Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 140 - Medicaid Coverage; Facility and Facility-Based Services
Article 3 - Hospice Care Services
7 AAC 140.280 - Hospice care for individuals under 21 years of age

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department may enroll a hospice care provider and pay for hospice care services for a recipient under 21 years of age in the same manner as in 7 AAC 140.270 - 7 AAC 140.275 and 7 AAC 145.690. In addition to satisfying the requirements in 7 AAC 140.275, and no earlier than 12 months before hospice care services begin, the recipient must have had an EPSDT screening that meets the requirements in 7 AAC 110.205 for coverage.

(b) In addition to the hospice care services eligible for payment under 7 AAC 140.275(c), a recipient under 21 years of age may receive private-duty nursing services rendered by or under the supervision of a registered nurse in a recipient's home. The department will pay for those private-duty nursing services provided in a recipient's home at the in-state rate established under 7 AAC 145.250. The department will not pay for out-of-state private-duty nursing services under this section.