1996 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 47 WELFARE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 47.07. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS
Sec. 47.07.035. Priority of medical assistance.

If the department finds that the cost of medical assistance for all persons eligible under this chapter will exceed the amount allocated in the state budget for that assistance for the fiscal year, the department shall eliminate coverage for optional medical services and optionally eligible groups of individuals in the following order:

(1) midwife services;

(2) clinical social workers' services;

(3) psychologists' services;

(4) chiropractic services;

(5) advanced nurse practitioner services;

(6) adult dental services;

(7) emergency hospital services;

(8) treatment of speech, hearing, and language disorders;

(9) optometrists' services and eyeglasses;

(10) occupational therapy;

(11) mammography screening;

(12) prosthetic devices;

(13) medical supplies and equipment;

(14) targeted case management services;

(15) rehabilitative services for substance abusers and emotionally disturbed or chronically mentally ill adults;

(16) clinic services;

(17) physical therapy;

(18) personal care services in a recipient's home;

(19) prescribed drugs;

(20) hospice care;

(21) long-term care noninstitutional services;

(22) inpatient psychiatric facility services;

(23) intermediate care facility services for the mentally retarded;

(24) intermediate care facility services;

(25) individuals described in AS 47.07.020 (b)(11);

(26) [See delayed amendment note]. individuals under age 21 who are not eligible for benefits under the federal aid to families with dependent children program because they are not deprived of one or more of their natural or adoptive parents;

(27) skilled nursing facility services for persons under age 21;

(28) aged, blind, and disabled individuals who, because they do not meet the income requirements, do not receive supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, but who are eligible, or would be eligible if they were not in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility, to receive an optional state supplementary payment;

(29) individuals in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility whose income while in the facility does not exceed 300 percent of the supplemental security income benefit rate under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, but who, because of income, are not eligible for the optional state supplementary payment;

(30) individuals under age 21 under supervision of the department for whom maintenance is being paid in whole or in part from public money and who are in foster homes or private child-care institutions;

(31) individuals under age 21 who the department has determined cannot be placed for adoption without medical assistance because of a special need for medical or rehabilitative care and who the department has determined are hard-to-place children eligible for subsidy under AS 25.23.190 - 25.23.220.