Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 5 - Services for Behavioral Health Recipients, Seniors, and Persons with a Disability › Chapter 74 - Alaska Pioneers' Homes › 7 AAC 74.035 - Residence requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except for an absence allowed under this
				section, to be considered a state resident under
				AS
				47.55.020(a) and this
				chapter, a person must be physically present in the state for at least 185 days
				of each year, with the intent to remain in the state indefinitely and to make a
				home in the state.
(b) Subject to
				AS
				47.55.035 and (d) of this section, absences
				from the state totaling more than 180 days in the year preceding the date of
				the application, or in any year that the applicant is on a waiting list for a
				pioneers' home, constitute a break from the continuous residence requirement
				for purposes of
				7 AAC 74.015(a) (2) unless the absences
				were for any of the following reasons, and the person returns to the state
				within 60 days after completing the matter that required the absence:
(1) pursuit of a formal course of study under
				the supervision of an established primary or secondary school, college,
				university, vocational school, or professional school, or performance of an
				internship or residency necessary to establish a professional
				specialty;
(2) medical treatment
				upon the recommendation of a licensed physician or psychologist if the absence
				did not include a permanent change of residence;
(3) service in the United States Army, Navy,
				Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, Alaska National Guard, or Alaska Naval
				Militia, if the person enlisted or was drafted while a resident of the
				state;
(4) employment by the State
				of Alaska in a location outside of the state;
(5) service in the United States Congress as
				a representative or senator for the State of Alaska, or service on the staff of
				such a representative or senator;
(6) service as a presidential appointee as a
				cabinet member or as an ambassador, or service on the staff of such an
				appointee;
(7) confinement in an
				out-of-state correctional institution by order of a court, if the person was a
				resident of the state before the confinement began;
(8) medical necessity of a nonresident
				spouse, parent, dependent, or sibling requiring the applicant to be out of the
				state to provide care for the spouse, parent, dependent, or sibling, if the
				applicant was a resident of the state when the medical necessity
				arose;
(9) family necessity
				requiring the applicant, whose relationship with another state resident was
				that of a spouse, parent, dependent, or sibling, to accompany that individual
				who was absent for reasons allowed by (1) - (8) and (10) of this subsection, if
				the applicant was a resident of the state when the family necessity to
				accompany the absent individual arose;
(10) admission to a licensed long-term care
				facility outside of the state upon the written recommendation of a licensed
				physician, if the applicant continuously maintained residency in the state
				while temporarily absent from the state.