Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 47 - General Relief › Article 6 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 47.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter, unless the context indicates
					 otherwise,
(1) "abandonment" has the
				  meaning given in
				  AS
				  47.24.900;
(2) "abuse" has the meaning given in
				  AS
				  47.24.900;
(3) "activities of daily living" has the
				  meaning given in
				  AS
				  47.33.990;
(4) "Alaska longevity bonus" means the cash
				  benefit program administered by the Department of Administration under
				  AS
				  47.45.010-47.45.160;
(5) "APA" means the Adult Public Assistance
				  program administered by the division of public assistance under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  1381 -
				  1383,
				  AS
				  47.25.430-47.25.615, and 7 AAC 40;
(6) "assisted living home" means a home that
				  has been licensed by the department under AS 47.33 and 7 AAC 75 and that has
				  entered into an assisted living home agreement for services with the
				  department;
(7) "central office"
				  means the Juneau office of the division of public assistance;
(8) "department" means the Department of
				  Health and Social Services;
(9)
				  "district office" means one of the local offices of the division of public
				  assistance, that is staffed to accept applications for cash, food, medical, and
				  adult residential care assistance;
(10) "division" means the division of public
				  assistance of the Department of health and Social Services;
(11) "division of public assistance" means
				  the division of public assistance of the Department of Health and Social
				  Services;
(12) "division of
				  vocational rehabilitation" means the division of vocational rehabilitation of
				  the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(13) "exploitation" has the meaning given in
				  AS 47.24, 900;
(14) "general relief
				  medical" means the medical assistance program administered by the division of
				  public assistance under
				  AS
				  47.25.120-47.25.300;
(15) "instrumental activities of daily
				  living" has the meaning given in
				  AS
				  47.33.990;
(16) "legend drug" means a drug that may be
				  purchased only on the prescription of a physician or dentist;
(17) "managing money," as that term is used
				  in the definition of "instrumental activities of daily living" in
				  AS
				  47.33.990, means the safekeeping and
				  management of a resident's money under AS 47.33, 040;
(18) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance
				  program administered by the department under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  1396 -
				  1396 v,
				  AS
				  47.07.010-47.07.075, and
				  AS
				  47.07.900;
(19) "neglect" has the meaning given in
				  AS
				  47.24.900;
(20) "over-the-counter drug" means a
				  substance for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease that may be
				  purchased without. a prescription;
(21) "personal assistant" has the meaning
				  given in AS 47.33.990;
(22) "protective services" has the meaning
				  given in AS 47.24.900;
(23) "provider" means a person, business, or
				  private or public agency or institution, that offers goods or services of a
				  medical, dental, or pharmaceutical nature to the public;
(24) "regional manager" means an employee of
				  the division of public assistance who has direct administrative responsibility
				  for the operation of district offices within that employee's geographic region
				  of the state;
(25) "resident" means
				  a resident of an assisted living home who is receiving financial assistance
				  under this chapter;
(26) "SSI"
				  means Supplemental Security Income;
(27) "Supplemental Security Income" means the
				  program administered by the federal government under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  1381 -  42 U.S.C. 1383c;
(28) "supportive services" has the meaning
				  given in AS 47.33.990;
(29) "vulnerable adult" has the meaning given
				  in AS
				  47.24.900;
(30) "working day" means a day other than
				  Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.
(31) "institution for mental disease" means a
				  facility of more than 16 beds that is primarily engaged in providing diagnosis,
				  treatment, or care of individuals with mental diseases, including medical
				  attention, nursing care, and related services; whether an institution is an
				  institution for mental disease is determined by its overall character as that
				  of a facility established and maintained primarily for the care and treatment
				  of individuals with mental disease, whether or not the facility is licensed as
				  such.
Emergency amendments of
						7 AAC 43.005(c),
						7 AAC 47.030,
						7 AAC 47.050,
						7 AAC 47.060,
						7 AAC 47.070,
						7 AAC 47.110,
						7 AAC 47.180,
						7 AAC 47.200,
						7 AAC 47.210,
						7 AAC 47.220 and
						7 AAC 47.900, filed on 4/15/82, were repealed on 5/25/82
						and are therefore not being printed. The text of these provisions appears as it
						did before the emergency amendments.
As of Register 153 (April 2000), the paragraphs in
						7 AAC 47.900 have been rearranged to maintain
						alphabetical order and to fill in gaps created by
						deletions.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.24.011
AS 47.24.017
AS 47.24.900
AS 47.25.120
AS
						47.32.030