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AK Stat § 47.30.840 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 10. Patient Rights.|Sec. 47.30.840. Right to privacy and personal possessions; other rights.

(a) A person undergoing evaluation or treatment under AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 (1) may not be photographed without the person's consent and that of the person's guardian if a minor, except that the person may be photographed upon admission to a facility for identification and for administrative purposes of the facility; all photographs shall be confidential and may only be released by the facility to the patient or the patient's designee unless a court orders otherwise; (2) at the time of admission to an evaluation or treatment facility, shall have reasonable precautions taken by the staff to inventory and safeguard the patient's personal property; a copy of the inventory signed by the staff member making it shall be given to the patient and made available to the patient's attorney and any other person authorized by the patient to inspect the document; (3) shall have access to an individual storage space for the patient's private use while undergoing evaluation or treatment; (4) shall be permitted to wear personal clothing, to keep and use personal possessions including toilet articles if they are not considered unsafe for the patient or other patients who might have access to them, and to keep and be allowed to spend a reasonable sum of the patient's own money for the patient's needs and comfort; (5) shall be allowed to have visitors at reasonable times; (6) shall have ready access to letter writing materials, including stamps, and have the right to send and receive unopened mail; (7) shall have reasonable access to a telephone, both to make and receive confidential calls; (8) has the right to be free of corporal punishment; (9) has the right to reasonable opportunity for indoor and outdoor exercise and recreation; (10) has the right, at any time, to have a telephone conversation with or be visited by an attorney; (11) may not be retaliated against or subjected to any adverse change of conditions or treatment solely because of assertion of rights under this section. (b) The patient's rights under (a)(4), (5), (7) and (9) of this section may be suspended temporarily, following the initial evaluation period, if the professional person in charge of the patient determines that granting the patient those rights will pose a threat to the safety or well-being of the patient or others.
AK Stat § 47.30.845 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 10. Patient Rights.|Sec. 47.30.845. Confidential records.

Information and records obtained in the course of a screening investigation, evaluation, examination, or treatment are confidential and are not public records, except as the requirements of a hearing under AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 may necessitate a different procedure. Information and records may be copied and disclosed under regulations established by the department only to (1) a physician or a provider of health, mental health, or social and welfare services involved in caring for, treating, or rehabilitating the patient; (2) the patient or an individual to whom the patient has given written consent to have information disclosed; (3) a person authorized by a court order; (4) a person doing research or maintaining health statistics if the anonymity of the patient is assured and the facility recognizes the project as a bona fide research or statistical undertaking; (5) the Department of Corrections in a case in which a prisoner confined to the state prison is a patient in the state hospital on authorized transfer either by voluntary admission or by court order; (6) a governmental or law enforcement agency when necessary to secure the return of a patient who is on unauthorized absence from a facility where the patient was undergoing evaluation or treatment; (7) a law enforcement agency when there is substantiated concern over imminent danger to the community by a presumed mentally ill person; (8) the department in a case in which services provided under AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 are paid for, in whole or in part, by the department or in which a person has applied for or has received assistance from the department for those services; (9) the Department of Public Safety as provided in AS 47.30.907; information provided under this paragraph may not include diagnostic or clinical information regarding a patient.
AK Stat § 47.30.847 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 10. Patient Rights.|Sec. 47.30.847. Patients' grievance procedures.

(a) A patient has the right to bring grievances about the patient's treatment, care, or rights to an impartial body within an evaluation facility or designated treatment facility. (b) An evaluation facility and a designated treatment facility shall have a formal grievance procedure for patient grievances brought under (a) of this section. The facility shall inform each patient of the existence and contents of the grievance procedure. (c) An evaluation facility and a designated treatment facility shall have a designated staff member who is trained in mental health consumer advocacy who will serve as an advocate, upon a patient's request, to assist the patient in bringing grievances or pursuing other redress for complaints concerning care, treatment, and rights.
AK Stat § 47.30.850 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 10. Patient Rights.|Sec. 47.30.850. Sealing records.

Following the discharge of a person from a treatment facility or the issuance of a court order denying a petition for commitment, the person may at any time move to have all court records pertaining to the proceedings sealed on condition that the person file a full release of all claims of whatever nature arising out of the proceedings and the statements and actions of persons and facilities in connection with the proceedings. Upon the filing of the motion and full release, the court shall order the court records sealed.
AK Stat § 47.30.851 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 10. Patient Rights.|Sec. 47.30.851. Relief from legal disability.

(a) A person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4) as a result of an involuntary commitment or an adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence that occurred in this state may, at any time, move to be relieved from the disability resulting from an involuntary commitment or an adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence. (b) In ruling on a motion under (a) of this section, the court (1) shall consider (A) the circumstances of the involuntary commitment or adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence; (B) the time that has elapsed since the involuntary commitment or adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence; (C) the person's reputation and mental health and criminal history records; (D) any conduct by the person that would constitute a crime against a person under AS 11.41 or a violation of AS 11.61.190 - 11.61.250; and (E) any changes in the person's condition or circumstances relevant to the relief sought; and (2) shall grant relief from the disability resulting from an involuntary commitment or adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence if the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that (A) the person is unlikely to act in a manner dangerous to self or to public safety; and (B) granting the relief is not contrary to the public interest. (c) The court shall order a hearing conducted under (b) of this section to be held open or closed to the public at the option of the person. (d) A decision to grant or deny relief under this section may be appealed as provided in AS 22.05.010. In reviewing the decision of the superior court, the standard of review may be de novo.
AK Stat § 47.30.855 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 10. Patient Rights.|Sec. 47.30.855. Posting of rights.

The rights set out in AS 47.30.817 - 47.30.855 shall be prominently posted in all treatment facilities in places accessible to all patients. A patient who does not understand English shall have the patient rights explained in a language the patient understands.
AK Stat § 47.30.860 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 10. Patient Rights.|Sec. 47.30.860. Documents and notices in other languages.

When practicable, all documents and notices required by AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 to be served on a respondent, or on the respondent's parents, guardian or adult designee, shall be explained in a language the person understands if the respondent is not competent in English.
AK Stat § 47.30.865 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 10. Patient Rights.|Sec. 47.30.865. Discrimination prohibited.

(a) The fact that a person is or has been evaluated or treated for mental illness may not be a basis for discrimination in (1) seeking employment; (2) resuming or continuing professional practice or previous occupation; (3) obtaining or retaining housing; (4) obtaining or retaining licenses or permits, including but not limited to a motor vehicle license, motor vehicle operator's and chauffeur's license, and a professional or occupational license. (b) Applications for positions, licenses, and housing may not contain requests for information concerning evaluation or treatment experiences. (c) A person may not aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of an act forbidden under this section or attempt to do so.
AK Stat § 47.30.870 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 47.30.870. Transportation.

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.
AK Stat § 47.30.875 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 47.30.875. Residence; nonresident patients; interstate agreements.

(a) The admission papers of a person who is admitted to a treatment facility under AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 must include a statement as to the person's residence. The department may return a patient who is not a resident of the state to the state of the person's residence with court approval if the person has been committed. If the state in which the person has residence does not accept the person as a patient, the person shall be treated as a resident of this state under the provisions of AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915. (b) To facilitate the return of nonresident patients the department may enter into a reciprocal agreement or compact with another state providing for the prompt return under appropriate supervision of residents of that state who are mentally ill. A mentally ill resident of this state who has been placed in a facility outside this state may be admitted with the approval of the department to a treatment facility in the state designated by the department. The department may enter into reciprocal agreements or contracts with another state providing for custody, care or treatment, or return of mentally ill residents of this state by the other state and for the custody and care or treatment of mentally ill residents of that state by this state on a reimbursable basis. A resident of this state who has been committed in another state and is returned in accordance with this section shall, within 72 hours of admission to the designated facility, be examined. After examination the mental health professional in charge shall release the person or shall petition for involuntary commitment as prescribed in AS 47.30.740. (c) In taking action under (a) and (b) of this section, consideration shall be given to the best interests of the patient, particularly to the relationship of the patient to the patient's family, legal guardian, or friends to maintain relationships and encourage visits beneficial to the patient.
AK Stat § 47.30.880 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 47.30.880. Interstate Compact on Mental Health ratified.

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.
AK Stat § 47.30.885 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 47.30.885. Rights outside state.

Nothing in AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 alters or impairs the application or availability to a patient, while hospitalized in another state under contractual arrangements entered in accordance with AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915, of the rights, remedies, or safeguards provided by the laws of this state.
AK Stat § 47.30.890 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 47.30.890. Provision for personal needs upon discharge.

The department shall ensure that (1) a patient is not discharged from a treatment facility without suitable clothing; and (2) a discharged indigent patient is furnished (A) suitable transportation to the patient's permanent residence in this state or to another suitable place at the discretion of the department; and (B) a reasonable amount of money to meet the patient's immediate needs.
AK Stat § 47.30.895 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 47.30.895. Disposition of unclaimed property; recovery of personal property.

(a) Those unclaimed articles of personal property that are covered by AS 34.45.110 - 34.45.260 and the unclaimed money in the custody of a treatment facility that belong to a patient who dies before discharge, or to a patient who leaves the hospital without authority, if unclaimed by the patient or the legal heirs or representatives of the patient within one year after the patient's death or departure, shall be disposed of in accordance with AS 34.45.110 - 34.45.780, and the other articles of the patient's personal property shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed by the department and the proceeds deposited in the general fund. (b) If a mentally ill individual has died in a foreign facility and the department desires to recover the patient's personal property under this section, the commissioner or the commissioner's designated representative may secure the property and for that purpose only is designated the decedent's administrator. Property so recovered shall be disposed of as provided by law.
AK Stat § 47.30.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 47.30.900. Diligent inquiry; personal property delivery and claims.

The department shall make diligent inquiry in every instance after departure without authority or death of a patient, to ascertain the whereabouts of the patient or that of the patient's legal heirs or representatives, and shall turn over to the proper person the money or articles of personal property in the custody of the facility to the credit of the patient. Claims to the money or articles of personal property, including claims by the state, may be presented to the department at any time. If a claim other than by the state is established by clear and convincing evidence more than one year after the death or departure without authority of a patient, it shall be certified to the legislature for consideration and the legislature may pay the claim.
AK Stat § 47.30.905 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 47.30.905. Fees and expenses for judicial proceedings.

(a) The witnesses, expert witnesses, and the jury in commitment proceedings under AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 are entitled to the fees, compensation, and mileage established by the administrative rules of court for other jurors and witnesses. Compensation, mileage, fees, transportation expenses for a respondent, and other expenses arising from evaluation and commitment proceedings shall be audited and allowed by the superior court of the judicial district in which the proceedings are held. To the extent that services of a peace officer are used to carry out the provisions of AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915, the officer is entitled to fees and actual expenses from the same source and in the same manner as for the officer's other official duties. (b) An attorney appointed for a person under AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.915 shall be compensated for services as follows: (1) the person for whom an attorney is appointed shall, if the person is financially able under standards as to financial capability and indigency set by the court, pay the costs of the legal services; (2) if the person is indigent under those standards, the costs of the services shall be paid by the state.
AK Stat § 47.30.907 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 30. Mental Health|Article 11. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 47.30.907. Report to Department of Public Safety.

(a) Notwithstanding AS 47.30.845, when a superior court orders the involuntary commitment of a person under AS 47.30.735 - 47.30.755 or when relief from a disability resulting from an involuntary commitment or an adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence is granted under AS 47.30.851(b), the court shall immediately transmit the following information, if known, to the Department of Public Safety: (1) the person's (A) name, date of birth, and address; (B) aliases; (C) social security number; (D) driver's license or state identification card number; (2) the date of the order and whether the order is (A) an involuntary commitment; or (B) relief from the disability resulting from an involuntary commitment or an adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence; (3) the statutory authority for the involuntary commitment or the disability resulting from an involuntary commitment or an adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence; (4) whether the person was offered an opportunity to be heard and represented by counsel in the involuntary commitment proceeding or adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence; and (5) any other information required by the Department of Public Safety or by the United States Department of Justice for inclusion in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System established under P.L. 103-159, 107 Stat. 1536 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act). (b) This section does not apply to initial involuntary commitment procedures, emergency detention for evaluation, or hospitalization for examination under AS 47.30.700 - 47.30.715 if the person is released under AS 47.30.720.
AK Stat § 47.33.005 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 33. Assisted Living Homes|Article 1. Scope; Services; Operations.|Sec. 47.33.005. Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to (1) contribute to the development of a system of care by encouraging the establishment of assisted living homes that provide a homelike environment for elderly persons and persons with a mental or physical disability who need assistance with the activities of daily living; (2) promote the establishment of homes that help (A) the elderly to age in place; and (B) adults with a physical or mental disability to become integrated into the community and to reach their highest level of functioning; (3) establish standards that will protect residents of assisted living homes, while at the same time promoting an environment that will encourage resident growth and independence, without discouraging the establishment and continued operation of those homes; (4) require that a resident of an assisted living home have an assisted living plan that identifies the services that will be used to meet the resident's reasonable wants and needs; and (5) provide a resident of an assisted living home, or the resident's representative, with the opportunity to participate to the fullest extent possible in the design and implementation of the resident's assisted living plan and in any decisions involving the resident's care.
AK Stat § 47.33.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions|Chapter 33. Assisted Living Homes|Article 1. Scope; Services; Operations.|Sec. 47.33.010. Applicability.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, this chapter applies to assisted living homes, as defined in AS 47.32.900. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, this chapter does not apply to (1) a correctional facility; (2) a facility for treatment of alcoholism that is regulated under AS 47.37; (3) an emergency shelter; (4) a medical facility, including a nursing home, licensed under AS 47.32; (5) a program for runaway minors licensed under AS 47.10.310; or (6) a maternity home licensed under AS 47.32.