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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 3 - Provisions for Families › 7 AAC 41.360 - Allowable absence; incapacitation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a
				  participating family or family applying to continue participation consists of
				  only one parent and that parent is temporarily incapacitated or temporarily
				  away from the child or children because of participating in an eligible
				  activity under 7 AAC 41,310, the family may continue to receive program
				  benefits for up to a 12-month period if the parent is
(1) temporarily incapacitated, and
(A) verification is provided confirming the
				  parent's incapacitation and anticipated date the parent will be able to return
				  to work;
(B) the parent's employer
				  is holding the parent's job; and
(C) the parent returns to the job within the
				  current or new 12-month period; or
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 3 - Provisions for Families › 7 AAC 41.370 - Child care in the child's own home

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To participate
				  in the child care assistance program under this chapter, an eligible family may
				  hire an in-home child care caregiver to care for the family's children in the
				  family's home only if the caregiver does not reside in the family home, has a
				  valid background check under AS 47.05.300 - 47.05.390 and 7 AAC 10.900 - 7 AAC 10.990, and is approved under G) of this section. A parent will not be approved
				  for participation in the program as an in-home caregiver for the care of the
				  parent's own children. A family eligible to hire an in-home caregiver for the
				  children of the family residing in the family's home must be participating in
				  an eligible activity outside the family's home, except as described in 7 AAC 41.310(b)(4), and require care for
(1) at
				  least four children who
(A) are not in school
				  at any time during the day;
(B)
				  require care;
(C) are otherwise
				  eligible as specified hi
				  7 AAC 41.350; and
(D) are not the children of the in-home child
				  care caregiver;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 3 - Provisions for Families › 7 AAC 41.375 - Compliance and other reviews

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For purposes of
				  determining compliance with this chapter, the department or designee may
				  monitor, investigate, and conduct file reviews of information regarding a
				  family's eligibility.
(b) A family
				  shall cooperate with the department or a designee for the purpose of a
				  monitoring review, investigation, or file review to determine compliance with
				  this chapter, by providing additional information regarding the family's
				  eligibility as requested by the department or designee.
(c) If a family refuses to comply with (b) of
				  this section, the noncompliance is an intentional program violation under
				  7 AAC 41.410.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.25.001
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.400 - Confidentiality

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) information relating to a family's
				  participation in the child care assistance program is confidential under
				  AS
				  47.05.020 and to the extent provided under
				  law,
(b) A child care provider may
				  only communicate with the department or designee regarding a parent's
				  application for program participation, the status of the parent's eligibility,
				  and the care authorized, if the parent has signed and submitted to the
				  department or designee a written release of information. A provider may not
				  require a release of information to be signed by the parent as a condition for
				  enrolling the family's children into child care.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.05.020
AS
						47.25.001
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.405 - Notice of proposed action

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  wilt or designee shall give at least 10 days' written notice to a participating
				  family before taking an action to reduce or terminate program benefits. The
				  10-day notice period begins the date the notice is sent and advises the family
				  of the right to request a hearing under 7 AAC 49, unless
(1) the family indicates in writing that the
				  family no longer desires program benefits;
(2) the family's whereabouts are unknown and
				  mail directed to the family's last known address was returned by the post
				  office indicating no known forwarding address; or
(3) the department has information evidencing
				  that the only participating child of the family is no longer part of the family
				  unit or is deceased.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.407 - Noncompliance and plans of correction

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A participating
				  provider or a participating family using an in-home child care caregiver shall
				  cooperate with the department or a designee for purposes of file reviews,
				  monitoring reviews, inspections, or investigations to determine compliance with
				  this chapter, including allowing access to the premises where child care is
				  provided, relevant records, and children and staff for purposes of conducting
				  interviews.
(b) If, after a
				  compliance review under this section, the department or designee determines
				  that a provider or family described in (a) of this section has failed to comply
				  with one or more applicable requirements of
				  AS
				  47.25.001 -
				  47.25.095 or this chapter, the
				  provider or family described in (a) of this section shall submit to the
				  department a plan of correction, stating a date on or before which compliance
				  will be achieved.
(c) The
				  department may conduct a follow-up inspection to determine compliance with the
				  plan of correction required under (b) of this section. Refusing to comply with
				  a plan of correction is an intentional program violation.
(d) The plan of correction required under (b)
				  of this section must set out, for each violation identified,
(1) each action that will be taken to cure
				  the violation;
(2) each measure
				  that will be taken or change that will be made to ensure that the violation
				  does not recur;
(3) how the
				  provider or family described in (a) of this section will monitor each
				  corrective action to ensure that the violation is cured and will not recur;
				  and
(4) the date on or before which
				  the violation will be cured.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.410 - Intentional program violations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An intentional
				  program violation is an action, inaction, or statement made by a family or
				  provider to deliberately misrepresent, conceal, or withhold a material fact,
				  resulting in establishing a benefit or payment to the family or the provider
				  under this chapter, for which the family or the provider is not entitled.
				  Refusing to comply with a required action under 7 AAC 41,375 or
				  7 AAC 41.407(c) or (j) also constitutes
				  an intentional program violation. The department may impose a penalty upon the
				  family or the provider under
				  7 AAC 41.425 for an intentional program violation set
				  out in (b) or (c) of this section. The department will impose a level of
				  penalty necessary to ensure benefits are being paid in accordance with
				  AS
				  47.25.001 -
				  47.25.095 and this
				  chapter.
(b) A family is subject to
				  penalty under the program for
(1) reporting
				  incomplete or inaccurate information regarding the family's income or
				  eligibility for benefits;
(2)
				  providing false or misleading information, or withholding information, in order
				  to receive benefits under the program.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.415 - Determination of incorrect payment of program benefits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the
				  department or designee determines there is reasonable evidence of an incorrect
				  payment of program benefits for a participating family or to a participating
				  provider, the department will or designee shall conduct one or more of the
				  following methods of investigation:
(1)
				  review and audit records in the files of the family, provider, designee, or
				  department;
(2) make announced or
				  unannounced inspections of the premises where child care is provided;
(3) interview family members, the provider,
				  the provider's staff, and others;
(4) review any other information available to
				  the department;
(5) take other
				  actions necessary to determine whether an incorrect payment occurred.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.420 - Incorrect payment of program benefits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An incorrect
				  payment of program benefits occurs if a family or provider receives a benefit
				  or payment to which the family or provider is not entitled or does not receive
				  a benefit or payment to which the family or provider is entitled under
				  AS
				  47.25.001 - 47.25,095 and this
				  chapter.
(b) If the department
				  determines under
				  7 AAC 41.415(c) that an underpayment of
				  program benefits for a participating family or to a provider has occurred, the
				  department will provide written notice to the family or provider that includes
(1) the determination and basis of that
				  determination;
(2) the dollar
				  amount of the underpayment; and
(3)
				  how the department will correct the underpayment of program benefits.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.425 - Penalties for an intentional program violation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A family found
				  to have committed a child care assistance intentional program violation is
				  subject to the following penalties:
(1) for
				  the first child care assistance intentional program violation resulting in no
				  dollar loss to the department, the department will impose a requirement
				  limiting the family to a specific provider type appropriate to help ensure
				  compliance for six months;
(2) for
				  the first child care assistance intentional program violation resulting in a
				  dollar loss to the department, the department will impose
(A) a requirement limiting the family to a
				  specific provider type appropriate to help ensure compliance for six
				  months;
(B) a 10 percent reduction
				  in child care assistance benefits for six months; and
(C) an obligation to repay the child care
				  assistance program loss attributable to the intentional program violation
				  regardless of the family's continued participation;
(3) for the second child care assistance
				  intentional program violation regardless of dollar loss, the department will
				  impose one or more of the following:
(A) a
				  requirement limiting the family to a specific provider type appropriate to help
				  ensure compliance for 12 months;
(B) a 20 percent reduction in child care
				  assistance benefits for 12 months;
(C) an obligation to repay the child care
				  assistance program loss attributable to the intentional program violation
				  regardless of the family's continued participation;
(4) for the third child care assistance
				  intentional program violation regardless of dollar loss, the department will
				  impose an obligation to repay the child care assistance program loss
				  attributable to the intentional program violation and permanently terminate a
				  family from the program, including terminating authorizations.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.430 - Emergency suspension

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the department determines that a
				  provider's continued participation in the program will result in an imminent
				  potential threat to the health, safety, or welfare of a child in care, the
				  department may
(1) immediately suspend
				  program participation;
(2) provide
				  the provider a notice of an emergency suspension; initial notification maybe
				  oral; and
(3) provide formal
				  written notification of the final decision within 14 business days after the
				  determination, and advise the provider of the right to request a hearing under
				  7 AAC 41.443.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.443 - Administrative hearing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A provider who is not satisfied with a
				  written determination under this chapter with regard to denying, suspending, or
				  terminating the provider's ability to be a child care provider approved to
				  participate or to the amount of payment received for services provided under
				  the child care assistance program may request an administrative hearing under
				  this section, except that the provider may not request an administrative
				  hearing under this section regarding a determination under
				  7 AAC 41.423 of an intentional program
				  violation.
(b) A request for an
				  administrative hearing under this section must be submitted in writing no later
				  than 30 days after the date of the department's original decision.
(c) A request for an administrative hearing
				  under this section must
(1) describe the
				  issue or decision being appealed;
(2) specify the basis upon which the decision
				  is challenged;
(3) include all
				  information and materials that the provider requests the department to consider
				  in resolving the matter; and
(4) be
				  submitted to the department at the address set out for requesting a hearing in
				  the department's original decision.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.445 - Department list of eligible providers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  will
(1) maintain a list of current licensed
				  and approved providers who are eligible providers under this chapter;
				  and
(2) provide the list upon
				  request.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 41 - Child Care Assistance Program › Article 4 - General Provisions › 7 AAC 41.450 - Department debarment of ineligible individuals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  will debar from program participation a family found to be ineligible under
				  this chapter because of
(1) a penalty
				  described in
				  7 AAC 41.425(c) for an intentional
				  program violation;
(2) failing to
				  comply with a repayment plan developed under
				  7 AAC 41.420; or
(3) failing to cooperate with the development
				  of a repayment plan.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 4 - Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded or Persons with Related Conditions › 7 AAC 43.305 - Records, habilitative plan of care, treatment, and reevaluation (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 6 - Children's Services › 7 AAC 43.470 - Children's mental health services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
7 AAC 43.470
						originally took effect as emergency regulation 7 AAC 43.457 as set out in
						Register 123, October 1992. Before this section was made permanent in Register
						124, January 1993, it was revised and renumbered to
						7 AAC 43.470.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 7 - Mental Health Services › 7 AAC 43.472 - Family skill development services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
7 AAC 43.472
						originally took effect as emergency regulation
						7 AAC 43.458 as set out in Register 123, October 1992.
						Before this section was made permanent in Register 124, January 1993, it was
						revised and renumbered to
						7 AAC 43.472.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 7 - Mental Health Services › 7 AAC 43.474 - Group skill development services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
7 AAC 43.474
						originally took effect as emergency regulation 7 AAC 43.459 as set out in
						Register 123, October 1992. Before this section was made permanent in Register
						124, January 1993, it was revised and renumbered to
						7 AAC 43.474.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 7 - Mental Health Services › 7 AAC 43.476 - Day treatment services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
7 AAC 43.476
						originally took effect as emergency regulation
						7 AAC 43.460 as set out in Register 123, October 1992.
						Before this section was made permanent in Register 124, January 1993, it was
						revised and renumbered to
						7 AAC 43.476.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 7 - Mental Health Services › 7 AAC 43.478 - Recipient support services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
7 AAC 43.478
						originally took effect as emergency regulation
						7 AAC 43.461 as set out in Register 123, October 1992.
						Before this section was made permanent in Register 124, January 1993, it was
						revised and renumbered to
						7 AAC 43.478.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 7 - Mental Health Services › 7 AAC 43.479 - Definitions related to children's mental health services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
The substantive provisions of
						7 AAC 43.479 as they appeared in Register 126, were
						moved and now appear in
						7 AAC 43.1990.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 16 - Rates for Mental Health Services › 7 AAC 43.730 - Definitions (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Section
						7 AAC 43.730 was repealed and readopted as an emergency
						regulation that took effect August 6, 1992 as set out in Register 123, October
						1992. The readoption of this section, however, was not made permanent. The
						substantive provisions of that section as it appeared in Register 123, were
						moved and now appear in
						7 AAC 43.1990.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 16 - Rates for Mental Health Services › 7 AAC 43.731 - Client support services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
The substantive provisions of
						7 AAC 43.731, as they appeared in Register 126, were
						moved and now appear in
						7 AAC 43.737.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 16 - Rates for Mental Health Services › 7 AAC 43.732 - Psychosocial rehabilitation services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
The substantive provisions of
						7 AAC 43.732, as they appeared in Register 126, were
						moved and now appear in
						7 AAC 43.736.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 16 - Rates for Mental Health Services › 7 AAC 43.733 - Intensive rehabilitation services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
The substantive provisions of
						7 AAC 43.733, as they appeared in Register 126, were
						moved and now appear in
						7 AAC 43.738.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 28 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care › 7 AAC 43.990 - Definitions (Relocated)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 128, January 1994, the text of
						7 AAC 43.990 was relocated by the regulations attorney
						to 7 AAC 43.1990.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 28 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care › 7 AAC 43.1002 - Notification of option for home and community-based waiver services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 28 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care › 7 AAC 43.1030 - Screening, assessment, plan of care, and level of care determination (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 28 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care › 7 AAC 43.1040 - Requirements for all reimbursable waiver services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 28 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care › 7 AAC 43.1050 - Amounts of reimbursement for home and community-based waiver services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 28 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care › 7 AAC 43.1058 - Amounts of reimbursement for home and community-based waiver services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 28 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care › 7 AAC 43.1080 - Restrictions on residential supported living services reimbursement (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 28 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care › 7 AAC 43.1100 - Provider disenrollment and decertification (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 29 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Residential Psychiatric Treatment Center Level of Care › 7 AAC 43.1156 - Recipient enrollment and disenrollment for FASD/SED waiver services (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 32 - Recovery of Medicaid Expenditures from Recipients › 7 AAC 43.1800 - Recovery of Medicaid expenditures (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
The subject matter of this section has been relocated to
						7 AAC 100.910.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 32 - Recovery of Medicaid Expenditures from Recipients › 7 AAC 43.1810 - Intentional program violations, program abuse, and criminal offenses (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
The subject matter of this section has been relocated to
						7 AAC 100.912.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 43 - Medical Assistance › Article 34 - Definitions › 7 AAC 43.1990 - Definitions (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
This section was substantially similar to the emergency
						regulation 7 AAC 43.730 that took effect
						August 6, 1992, Register 123 (October 1992). That section, however, was not
						made permanent and the substantive provisions of it were moved to this section.
						As of Register 126 (July 1993), the contents of
						7 AAC 43.990 were combined with former 7 AAC 43.090. The
						history line of former 7 AAC 43.090 was not incorporated into the
						7 AAC 43.990 history line. Effective March 26, 1993,
						amendments to the definition of "psychiatric facility" and a new definition of
						"residential psychiatric treatment center" were adopted as emergency amendments
						to former 7 AAC 43.090. Those regulations were amended and made permanent on
						6/5/93, as shown in
						7 AAC 43.990 as of Register 126 (July 1993).
As of Register 126 (July 1993), definitions of "inpatient
						psychiatric hospital facility," "inpatient psychiatric services," "inpatient
						interdisciplinary team," and "professional review organization," originally
						adopted in 7 AAC 43.580 as emergency
						regulations on January 1, 1993 and amended March 26, 1993, were moved to
						7 AAC 43.990 and renumbered.
As of Register 128 (January 1994), the text of
						7 AAC 43.990 was relocated by the regulations attorney
						to 7 AAC 43.1990.
For definitions formerly in
						7 AAC 43.1990, see 7 AAC 100, with respect to
						eligibility, and 7 AAC 105 - 7 AAC 160 with respect to coverage and
						payment.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.010 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of the heating assistance program is to provide
					 assistance under the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, as
					 amended October 27, 1998  (42 U.S.C. 8621 -
					 8629)  to low income households to
					 offset the cost of home heating.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.020 - Application for heating assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application
				  for heating assistance under
				  7 AAC 44.010 -
				  7 AAC 44.090 may be submitted only by an adult or
				  emancipated minor who is
(1) included in the
				  household; or
(2) authorized by the
				  household to act on the household's behalf.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.030 - Eligibility determination

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  may process applications for heating assistance in the order in which they are
				  received.
(b) The department will
				  award only one heating assistance payment under
				  7 AAC 44.080 per household for applications received
				  during the period set out in
				  7 AAC 44.020.
(c) The department will make an eligibility
				  determination and will mail a notice of the determination to the applicant as
				  soon as possible, but no later than 45 calendar days after receipt of the
				  completed application by the heating assistance office in Juneau.
(d) The department will expedite an
				  eligibility determination, and award assistance to an eligible applicant, not
				  later than 18 hours after receipt of a completed application in the heating
				  assistance office in Juneau if
(1) the
				  applicant has requested expedited service;
(2) the household's gross monthly income is
				  less than the household's monthly shelter costs;
(3) the household has suffered, or will
				  suffer within 48 hours, termination of fuel or home heating-related utility
				  services; and
(4) the department
				  has verified the application as required by
				  7 AAC 44.041.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.035 - Household composition

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A household must include
(1) the applicant; and
(2) a United States citizen or a qualified
				  alien; for the purposes of this paragraph, "qualified alien" has the meaning
				  given in 8 U.S.C.
				  1641.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.040 - Eligibility requirements; income calculations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A household is
				  eligible to participate in the heating assistance program only if
(1) the dwelling for which heating assistance
				  is requested is located in the state, and at least one member of the household
				  is physically present in the state at the time of application for, and receipt
				  of, heating assistance; and the household
(A)
				  physically resides in the dwelling for which heating assistance is requested;
				  or
(B) is seeking heating
				  assistance to help with the natural gas and electric utility deposit necessary
				  to move into subsidized housing in the state;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.041 - Verification

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An applicant shall, upon request, provide
				  the department with verification of income and any other information contained
				  in the application. An applicant shall provide verification acceptable to the
				  department through a wage stub, profit-and-loss statement, award letter, or
				  other documentary evidence, or, if documentary evidence is not available,
				  through correspondence from village council members, staff members of social
				  service agencies, fee agents, or other third parties, if they are disinterested
				  and unrelated.
(b) If each
				  household member listed on an application for heating assistance is a recipient
				  of a public assistance program administered by the department under AS 47, and
				  if the department considers income information submitted to establish
				  eligibility and benefits under that program to be current, valid, verified, and
				  available for review, the department will use that previously submitted income
				  information for purposes determining eligibility and benefits for heating
				  assistance.
(c) If not all of a
				  household's members are recipients of public assistance programs administered
				  by the department under AS 47, the applicant must provide verification of
				  income for those members who are not recipients.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.042 - Exempt income

Current through May 31, 2024
When determining heating assistance program eligibility or
					 a payment amount, the department will not include as part of a household's
					 gross monthly income the following:
(1) repealed 10/1/2009;
(2) payments received under
				  43 U.S.C.
				  1601 -
				  1629 (Alaska Native Claims
				  Settlement Act);
(3) payments
				  received under AS 43.23 (Alaska permanent fund dividend program);
(4) repealed 10/1/2009;
(5) wages received by a full-time student
				  under 18 years of age who is not the head of household;
(6) payments received for reimbursement of
				  expenses incurred in connection with employment, such as travel, mileage,
				  training, or per diem reimbursement;
(7) payments received for reimbursement of
				  medical expenses;
(8) payments for
				  jury duty issued directly to the employer;
(9) food or rent in lieu of wages;
(10) non-cash or in-kind income;
(11) money received from an educational,
				  personal, commercial, or other loan for which the borrower has an obligation to
				  repay;
(12) money received from
				  student study grants;
(13)
				  supportive service payments for work activities under
				  7 AAC 45.415(a), and unearned income
				  generated from participation as a trainee under  29 U.S.C. 1552  (Job Training
				  Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA);
(14) payments received under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  5044 for support services or reimbursement of
				  out-of-pocket expenses, such as lunches or transportation, made to an
				  individual serving as a volunteer in a domestic volunteer service program under
				  42 U.S.C.
				  4951 -
				  5024;
(15) payments made to, or on behalf of, a
				  household member by the division of vocational rehabilitation, Department of
				  Labor and Workforce Development, for purposes related to training programs in
				  which the individual is enrolled;
(16) cash gifts that do not exceed a total of
				  $20 per month per individual in the household;
(17) federal income tax refunds or earned
				  income tax credits;
(18) payments
				  received under
				  7 AAC 38.030 (General Relief Assistance);
(19) income specifically excluded by federal
				  law;
(20) payments received under
				  AS
				  47.45.301-47.45.309 (senior benefits payment
				  program); or
(21) payments received
				  from a program funded by the senior community service employment program under
				   20 C.F.R., Part 641.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.050 - Manner of payment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department may pay the applicant's
				  vendor directly an amount determined under
				  7 AAC 44.080
(1) by
				  establishing a line of credit for the amount; or
(2) by making a cash advance for the
				  amount.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.051 - Use of heating assistance payments

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A heating
				  assistance payment may only be used for
(1)
				  the purchase of fuel oil, kerosene, propane, natural gas, electricity, wood,
				  coal, or other petroleum products used for home heating, lighting, or cooking
				  in the household's dwelling;
(2)
				  gasoline and two-cycle oil for a snowmachine or chain saw used to harvest and
				  transport wood if the household cuts its own wood for home heating and
				  self-harvested wood is the household's primary heating source; or
(3) payment of incidental charges, including
				  deposits, delivery charges, connection fees, and late-payment charges
				  associated with purchase or delivery.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.055 - Subsidized rental housing utility deposit

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  will award heating assistance for the minimum amount needed to establish
				  natural gas and electric utility service required to participate in subsidized
				  rental housing if
(1) the housing program
				  fully covers the household's annual home heating costs;
(2) the applicant has requested a subsidized
				  rental housing utility deposit;
(3)
				  the household has not received a payment under this chapter within 180 days of
				  the request for a subsidized rental housing utility deposit;
(4) the department has verified the
				  application as required by
				  7 AAC 44.041; and
(5) the amount of the heating assistance, up
				  to a maximum of $500, is sufficient to establish utility service.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.060 - Vendor agreement

Current through May 31, 2024
A vendor must sign an agreement with the department, which
					 includes the following conditions, for the vendor to be a recipient of heating
					 assistance payments in the manner described in
					 7 AAC 44.050:
(1) the vendor shall apply all heating
				  assistance payments to energy services or deliveries supplied after October 1
				  of the program year unless the payment is being used to prevent a disconnection
				  of service or to reconnect service to the eligible household;
(2) the vendor may not discriminate against a
				  household receiving heating assistance in the cost of goods, conditions of
				  sale, or services provided;
(3) the
				  vendor shall avert disconnection of service, reconnect discontinued service, or
				  deliver fuel upon notification from the department that a household is entitled
				  to receive heating assistance, unless to do so would violate a tariff of the
				  Regulatory Commission of Alaska;
(4) if the vendor is receiving payment under
				  7 AAC 44.050(a) (1), the vendor shall
				  first submit a bill for services to the department;
(5) if the vendor receives payment under
				  7 AAC 44.050(a) (2), the vendor shall
				  submit proof to the department that each payment is credited to the household;
				  a refund of any remaining heating assistance must be made to the household or
				  to the department for delivery to the household if
(A) the household closes its account with the
				  vendor; or
(B) the applicant dies
				  and no surviving household member continues to use the account; or
(C) a credit has been sitting on the
				  customer's account for more than one year.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.070 - Opportunity for hearing

Current through May 31, 2024
An opportunity for a hearing will be granted to an
					 applicant who requests a hearing in writing within 30 days after mailing of the
					 notice described in
					 7 AAC 44.030(c) and whose
(1) request for assistance is
				  denied;
(2) completed application
				  was not acted upon within the time set out in
				  7 AAC 44.030; or
(3) amount of heating assistance was modified
				  by the department for a reason other than a change in the benefit rate under
				  7 AAC 44.080(n) or the limitation set
				  by the total heating cost points set in
				  7 AAC 44.080(0) that is a result of
				  year-to-year program changes applying to all applicants.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.080 - Amount of assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department has assigned heating cost
				  points to each community in the state, based upon the community's annual fuel
				  cost and climatic conditions. These points are listed in Appendix A at the end
				  of this chapter.
(b) If the
				  household uses natural gas and another fuel type for heat, the department will
				  use the community heating cost points for natural gas in Appendix A.
(c) If the household uses self-harvested wood
				  or coal for heat, the department will use the community heating cost points for
				  oil in Appendix A multiplied by 0.5.
(d) If the household uses purchased wood or
				  coal for heat, the department will use the community heating cost points for
				  oil in Appendix A multiplied by 0.8.
(e) If the household uses purchased wood
				  pellets for heat, the department will use the community heating cost points for
				  oil in Appendix A multiplied by 0.9.
(f) If a household uses electricity, steam,
				  hot water, or propane for heat, the department will use the community heating
				  cost points for oil in Appendix A.
(g) The department will multiply the
				  community heating cost points determined under (a) - (f) of this section by the
				  first one of the following factors that describes the household's dwelling. If
				  more than one factor applies, the department will use the factor listed first:
(1) the factor of 1.4 if the household
				  resides in a mobile home or boat with heated living space of 980 square feet or
				  more;
(2) the factor of 0 .4 if the
				  household resides in a recreational vehicle, tent, or pickup camper;
(3) the factor of 0.15 if the household
				  resides in a one-room dwelling such as a studio apartment, hotel, or boarding
				  home;
(4) the factor of 0.35 if the
				  household resides on a boat with less than 980 square feet of heated living
				  space;
(5) the factor of 0.55 if
				  the household resides in a one-bedroom dwelling, or a one-room house or cabin
				  without bedrooms;
(6) the factor of
				  1.3 if the household resides in a three-or-more-bedroom single family, duplex,
				  or triplex home;
(7) the factor of
				  0.7 if the household resides in a two-bedroom unit in an apartment building of
				  four or more attached units, or resides in a mobile home with less than 980
				  square feet of heated living space regardless of the number of
				  bedrooms;
(8) the factor of 1.0 if
				  the household resides in a two-bedroom single-family home.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 1 - Federal Heating Assistance Program › 7 AAC 44.090 - Time frame for assistance payments

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The heating
				  assistance program begins awarding payments under
				  7 AAC 44.020 on the first state business day in November
				  of each year.
(b) Expedited
				  eligibility determination and assistance payment awards under
				  7 AAC 44.030(d) begin on the first
				  state business day in November of each year and run through April 30 of the
				  following year.
(c) If a disaster
				  occurs in an area where the household is located, the department may begin
				  issuing heating assistance payments before November 1 if the governor has
				  issued a disaster proclamation and the disaster has increased the need for
				  heating assistance to the household.
(d) The department will make the payment of
				  subsidized rental housing utility deposits, under
				  7 AAC 44.055 throughout the year.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 2 - Alaska Affordable Heating Program › 7 AAC 44.200 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of the heating assistance program is to provide
					 assistance under the Alaska affordable heating program to low income households
					 to offset the cost of home heating.
Authority:
AS
						47.05.010
AS 47.25.621
AS
						47.25.622
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 2 - Alaska Affordable Heating Program › 7 AAC 44.210 - Application for heating assistance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application
				  for heating assistance under
				  7 AAC 44.200 -
				  7 AAC 44.350 may be submitted only by an adult or
				  emancipated minor who is
(1) included in the
				  household; or
(2) authorized by the
				  household to act on the household's behalf.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 2 - Alaska Affordable Heating Program › 7 AAC 44.220 - Eligibility determination

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  may process applications for heating assistance in the order in which they are
				  received.
(b) The department will
				  award only one heating assistance payment under
				  7 AAC 44.340 per household for applications received
				  during the period set out in
				  7 AAC 44.210.
(c) The department will make an eligibility
				  determination and will mail a notice of the determination to the applicant as
				  soon as possible, but no later than 45 calendar days after receipt of the
				  completed application by the heating assistance office in Juneau.
(d) The department will expedite an
				  eligibility determination, and award assistance to an eligible applicant, not
				  later than 18 hours after receipt of a completed application in the heating
				  assistance office in Juneau if
(1) the
				  applicant has requested expedited service;
(2) the household's gross monthly income is
				  less than the household's monthly shelter costs;
(3) the household has suffered, or will
				  suffer within 48 hours, termination of fuel or home heating-related utility
				  services; and
(4) the department
				  has verified the application as required by
				  7 AAC 44.240.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 44 - Heating Assistance Programs › Article 2 - Alaska Affordable Heating Program › 7 AAC 44.225 - Household composition

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A household must include
(1) the applicant; and
(2) a United States citizen or a qualified
				  alien; for the purposes of this paragraph, "qualified alien" has the meaning
				  given in 8 U.S.C.
				  1641.