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(c) The department will pay the assisted living home not later than 60 days after receipt of a complete and accurate invoice. The assisted living home shall submit the invoice to the department for each month and not later than 60 days after the last date of services provided under 7 AAC 47.475. (d) The department will not increase payment to an assisted living home to compensate for the withholding of an individual’s social security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or adult public assistance (APA) (7 AAC 40) benefit when the withholding is due to an overpayment caused by fraud or failure to report a change, unless protection of the individual outweighs the issue of that fraud or failure to report. (Eff. 11/23/80, Register 76; am 6/18/82, Register 82; am 8/12/82, Register 83; am 1/14/2000, Register 153; am 6/28/2002, Register 162; am 7/17/2024, Register 251) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.25.130 AS 47.25.195

AS 47.25.120 AS 47.25.170 7 AAC 47.465. General relief assistance subject to appropriation. (a) If legislative appropriations are not adequate to meet the projected service needs for general relief assistance in a given fiscal year, the department will limit the number of individuals who will receive assistance to avoid suspending the program before the end of the fiscal year. To limit the number of participants, the department will establish a wait list for individuals who would be eligible to receive general relief assistance under 7 AAC 47.300 — 7 AAC 47.535 if adequate legislative appropriations were available. (b) To select individuals from the wait list under (a) of this section, the department will use the following order of preference, based on the date of the letter approving a complete application:

(1) individuals who the department has determined are vulnerable and in need of protective placement under AS 47.24.017(d);

(2) individuals who will be discharged directly from an institution for mental disease, a facility operated by the Department of Corrections, a hospital, or a long-term care facility;

(3) all other individuals.