(a) General Relief or General Relief Medical
assistance may not be granted if the applicant, despite an excess of need over
income, has a prior resource, as described in (b) of this section available to
meet the specific need, or personal resources in excess of $500 as described in
(c) of this section.
(b) Prior
resources include
(1) coverage by Social
Security, workers' compensation, or medical and hospital insurance;
(2) eligibility for assistance from
categorical programs, such as Adult Public Assistance;
(3) qualification to receive other medical
assistance or coverage, including assistance or coverage through the Veteran's
Administration, Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
(CHAMPUS), United States Seaman's Act Program, Program for Children with
Disabilities, division of vocational rehabilitation, division of mental health
and developmental disabilities, Medicaid, Medicare, or free health
clinics;
(4) qualification to
receive assistance from the Bureau of Indian Affairs general relief
program;
(5) availability of cash,
medical, or subsistence items and assistance from the Salvation Army, Red
Cross, Lion's International, or other charitable organizations;
(6) payment for medical bills or medical
insurance coverage available through a liable party, including payment for
medical claims resulting from an accident; and
(7) payment for medical bills or medical
insurance coverage available through an absent parent.
(c) Personal resources include
(1) liquid assets such as cash, savings,
stocks, or bonds;
(2) any real or
personal property with equity value, not including
(A) the home in which the applicant resides
and the land on which it stands, unless the land has been surveyed for
subdivision; if the land has been surveyed for subdivision, only the lot on
which the house stands may be excluded;
(B) property actively marketed for sale at
fair market value or less;
(C)
property that is producing income;
(D) property that is essential to
employment;
(E) either an
automobile or a motorcycle or, in an area where local transportation needs
require an alternative, a boat, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or a
combination of any two;
(F) the
home of a nursing home resident to which the resident intends to return and the
land on which it stands, unless the land has been surveyed for subdivision; if
the land has been surveyed for subdivision, only the lot on which the house
stands may be excluded;
(3) a limited entry fishing permit that was
not used during the most recent season for reasons other than
(A) loss of essential fishing equipment
before or during the most recent season;
(B) serious illness of the applicant or a
household member for the period before and including the most recent season;
and
(4) credit
sufficient to directly or indirectly meet the specified need.
(d) For the purposes of
determining eligibility for the general relief medical assistance, prior and
personal resources as described in this section are considered available to the
applicant as of the date
(1) emergency
services were received, if an application for general relief medical assistance
was submitted after emergency services were received;
(2) of application for general relief medical
assistance, if the application was submitted before services were
received.
With Register 179, October 2006 and under the authority
of AS
44.62.125, the regulations attorney changed
obsolete terminology concerning persons with disabilities in conformity with
ch. 25, SLA 2006.
