Alaska Statutes
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions
Chapter 05. Administration of Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions

Article 1. General Administrative Provisions.

Sec. 47.05.010. Duties of Department of Health. - The Department of Health shall (1) administer adult public assistance,...

Sec. 47.05.012. Material incorporated by reference. - Under AS 44.62.245(a)(2), in adopting or amending a regulation that...

Sec. 47.05.015. Contracts. - (a) The department may contract with a person or local...

Sec. 47.05.017. Home care providers. - (a) State money may not be used for a home...

Sec. 47.05.020. Regulations concerning records; disclosure of information. - (a) The power of the department to adopt regulations includes...

Sec. 47.05.030. Misuse of public assistance lists and records. - (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this...

Sec. 47.05.032. Disclosures to legislators. - A legislator to whom confidential information is disclosed under AS...

Sec. 47.05.040. Consent to conditions of federal programs. - In order to take advantage of the training grants provisions...

Sec. 47.05.050. Cooperation with federal government. - It is the public policy of the state to cooperate...

Sec. 47.05.055. Certified nurse aides. - (a) If the department has reason to believe that a...

Sec. 47.05.070. Third party liability subrogation. - (a) The department may not pay medical claims that are...

Sec. 47.05.071. Duty of a medical assistance recipient. - (a) A medical assistance recipient shall cooperate with and assist...

Sec. 47.05.072. Duty of attorney for medical assistance recipient. - (a) An attorney representing a medical assistance recipient shall notify...

Sec. 47.05.073. Judgment, award, or settlement of a medical assistance lien. - (a) A medical assistance recipient may not maintain any rights...

Sec. 47.05.074. Conflict with federal requirements. - If any provision of this chapter related to subrogation, assignment,...

Sec. 47.05.075. Medical assistance lien. - (a) The department has a lien upon any sum that...

Sec. 47.05.080. Recovery of overpayments. - (a) Except for overpayments recovered under AS 47.07 that cover...

Sec. 47.05.085. Subpoena power. - (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee at the director...

Sec. 47.05.090. Authorization of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance. - (a) The Department of Health and the Department of Family...

Sec. 47.05.105. Enhanced computerized eligibility verification system. - (a) The department shall establish an enhanced computerized income, asset,...

Sec. 47.05.110. Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact. - The state may participate in a tribal child welfare compact...

Sec. 47.05.190. Definitions. - In AS 47.05.010 - 47.05.190, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner...

Article 2. Oversight of Medical Care Programs.

Sec. 47.05.200. Annual audits. - (a) The department shall annually contract for independent audits of...

Sec. 47.05.210. Medical assistance fraud. - (a) A person commits the crime of medical assistance fraud...

Sec. 47.05.220. Notice of charges. - Upon the filing of a complaint, information, presentment, or indictment...

Sec. 47.05.230. Determination of value; aggregation of amounts. - In AS 47.05.210, whenever it is necessary to determine the...

Sec. 47.05.235. Duty to identify and repay self-identified overpayments. - (a) Unless a provider is being audited under AS 47.05.200(a),...

Sec. 47.05.240. Exclusion from medical assistance programs. - (a) The commissioner may exclude an applicant to or disenroll...

Sec. 47.05.250. Civil penalties. - (a) The department may assess a civil penalty against a...

Sec. 47.05.270. Medical assistance reform program. - (a) The department shall adopt regulations to design and implement...

Sec. 47.05.290. Definitions. - In AS 47.05.200 - 47.05.290, (1) “benefit” has the meaning...

Article 3. Criminal and Civil History.

Sec. 47.05.300. Applicability. - (a) The provisions of AS 47.05.310 - 47.05.390 apply to...

Sec. 47.05.310. Criminal history; criminal history check; compliance. - (a) If an individual has been charged with, convicted of,...

Sec. 47.05.320. Criminal history use standards. - The Department of Health and the Department of Family and...

Sec. 47.05.325. Civil history; civil history check; compliance. - (a) The Department of Health and the Department of Family...

Sec. 47.05.330. Identification of civil history databases for a civil history check; confidentiality. - (a) The Department of Health and the Department of Family...

Sec. 47.05.340. Regulations. - The Department of Health and the Department of Family and...

Sec. 47.05.350. Use of information; immunity. - An entity that obtains information about an employee under a...

Sec. 47.05.360. Variance request; final decision. - (a) An individual or entity subject to the provisions of...

Sec. 47.05.390. Definitions. - In AS 47.05.300 - 47.05.390, unless the context otherwise requires,...