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(2) operate an assisted living home in accordance with the applicable standards and requirements of AS 47.32 and 7 AAC 75; or

(3) operate a foster home in accordance with the applicable tribal foster care licensing standards, if the tribe has a

(A) tribal Title IV-E pass-through maintenance agreement approved by the department; or

(B) a memorandum of agreement approved by the department for the placement of children in state custody in a tribal foster home approved by the department. (Eff. 11/23/78, Register 68; am 7/1/90, Register 114; am 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145; am 4/13/2011, Register 198; am 12/10/2011, Register 200; am 8/1/2015, Register 215; am 7/1/2022, Register 242) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.14.010 AS 47.32.030

AS 47.06.010 AS 47.14.100 AS 47.32.032

AS 47.10.080 AS 47.14.120 Editor’s note: The substance of 7 AAC 53.010 was formerly contained in 7 AAC 50.840. 7 AAC 53.020. Payment rates. (a) Subject to appropriation, and unless another source of payment is available from or through the department for the child’s care, the department will provide payment for a child committed to the custody of the state and

(1) placed in a licensed foster home by the department under AS 47.14.100 — 47.14.130; or

(2) placed in a tribe-licensed foster home bv the department as referenced in 7 AAC 67.010(4). (b) The department will periodically review and establish foster care maintenance payment rates for foster care under this chapter. The department will set rates to cover the costs of caring