Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 47 - General Relief
Article 1 - General Relief and General Relief Medical
7 AAC 47.140 - Eligibility factors

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 47.140

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Eligibility for General Relief and General Relief Medical assistance is based upon

(1) financial need;

(2) lack of prior or personal resources;

(3) age;

(4) residence in the State of Alaska at the time of application; proof of residence may be required;

(5) U.S. citizenship or status as a legal alien;

(6) for General Relief, immediate and specific need for subsistence items, such as rent, food, fuel, transportation, or burial; and

(7) for General Relief Medical assistance, immediate and specific need for medical care or transportation related to the provision of medical services.

(b) Registration for work with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and acceptance of any bona fide offer of employment is an eligibility requirement for General Relief. This requirement applies to all persons 18 through 59 years of age, except a person

(1) who has been determined by a physician to be mentally or physically incapacitated and whose incapacity prevents the person from engaging in gainful employment;

(2) who is attending high school full time; or

(3) who is needed in the home to care for a relative who has been determined by a physician to be mentally or physically incapacitated.

As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of labor.

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.25.120

AS 47.25.130

AS 47.25.170

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