided by the donor, money bequeathed to the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home constitutes a special trust fund. Unless otherwise provided by the donor, interest from the special trust fund is under the control and at the disposal of the department, and expenditure from it is limited to the benefit and comfort of the residents of the homes.
AK Stat § 47.55.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.070. Indebtedness of home resident to state.

The following expenses incurred for an Alaska Pioneers' Home or Alaska Veterans' Home resident under this chapter and not recoverable from a collateral source are a debt of the resident to the state and may be recovered during the life of the resident: (1) costs of standard or nursing care provided in the home each month to the resident not exceeding the rates and charges established under AS 47.55.030, with credit given for any amounts paid by or collected from the resident; (2) allowances paid under AS 47.55.020(c); (3) arrearages in fees for television and telephone services provided in the home; and (4) costs of prescription medicine.
AK Stat § 47.55.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.080. Enforcement against estate.

If a beneficiary under this chapter dies leaving an estate in the state, the attorney general or the Department of Health and Social Services shall file with the executor or administrator, or with the probate court, the claim of the state against the estate, and the attorney general shall take the steps necessary to enforce and collect the claim. Money collected shall be paid into the treasury of the state.
AK Stat § 47.55.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.090. Enforcement against property outside state.

If a beneficiary under this chapter dies leaving property outside the state, the attorney general on direction of the governor shall take the steps with respect to the property that will protect and secure the rights of the state as a creditor.
AK Stat § 47.55.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.095. Limitation on enforcement of claims against estate.

Notwithstanding AS 47.55.080 and 47.55.090, upon the death of an Alaska Pioneers' Home or Alaska Veterans' Home resident or of a recipient of day care or respite services, a state claim for unpaid debt owed to the home may be satisfied only out of the decedent's estate. The state may not pursue a claim to the extent doing so would work undue hardship, as determined by the department by regulation, on the surviving spouse or dependent of the decedent. Family portraits and heirlooms of the type identified under AS 09.38.020(a)(3), without regard to value, may not be taken by the state in satisfaction of a debt to the home.
AK Stat § 47.55.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.100. Certificate as evidence.

A certificate by the attorney general to the effect that a decedent was a beneficiary under this chapter and that the state has a claim against the decedent's estate, is prima facie evidence of these facts in a proceeding in the courts of the state.
AK Stat § 47.55.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home|Sec. 47.55.900. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “department” means the Department of Health and Social 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.
AK Stat § 47.60.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 60. Multipurpose Senior Centers|Sec. 47.60.010. Legislative findings.

The legislature finds that there is a need for multipurpose senior centers in certain areas of the state to provide certain services for elderly persons, that this need can be at least partially met utilizing nonprofit corporations which would undertake the establishment of multipurpose senior center projects, and that the establishment of these projects constitutes a public purpose worthy of the cooperation of the state.
AK Stat § 47.60.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 60. Multipurpose Senior Centers|Sec. 47.60.020. Authorization of nonprofit corporations for establishment of multipurpose senior centers.

Private nonprofit corporations incorporated under state law may undertake or may be incorporated for the purpose of undertaking the development and operation of multipurpose senior centers.
AK Stat § 47.60.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 60. Multipurpose Senior Centers|Sec. 47.60.030. Purposes of multipurpose senior centers.

A multipurpose senior center is a facility where persons 60 years of age or older are provided with services and activities suited to their particular needs. The services and activities may include, but are not limited to, health examinations, legal assistance, recreation programs, general social activities, telephone reassurance programs, nutrition classes, meals at minimum cost, counseling, protective services, programs for shut-ins, and education programs.
AK Stat § 47.60.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 60. Multipurpose Senior Centers|Sec. 47.60.040. Powers of corporations.

A nonprofit corporation that undertakes the development and operation of multipurpose senior centers may (1) operate in one or more municipality; (2) issue notes, bonds, or other obligations for the purpose of developing and operating multipurpose senior centers; (3) perform other functions necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AK Stat § 47.60.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 60. Multipurpose Senior Centers|Sec. 47.60.050. Acceptance and use of assistance, cooperation, and contributions.

A nonprofit corporation may accept and use the assistance, cooperation, and contributions of private persons, charitable organizations, and public agencies for the purpose of establishing and operating a multipurpose senior center.
AK Stat § 47.60.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 60. Multipurpose Senior Centers|Sec. 47.60.060. Lease of property from state.

The Department of Health and Social Services 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.
AK Stat § 47.60.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 60. Multipurpose Senior Centers|Sec. 47.60.070. Municipal contributions.

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.
AK Stat § 47.60.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 60. Multipurpose Senior Centers|Sec. 47.60.080. Exemption from taxation.

A multipurpose senior center developed and operated by a nonprofit corporation under this chapter is not subject to real or personal property taxation by a municipality. The exemption granted under this section continues in force only while the multipurpose senior center is owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation under the provisions of this chapter.
AK Stat § 47.60.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 60. Multipurpose Senior Centers|Sec. 47.60.090. Federal regulation.

Nothing in this chapter may be construed as a limitation on the power of the federal government to regulate the development and operation of multipurpose senior centers.
AK Stat § 47.62.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.010. Office established.

(a) The office of the long term care ombudsman is established in the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (AS 47.30.011). (b) The ombudsman shall be hired by the authority. A member of the authority who has a financial interest in a long term care facility in the state, or who has any other conflict of interest, may not participate in the hiring of the ombudsman. The ombudsman is a full-time position in the classified service. The ombudsman shall be compensated at no less than Range 21 of the pay plan for state employees under AS 39.27.011. (c) The ombudsman may not have a financial interest in a long term care facility in the state. The authority shall adopt regulations to ensure that the ombudsman, and employees and volunteers of the office, do not have a conflict of interest or an appearance of a conflict of interest.
AK Stat § 47.62.015 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.015. Duties and powers of the long term care ombudsman.

(a) The ombudsman shall investigate and resolve a complaint made by or on behalf of an older Alaskan who resides in a long term care facility in the state if the complaint relates to a decision, action, or failure to act by a provider or a representative of a provider of long term care services, or by a public agency or social services agency, that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of the older Alaskan. At the discretion of the ombudsman, the ombudsman may investigate and resolve a complaint made by or on behalf of a resident who is not an older Alaskan if the complaint relates to a decision, action, or failure to act by a provider or a representative of a provider of long term care services, or by a public agency or social services agency, that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of the resident. (b) The ombudsman may investigate and resolve a complaint made by or on behalf of an older Alaskan relating to the long term care or residential circumstances of the older Alaskan. Complaints under this subsection may relate to any issue not covered under (a) of this section, including the older Alaskan's landlord, senior citizen housing, a public assistance program, a public grant program for services to older Alaskans, public utilities, health care facilities, and health care providers. (c) The ombudsman may (1) subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, require the production of evidence, administer oaths, and examine any person under oath in connection with a complaint described under (a) of this section; the powers described in this paragraph shall be enforced by the superior court; (2) pursue administrative, legal, or other appropriate remedies on behalf of a resident of a long term care facility in the state.
AK Stat § 47.62.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.020. Training and certification of staff.

(a) The ombudsman shall provide for the training and certification of office staff, including volunteers and other representatives of the office. Training must include instruction in federal, state, and local laws and policies relating to long term care facilities in the state, and in investigative techniques. The ombudsman may require other appropriate training. The ombudsman may decertify a person under this section for good cause in accordance with regulations adopted by the authority. (b) An employee, volunteer, or other representative of the office may not investigate a complaint under AS 47.62.015 unless certified as having completed training under this section and approved by the ombudsman as qualified to investigate the complaint.
AK Stat § 47.62.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.025. Access to long term care facilities, residents, and records.

(a) A person may not deny access to a long term care facility or to a resident of a long term care facility by the ombudsman or an employee, volunteer, or other representative of the office. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of AS 47.62.015(c)(1), the ombudsman may obtain medical or other records of a resident of a long term care facility in the state only with the consent of the resident or the person's resident representative or legal guardian or, if the resident is unable or incompetent to consent and does not have a resident representative, only with a subpoena or court order.
AK Stat § 47.62.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.030. Confidentiality.

(a) Records obtained or maintained by the ombudsman are confidential, are not subject to inspection or copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.120 and, except as provided in (b) of this section, may be disclosed only at the discretion of the ombudsman. (b) The identity of a complainant or an older Alaskan or resident of a long term care facility on whose behalf a complaint is made may only be disclosed with the consent of the identified person or the person's legal guardian or resident representative or by court order. However, if an older Alaskan is unable to provide consent and does not have a legal guardian, or if a resident of a long term care facility is unable to provide consent and does not have a resident representative, the ombudsman may disclose the identity of an identified person for the purpose of making a referral to an agency or person, if the ombudsman or an employee or volunteer of the office (1) has reasonable cause to believe that an action, inaction, or decision, including an action, inaction, or decision by a resident representative or a legal guardian of an older Alaskan, may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of the older Alaskan or resident; (2) has reasonable cause to believe the referral is in the best interest of the older Alaskan or resident; (3) obtains the approval of the ombudsman for the disclosure and referral; and (4) does not have evidence that the older Alaskan or resident would disagree with the referral.
AK Stat § 47.62.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.035. Immunity from liability.

(a) A person who, in good faith, makes a complaint described in AS 47.62.015 is immune from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise exist for making the complaint. (b) The ombudsman, or an employee, volunteer, or other representative of the office, is immune from civil or criminal liability for the good faith performance of official duties.
AK Stat § 47.62.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.040. Interference with the long term care ombudsman and retaliation prohibited.

(a) A person may not intentionally interfere with the ombudsman, or an employee, volunteer, or representative of the office, in the performance of official duties under AS 47.62.015. (b) If a person makes a good faith complaint described in AS 47.62.015, an employer or supervisor of the person, or a public or private agency or entity that provides benefits, services, or housing to the person, may not discharge, demote, transfer, reduce the pay or benefits or work privileges of, prepare a negative work performance evaluation of, deny or withhold benefits or services, evict, or take other detrimental action against the person because of the complaint. The person making the complaint may bring a civil action for compensatory and punitive damages against an employer, supervisor, agency, or entity that violates this subsection. In the civil action there is a rebuttable presumption that the detrimental action was retaliatory if it was taken within 90 days after the complaint was made. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
AK Stat § 47.62.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.050. Legal counsel for the long term care ombudsman.

The attorney general shall provide legal advice and representation in connection with any matter relating to the powers, duties, and operation of the office, and in any legal action brought against the ombudsman or an employee, volunteer, or other representative of the office. If the attorney general cannot provide legal advice or representation because of a conflict of interest, the ombudsman may employ private legal counsel.
AK Stat § 47.62.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.060. Cooperative agreements.

The authority shall enter into cooperative agreements concerning the operations of the office, including protocols for investigations, with state and local agencies that have jurisdiction over long term care facilities or over the abuse and neglect of older Alaskans or residents of long term care facilities.
AK Stat § 47.62.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 62. Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman|Sec. 47.62.090. Definitions.

In AS 47.62.010 - 47.62.090, (1) “authority” means the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority established in AS 47.30.011; (2) “long term care facility” means an assisted living home, as defined in AS 47.32.900, and a nursing facility, as defined in AS 47.32.900; (3) “office” means the office of the long term care ombudsman; (4) “older Alaskan” means a person who is 60 years of age or older and who resides in the state; (5) “ombudsman” means the long term care ombudsman hired under AS 47.62.010; (6) “resident” means a person who resides in a long term care facility in the state; (7) “resident representative” means (A) an individual chosen by a resident to act on behalf of the resident to (i) support the resident in decision making; (ii) access medical, social, or other personal information of the resident; (iii) manage financial matters; or (iv) receive notifications; (B) a person authorized by federal or state law to act on behalf of a resident. (8) “senior citizen housing” has the meaning given “senior housing” in AS 18.56.799.