Title 47 — Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions
34 chapters · 745 sections in this title.
AS 47.60.090 Federal regulation.
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Nothing in this chapter may be construed as a limitation on the power of the federal government to regulate the development and operation of multipurpose senior centers.
AS 47.65.010 Appropriations for service programs.
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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…
AS 47.65.020 Grants for community service programs.
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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 ma…
AS 47.65.030 Pilot project grants.
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(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. (…
AS 47.65.040 Required contribution by sponsor.
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(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 determ…
AS 47.65.050 Administrative requirements.
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Article 2. Adult Day Care and Family Respite Care. (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 th…
AS 47.65.100 Adult day care and family respite care.
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Article 3. General Provisions. (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 …
AS 47.65.290 Definitions.
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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 placeme…
AS 47.70.010 Compact enacted.
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The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children as contained in this section is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of the state with any and all other states legally joining in it in a form substantially as follows: It is the purpose and policy of the party states to…
AS 47.70.020 Financial responsibility.
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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 o…
AS 47.70.030 Designation of authority.
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(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 b…
AS 47.70.040 Agreements.
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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.
AS 47.70.050 Delegation by agreement.
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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 …
AS 47.70.060 Executive head.
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As used in Art. VII of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the term “executive head” means the governor. The governor is authorized to appoint a compact administrator in accordance with the terms of art. VII.
AS 47.70.070 Violations of compact.
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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 convi…
AS 47.70.080 Short title.
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AS 47.70.010 may be cited as the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
AS 47.75.010 Purpose.
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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 th…
AS 47.75.020 State plan.
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(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 ar…
AS 47.75.030 Annual public meetings required.
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(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 the…
AS 47.75.040 Public hearings on proposed state plan.
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(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 ava…
AS 47.75.050 Submission to the legislature.
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(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 exp…
AS 47.75.060 Definitions.
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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 car…
AS 47.80.010 Rights of persons with disabilities.
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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…
AS 47.80.020 Protection and advocacy of rights.
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Article 2. Programs and Plans. 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 w…
AS 47.80.100 Programs for persons with disabilities.
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(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 consist…
AS 47.80.110 Program principles.
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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 clie…
AS 47.80.120 Habilitation plans.
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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 furnishe…
AS 47.80.130 Powers and duties of the department.
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(a) The department shall (1) develop budgets and receive and distribute appropriations and funds under this section; (2) adopt regulations regarding standards of services and facilities for persons with disabilities and the quality of services and the process by which services ar…
AS 47.80.135 Gainful employment of persons with disabilities.
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(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…
AS 47.80.140 Licensing and certificates of need.
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(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…
AS 47.80.150 Liability for expense of services.
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(a) A person with a disability or the person's legal representative acting in a representative capacity, the person's spouse, or the person's parents if the person is a minor shall pay or contribute to the payment of the charges for the care or treatment in accordance with the fe…
AS 47.80.160 Transportation.
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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 nursi…
AS 47.80.170 Provision for personal needs upon discharge.
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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 suita…
AS 47.80.200 Secs. 47.80.200 — 47.80.290. Self-sufficiency trust fund. [Repealed, § 12 ch 42 SLA 1997.]
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Article 3. Teachers Who Teach the Use of Certain Aids or Devices for the Blind or Visually Impaired.
AS 47.80.400 Qualifications for teaching the use of certain aids or devices for the blind or visually impaired.
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Article 4. Traumatic or Acquired Brain Injury. (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…
AS 47.80.500 Statewide traumatic or acquired brain injury program.
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(a) A statewide traumatic or acquired brain injury program is established in the department for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness and availability of information and services for the prevention and treatment of traumatic or acquired brain injury in the state. The depart…
AS 47.80.529 Definition.
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Article 5. General Provisions. 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 result…
AS 47.80.900 Definitions.
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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…
AS 47.90.010 Program established.
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(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; co…
AS 47.90.020 Services provided by centers.
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(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…
AS 47.90.030 Employment of displaced homemakers.
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The staff positions of multipurpose centers established under AS 47.90.010, including supervisory, technical, and administrative positions, shall to the maximum extent possible be filled by displaced homemakers.
AS 47.90.040 Consultation and cooperation.
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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 per…
AS 47.90.050 State employment assistance.
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Contractors operating programs under AS 47.90.010 shall, to the maximum extent possible, provide displaced homemakers with assistance in qualifying on state employment registers under regulations of the commissioner.
AS 47.90.060 Regulations.
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The commissioner may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
AS 47.90.070 Definitions.
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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 red…