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2023 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.
2023 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 Family and Community 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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;
(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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 70. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Sec. 47.70.020. Financial responsibility.

Financial responsibility for a child placed in accordance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with art. V of the compact. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance under the compact, the provisions of AS 47.14.100(b) apply.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 70. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Sec. 47.70.030. Designation of authority.

(a) The “appropriate public authorities” as used in art. III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall, with reference to this state, mean the Department of Family and Community Services. The department shall receive and act with reference to notices required by art. III of the compact.
(b) As used in Art. V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the phrase “appropriate authority in the receiving state” with reference to this state means the Department of Family and Community Services.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 70. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Sec. 47.70.040. Agreements.

The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children are empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states under art. V(b) of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 70. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Sec. 47.70.050. Delegation by agreement.

Requirements for visitation, inspection, or supervision of children, homes, institutions, or other agencies in another party state which may apply under AS 47.14.110 shall be considered to be met if performed under an agreement entered into by appropriate officers or agencies of this state or a subdivision of this state as contemplated by art. V(b) of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 70. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children › Sec. 47.70.070. Violations of compact.

A person who sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought into this state from any party state, or from this state into any party state, a person under the age of 19, in violation of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $200.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 75. Social Services Planning › Sec. 47.75.010. Purpose.

The purpose of the state plan for social services is to assess the state's needs for existing and new social services, to establish priorities among these needs, and to present an annual implemental plan to meet those needs based upon available state and federal financing with the goals of
(1) achieving or maintaining economic self-support to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency;
(2) achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency, including reduction or prevention of dependency;
(3) preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children and adults unable to protect their own interests, or preserving, rehabilitating, or reuniting families;
(4) preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by providing alternative types of care including community-based care, home-based care, or other forms of less intensive care; and
(5) securing referral or admission for institutional care when other forms of care are not appropriate, or providing services to individuals in institutions.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 75. Social Services Planning › Sec. 47.75.020. State plan.

(a) The department shall annually provide to the legislature a detailed state plan for the delivery of social services. It includes the following:
(1) a needs analysis of social services presently provided or purchased by the state;
(2) a needs analysis of social services that are not presently provided or purchased by the state or not available from any other source in the state;
(3) a needs analysis of social services provided by local governments, nonprofit and charitable organizations, and profit corporations and partnerships, with an emphasis on their availability for purchase by the state;
(4) a priority listing of social services to be provided or purchased by the state for the succeeding fiscal year, including
(A) a justification of how each proposed social service shall meet the goals established under AS 47.75.010;
(B) the categories of individuals to whom the services are to be provided, including categories based on the income of individuals or their families;
(C) the geographic areas in which the services are to be provided, with the nature and amount of the services to be provided in each area;
(D) a description of the planning, evaluation, and reporting activities to be carried out in order to provide the service;
(E) a description of the organizational structure through which the program will be administered, including the extent to which public and private agencies and volunteers will be utilized in the provision of the services;
(F) estimated expenditures required for each of the services to be provided, each of the categories of individuals to whom the services are to be provided, and each of the geographic areas in which the services are to be provided; and a comparison between estimated state and other expenditures for the services necessary to insure adequate availability of services to the entire population of the state;
(5) a comprehensive budget for services provided or purchased by the state based upon the prioritized listing required in (4) of this subsection including expenditures for administration, planning, evaluation, and personnel training directly related to the provision of those services; and
(6) recommendations as to any necessary changes in existing laws, including licensing to improve the quality and availability of social services, facilities and institutions, and social services manpower.
(b) The state plan required by this chapter is the official state plan prepared for the delivery of social services in the state and shall include and meet all the applicable provisions required by title XX of the Social Security Act, P.L. 93-647. The state plan may not be limited to the planning of services funded by title XX, but must include all the social services purchased or provided by the state or any of its subdivisions.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 75. Social Services Planning › Sec. 47.75.030. Annual public meetings required.

(a) During the first quarter of each fiscal year, the department shall hold public meetings for the purposes of gathering information and testimony on the availability and need of social services in the regional office service areas designated by the department.
(b) Notice of these public meetings shall be made by publication in newspapers of general circulation published in each region at least once each week for three successive weeks before the meeting.
(c) All meetings shall be recorded. The recordings and all information submitted at the meeting shall be maintained by the department for a period of at least two years.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 75. Social Services Planning › Sec. 47.75.040. Public hearings on proposed state plan.

(a) Upon completion of the needs analysis required in AS 47.75.020 and the public meetings required in AS 47.75.030, the department shall prepare a state plan.
(b) At least 90 days before the first day of each regular legislative session, the department shall publish and make available to the public and members of the legislature the proposed state plan for the following fiscal year.
(c) The department shall conduct public hearings for the purpose of obtaining comment on the proposed state plan as provided for in the Administrative Procedure Act (AS 44.62).
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 75. Social Services Planning › Sec. 47.75.050. Submission to the legislature.

(a) The department shall submit the state plan and supporting commentary reflecting the public input and comment provided for in AS 47.75.030 and 47.75.040 to the legislature on the first day of each regular session.
(b) The department shall submit a budget for proposed state expenditures in conformity with the state plan. In addition, the department shall submit a budget and a detailed analysis of those prioritized needs and funds which were addressed in the needs analysis and public hearings, but were not included in the published state plan as a result of fiscal or legal constraints.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 75. Social Services Planning › Sec. 47.75.060. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “department” means the Department of Health;
(2) “social services” means child care services, protective services for children and adults, services for children and adults in foster care, services related to the management and maintenance of the home, day care services for adults, transportation services, training and related services, employment services, information, referral, and counseling services, the preparation and delivery of meals, health support services, a full range of legal services, and appropriate combinations of services designed to meet the special needs of children, the aged, persons with developmental disabilities, persons who are blind, persons with mental illness, persons with physical disabilities, and persons with substance abuse disorders.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 2. Programs and Plans. › Sec. 47.80.100. Programs for persons with disabilities.

(a) The Department of Health, the Department of Education and Early Development, and other departments of the state as appropriate, shall, in coordination, plan, develop, and implement a comprehensive system of services and facilities for persons with disabilities that is consistent with the state plan adopted under AS 44.29.660(5) and is dispersed geographically within the state.
(b) The services required in (a) of this section are specialized services or special adaptations of services available to the general population and shall be directed toward the social, personal, physical, or economic habilitation or rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
(c) Within the limits of appropriations and other available funds, the appropriate department may itself provide the services and establish, operate, and maintain the facilities required under (a) and (b) of this section, or it may provide the services or facilities entirely or in part through contractual arrangements with public or private agencies.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 2. Programs and Plans. › Sec. 47.80.110. Program principles.

The system of services and facilities required under AS 47.80.100 shall accord with the principles that service providers shall
(1) make services available at times and locations that enable residents of the provider's service area to obtain services readily;
(2) ensure each client's right to confidentiality and treatment with dignity;
(3) establish staffing patterns that reflect the cultural, linguistic, and other social characteristics of the community and that incorporate multidisciplinary professional staff to meet client functional levels and diagnostic and treatment needs;
(4) promote client and family participation in formulating, delivering, and evaluating treatment and rehabilitation;
(5) design treatment and habilitation to maximize individual potential and minimize institutionalization; and
(6) provide services in the least restrictive setting, enabling a person to live as normally as possible within the limitations of the disability.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 2. Programs and Plans. › Sec. 47.80.120. Habilitation plans.

A state agency, contractor, or grantee who is directly responsible for providing services to persons with disabilities shall develop an individual habilitation plan for each person whose program of services utilizes state funds. The plan shall be completed in writing and furnished to the department within 30 days of admission of a client to the program of services. The plan, its renewals, and any changes of it shall have the written concurrence of the client, or the client's parent or guardian when appropriate, and the agency or contractor responsible for providing services. The development and content of a plan shall conform to requirements established by the department by regulation. Insofar as practicable, the requirements shall conform to those established for individual habilitation plans under P.L. 91-517 or P.L. 94-103, as amended. Each plan shall be time-limited, evaluated, and renewed at least annually.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 2. Programs and Plans. › Sec. 47.80.135. Gainful employment of persons with disabilities.

(a) When carrying out duties under AS 47.80.130 related to the provision of services to a person with a disability, the department's primary objective and preferred outcome is to help the person become gainfully employed in the general workforce of the public or private sector in an integrated workplace where persons with disabilities work with and alongside of persons without disabilities.
(b) By December 31 of each year, the commissioner of health shall provide to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority established by AS 44.25.200 a report on the department's progress toward the objective under (a) of this section.
(c) In this section, “gainfully employed” means employed full time or part time for compensation that is
(1) at or above the minimum wage; and
(2) not less than the compensation paid by the employer for the same or similar work performed by a person who is not disabled.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 2. Programs and Plans. › Sec. 47.80.140. Licensing and certificates of need.

(a) A person may not establish or operate a residential facility until the facility has been licensed under AS 47.32.
(b) A certificate of need is required as a prerequisite for the licensing of a residential facility established after July 1, 1978, and not otherwise provided for in AS 18.07.031 - 18.07.111. A certificate shall be issued and regulated in the same manner as provided in AS 18.07.031 - 18.07.111 for certificates of need for health care facilities. This subsection does not apply to an assisted living home licensed under AS 47.32.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 2. Programs and Plans. › Sec. 47.80.160. Transportation.

When an individual is to be treated under this chapter, the department shall arrange, upon the request of a person having a proper interest in the individual's treatment, and may pay for the individual's transportation to the designated facility, with appropriate medical or nursing attendants and by the available means that are appropriate and suitable. The department may pay return transportation of an individual and appropriate medical and nursing attendants. When practicable, one or more relatives or friends of the individual to be treated shall be permitted to accompany the individual. The department may pay necessary travel, housing, and meal expenses incurred by one relative or friend in accompanying the individual to the facility if the department determines
(1) that the best interests of the individual's health require that the individual be accompanied by the relative or friend;
(2) the relative or friend accompanying the individual is indigent.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 2. Programs and Plans. › Sec. 47.80.170. Provision for personal needs upon discharge.

The department shall make arrangements which are necessary to ensure that
(1) no patient is discharged or placed on convalescent status from a designated facility without suitable clothing; and
(2) an indigent patient discharged or placed on convalescent status is furnished suitable transportation to the patient's permanent residence in this state or other suitable place at the discretion of the department, and a reasonable amount of money to meet immediate needs.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 3. Teachers Who Teach the Use of Certain Aids or Devices for the Blind or Visually Impaired. › Sec. 47.80.400. Qualifications for teaching the use of certain aids or devices for the blind or visually impaired.

(a) A person who is employed to teach the use of orientation and mobility aids or assistive technology devices to students who are 16 years of age or older and who are blind or visually impaired may not receive payment from the state or a political subdivision of the state unless the person meets the training and experience requirements established by the department under this section.
(b) The department shall, by regulation, establish minimum requirements for training and experience of persons who teach the use of orientation and mobility aids or assistive technology devices to students who are 16 years of age or older and who are blind or visually impaired. The department shall consider the standards adopted by national organizations that provide services to the blind and visually impaired when setting requirements under this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 4. Traumatic or Acquired Brain Injury. › Sec. 47.80.529. Definition.

In AS 47.80.500 - 47.80.529, “traumatic or acquired brain injury” means an insult from physical force or internal damage to the brain or its coverings, not of a degenerative or congenital nature, that produces an altered mental state and that results in a decrease in cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or physical functioning.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 80. Persons with Disabilities › Article 5. General Provisions. › Sec. 47.80.900. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “council” means the Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education created by AS 44.29.600;
(2) “department” means the Department of Health;
(3) “facilities for persons with disabilities” means publicly or privately operated facilities, or specified portions of facilities, designed primarily for the delivery of services to those persons; the term includes residential facilities;
(4) “habilitation” means education or training for persons with disabilities to enable them to function better in society;
(5) “least restrictive setting” means a residential or other setting for meeting the needs of a person with a disability that requires the least amount of restriction of personal liberty by enabling the person to function in as normal an environment as possible and to live as normally as possible, within the limitations of the disability;
(6) “person with a developmental disability” means a person who is experiencing a severe, chronic disability that
(A) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
(B) is manifested before the person attains age 22;
(C) is likely to continue indefinitely;
(D) results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self-care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, and economic self-sufficiency; and
(E) reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated;
(7) “person with a disability” means a person with a developmental disability as defined in (6) of this section or a person who is hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually impaired, seriously emotionally disturbed, orthopedically or otherwise health impaired, or who has a specific learning disability; the term includes a child with a disability as defined in AS 14.30.350;
(8) “residential facility” means a publicly or privately operated facility that provides 24-hour care for four or more persons with disabilities, excluding family, foster family, or adoptive homes;
(9) “substantial disability” means a disability that prevents or substantially impedes the person's participating in and benefiting from the social, economic, educational, recreational, or other opportunities generally available to peers in the community who are not similarly disabled.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 90. Displaced Homemakers › Sec. 47.90.010. Program established.

(a) The commissioner, in consultation with state and local government agencies, community groups, and groups concerned with displaced homemakers, may
(1) contract with eligible private profit and nonprofit corporations for multipurpose service centers for displaced homemakers; contracting under this paragraph is governed by AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code); and
(2) coordinate existing state programs for displaced homemakers.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations prescribing the standards to be met by each multipurpose service center for displaced homemakers in accordance with the policies established in this chapter.
(c) [Repealed, § 67 ch 106 SLA 1986.]
(d) To be eligible for an award of a contract under this chapter a private profit or nonprofit corporation must be governed by a board of directors whose membership is broadly representative of the community in which it operates as determined by the commissioner.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 90. Displaced Homemakers › Sec. 47.90.020. Services provided by centers.

(a) A multipurpose service center for displaced homemakers established under AS 47.90.010 may provide the following services:
(1) job counseling services that
(A) are specifically designed for displaced homemakers;
(B) counsel displaced homemakers regarding job opportunities; and
(C) consider and build on the skills and experience of a homemaker and emphasize job readiness as well as skill development;
(2) job training and job placement services that
(A) emphasize short-term training programs that expand upon homemaking skills and volunteer experience and that lead to gainful employment;
(B) develop through cooperation with state and local government agencies and private employers training and placement programs for jobs in the public and private sector;
(C) assist displaced homemakers in gaining admission to existing public and private job-training programs and opportunities including vocational education, reentry into secondary and post-secondary education, and apprenticeship training programs; and
(D) assist in identifying community needs and creating new jobs for displaced homemakers in the public and private sector;
(3) health counseling services including referral to existing health programs with respect to
(A) general principles of preventive health care;
(B) health care consumer education, particularly in the selection of physicians and health care services including health maintenance organizations and health insurance;
(C) mental health care and transitional counseling;
(D) family health care and nutrition;
(E) alcohol and drug abuse, including the abuse of prescription drugs; and
(F) other related health care matters;
(4) financial management services that provide information and assistance relating to insurance, taxes, estate and probate matters, mortgages, loans, and related financial matters;
(5) educational services including
(A) information relating to courses offering credit through secondary or postsecondary education programs and reentry programs, including bilingual programs if appropriate, and information relating to the availability of financial assistance; and
(B) information about other programs of benefit to displaced homemakers;
(6) legal counseling and referral services;
(7) information services with respect to federal and state employment, education, health, public assistance, and unemployment assistance programs that the commissioner determines to be of benefit to displaced homemakers.
(b) A multipurpose center for displaced homemakers may provide assistance in obtaining child care, temporary babysitting expenses, and transportation when it will aid a displaced homemaker to receive services under (a) of this section.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 90. Displaced Homemakers › Sec. 47.90.040. Consultation and cooperation.

The commissioner shall consult and cooperate with the Department of Health; the Department of Education and Early Development; the director of the division of vocational rehabilitation; the University of Alaska, community colleges, and other colleges as appropriate; and other persons or agencies that the commissioner considers appropriate in the implementation of this chapter.
2023 Alaska Statutes › Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions › Chapter 90. Displaced Homemakers › Sec. 47.90.070. Definitions.

In this chapter,
(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of labor and workforce development;
(2) “displaced homemaker” means a person who
(A) has worked as a homemaker providing unsalaried services for the family for a period of at least three years;
(B) faces a significant reduction in family income or support through divorce, death, separation, desertion, or disability; and
(C) has encountered difficulty in finding employment.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provision › § 1-101 - Designation and citation

1-101.
Designation and citation
The Arizona Revised Statutes adopted and enacted into law by this act,  and as hereafter amended and supplemented and printed and published pursuant to section 1-106,  shall be known as Arizona Revised Statutes and may be cited as " A.R.S."  followed by the number of the title and the number of the section in the title,  separated by a dash. Example: This section may be cited: " A.R.S. section 1-101" .
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provision › § 1-103 - Effective date

1-103.
Effective date
Each and all of the laws and statutes as herein contained and hereby enacted shall take effect and be in force on and after twelve o'clock noon on January 9,  1956,  except where a later effective date is expressly provided in any section of these Revised Statutes,  the later effective date shall prevail.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 1 - General Provision › § 1-104 - Effect of repealing clause and construction of act

1-104.
Effect of repealing clause and construction of act
A. The adoption and enactment of these Revised Statutes shall not be construed to repeal or in any way to affect or modify:
1. Any special,  local or temporary laws.
2. Any law making an appropriation.
3. Any law affecting any bond issue or by which any bond issue may have been authorized.
4. The running of the statutes of limitations in force at the time this act becomes effective.
5. The continued existence and operation of any department,  agency or office heretofore legally established or held.
6. Any bond of any public officer.
7. Any taxes,  fees,  assessments or other charges incurred or imposed.
8. Any statutes authorizing,  ratifying,  confirming,  approving or accepting any compact or contract with any other state or with the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
B. All laws,  rights and obligations set forth in subsection A of this section shall continue and exist in all respects as if these Revised Statutes had not been adopted and enacted.
C. In addition to their general application,  the provisions of chapter 2 of this title,  so far as applicable,  apply to the act enacting these Revised Statutes.