2013 Alaska Statutes
Title 47 - WELFARE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 47.25 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
Article 03 - ADULT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
Sec. 47.25.580 Action against person liable for care of recipient.
If during the continuance of assistance the department finds that a person liable for the support of the recipient of assistance is able to provide the necessary care and support of the recipient and the person liable for the care and support of the recipient fails or refuses to support and care for the recipient, then the state has a cause of action for the assistance against the person liable for it. The action may be brought in the name of the state by the attorney general against the person liable for the recovery of the amount of money, with interest, paid to the recipient, together with the costs and disbursements of the action. The amount collected shall be paid to the Department of Revenue.
Sec. 47.25.590. Policy and purpose of AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615.
(a) It is the policy of the state and the purpose of AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615 to cooperate and coordinate with the United States government and its agencies in providing for and administering the laws of the federal and state governments having for their purpose adult public assistance for residents of this state.
(b) The purpose of AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615 is to furnish financial assistance as far as practicable to needy aged, blind, and disabled persons, and to help them attain self-support or self-care.
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