Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance
Chapter 47 - General Relief
Article 2 - General Relief Assisted Living Home Care
7 AAC 47.450 - Payment by individual

(a) The total monthly countable income considered available to an individual under 7 AAC 47.365 and any other financial assistance not excluded under 7 AAC 47.345 for which the individual may be eligible will be applied first toward the personal-needs allowance required by (b) of this section, and then toward the cost of the individual's assisted living care.

(b) An individual may retain $200 of the total monthly countable income as a personal-needs allowance, which may be used for clothing, unreimbursable medical expenses, and personal incidentals.

(c) The department will inform the individual and the assisted living home of the amount of the individual's share of the cost of care. The home shall collect the amount directly from the individual.

(d) An assisted living home may not request or accept payment in excess of the amount specified in (c) of this section from or on behalf of an individual who receives assistance under 7 AAC 47.300 - 7 AAC 47.535.