Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 47 - General Relief › Article 2 - General Relief Assisted Living Home Care › 7 AAC 47.370 - Concurrent applications; reimbursement to department by resident or by assisted living home

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An individual who applies for assistance
				  under 7 AAC 47.300 -
				  7 AAC 47.525 must also submit an application to each
				  agency, organization, or program that provides financial assistance for which
				  the individual may be eligible, including Social Security, SSI, Medicaid, Adult
				  Public Assistance (APA), the home and community-based waiver services program
				  under 7 AAC 43.1000 -
				  7 AAC 43.1110, and the programs listed in
				  7 AAC 47.380(a) and (b). Each
				  application must be submitted within 30 days after filing an application for
				  assistance under
				  7 AAC 47.300 -
				  7 AAC 47.525. The department, or a responsible person
				  acting on the individual's behalf, may assist the individual in submitting each
				  application. The individual's failure to apply for each program will result in
				  denial of assistance under
				  7 AAC 47.300 -
				  7 AAC 47.525, unless the department determines that the
				  individual is ineligible for a specified program.
(b) The department may also require an
				  individual to apply for other benefits for which the department believes the
				  individual is eligible. These benefits include veteran's and disability
				  insurance benefits, worker's compensation, unemployment compensation,
				  retirement system benefits, awards, and annuities. The individual's failure to
				  apply for the benefits, after being given 30 days' written notice of the
				  request, may result in denial of assistance under
				  7 AAC 47.300 -
				  7 AAC 47.525. The department will provide to the
				  assisted living home a copy of the written notice if the individual is a
				  resident when notice is given. An assisted living home that receives a notice
				  under this subsection may choose to immediately issue a notice under
				  7 AAC 47.490, advising that the individual may be
				  subject to involuntary discharge from the home if the individual fails to apply
				  for benefits as requested by the department under this subsection.
(c) A resident of an assisted living home,
				  placed in the home under
				  7 AAC 47.400, who is later determined eligible for other
				  assistance applied for as required by (a) and (b) of this section, or whose
				  total monthly countable income exceeds the minimum daily reimbursement rate set
				  under 7 AAC 47.470, shall
(1) inform the department of any payments or
				  benefits for which the resident has been determined eligible; and
(2) forward to the department
(A) any retroactive payments received, up to
				  the amount the department has provided for that resident under
				  7 AAC 47.300 -
				  7 AAC 47.525, if the additional assistance received is
				  intended to cover any portion of the same care that the assistance under
				  7 AAC 47.300 -
				  7 AAC 47.525 covered for that resident; and
(B) an amount that reimburses the department
				  for assistance paid under this chapter for any period that the resident's total
				  monthly countable income exceeded the minimum daily reimbursement rate set
				  under 7 AAC 47.470.