HB 96: "An Act relating to Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home rates and services."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 96 01 "An Act relating to Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home rates and 02 services." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 47.55.020(b) is amended to read: 05 (b) Every person admitted to a home who receives income from any source in 06 excess of $200 a month shall be required by the department to pay the excess to the 07 department immediately upon receipt of the money in payment, or part payment, of 08 the cost of the person's care. However, the department may not require in any month 09 the payment of an amount greater than the monthly or daily rates [RATE] set under 10 AS 47.55.030(f) plus charges under AS 47.55.030(b) except to satisfy indebtedness 11 incurred under AS 47.55.070. The department may not evict a person from a home if 12 the income and assets of the person are insufficient to pay the monthly or daily rates 13 [RATE] set under AS 47.55.030(f) plus charges under AS 47.55.030(b) and the 14 person is otherwise in compliance with requirements under this chapter.
01 * Sec. 2. AS 47.55.020(d) is amended to read: 02 (d) Notwithstanding AS 47.55.070 and (b) of this section, a resident of a home 03 whose income, assets, and other resources are insufficient to pay the monthly or daily 04 rates [RATE] set under AS 47.55.030(f) plus charges under AS 47.55.030(b), and 05 who does not have private insurance to cover the cost of care, qualifies for payment 06 assistance if the resident is otherwise in compliance with requirements under this 07 chapter. The amount of payment assistance equals the amount needed, when added to 08 other income and assets of the resident, to pay the monthly or daily rates [RATE] set 09 under AS 47.55.030(f) plus charges under AS 47.55.030(b). Payment assistance 10 received by a home resident is a debt to the state. In determining the amount of 11 payment assistance for which a home resident qualifies, the following income, assets, 12 and other resources of the resident shall be disregarded: 13 (1) income from any source in an amount up to $200 a month as 14 established by the department by regulation; 15 (2) the following assets received under 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. (Alaska 16 Native Claims Settlement Act): 17 (A) cash dividends and other income equal to at least $2,000 as 18 established by the department by regulation; 19 (B) stock; 20 (C) noncash dividends from stock; and 21 (D) land; 22 (3) a permanent fund dividend issued under AS 43.23; 23 (4) compensation to volunteers under the federal retired and senior 24 volunteers (42 U.S.C. 5001), foster grandparents (42 U.S.C. 5011), and senior 25 companion (42 U.S.C. 5013) programs made in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 5044(f); 26 (5) federal World War II restitution payments made under 50 U.S.C. 27 App. 1989b-4 and c-5; 28 (6) payments under AS 18.67 (Violent Crimes Compensation Board); 29 (7) an amount, determined by the department by regulation, that is 30 sufficient for burial expenses of the resident, the resident's spouse, and dependents of 31 the resident;
01 (8) real property being used as the primary residence of the resident's 02 spouse or a dependent of the resident; 03 (9) other real or personal property equal to at least a total value of up 04 to $10,000 as established by the department by regulation; 05 (10) federal payments that are excluded by law from income for 06 federal assistance purposes. 07 * Sec. 3. AS 47.55.030(a) is amended to read: 08 (a) A person eligible for admission under AS 47.55.020 may, on application, 09 be admitted to the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home upon the 10 person's agreement to pay to the state the applicable [EACH MONTH AN] amount 11 specified in (f) of this section plus charges under (b) of this section [THE 12 DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS SUFFICIENT TO COMPENSATE THE STATE FOR 13 THE COST OF CARE AND SUPPORT OF THE PERSON AT THE HOME]. When 14 this agreement is entered into, the department may require security for the payments. 15 * Sec. 4. AS 47.55.030(b) is repealed and reenacted to read: 16 (b) The department may charge a home resident reasonable fees to cover the 17 cost of supplies, medication, equipment, and services provided to the home resident 18 that are not included in the monthly or daily rates specified in (f) of this section. 19 * Sec. 5. AS 47.55.030 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 20 (f) Except as provided in (b) and (g) of this section, the department may 21 charge a home resident a monthly or daily rate of not more than 22 (1) $2,588 a month for the provision of housing, meals, emergency 23 assistance, and recreation; 24 (2) $4,692 a month for the provision of housing, meals, emergency 25 assistance, medication administration, health-related services, recreation, and 26 intermittent assistance with activities of daily living; 27 (3) $6,795 a month for the provision of housing, meals, emergency 28 assistance, medication administration, health-related services, recreation, and 29 extensive assistance with activities of daily living; 30 (4) $70 a day for services provided in a home to a recipient who 31 requires the provision of housing, meals, emergency assistance, medication
01 administration, health-related services, recreation, and extensive assistance with 02 activities of daily living for up to eight hours a day between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., 03 including meals scheduled during the period the recipient is receiving the services; 04 (5) $100 a day for room and board provided in a home to a recipient 05 who requires the provision of housing, meals, emergency assistance, medication 06 administration, health-related services, recreation, and extensive assistance with 07 activities of daily living for 24 hours a day for up to 14 consecutive days. 08 (g) The department shall annually increase the monthly and daily rates in (f) 09 of this section by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price 10 Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers for Anchorage, Alaska, during the 11 previous calendar year, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, 12 Bureau of Labor Statistics. The department may not make any other changes to the 13 rates in (f) of this section. 14 * Sec. 6. AS 47.55.070 is amended to read: 15 Sec. 47.55.070. Indebtedness of home resident to state. The following 16 expenses incurred for an Alaska Pioneers' Home or Alaska Veterans' Home resident 17 under this chapter and not recoverable from a collateral source are a debt of the 18 resident to the state and may be recovered during the life of the resident: 19 (1) costs of standard or nursing care provided in the home each month 20 to the resident not exceeding the rates and charges [RATE] established [BY THE 21 DEPARTMENT] under AS 47.55.030, with credit given for any amounts paid by or 22 collected from the resident; 23 (2) allowances paid under AS 47.55.020(c); 24 (3) arrearages in fees for television and telephone services provided in 25 the home; and 26 (4) costs of prescription medicine. 27 * Sec. 7. AS 47.55.030(c) and 47.55.030(d) are repealed.