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Register 173; am 4/13/2011, Register 198; am 12/10/2011, Register 200; am 8/1/2015, Register 215; am 7/1/2022, Register 242; am 2/22/2023, Register 245) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.10.080 AS 47.14.120

AS 47.06.010 AS 47.14.010 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: The Department of Family and Community Services, Office of Children’s Services Child Protection Services (CPS) Policy Manual, Chapter 6. section 6.2.2.2.A., pages 6 and 7, revised as of July 1, 2022, and adopted by reference in 7 AAC 53.060(f)(1), may be obtained or reviewed by contacting the Office of Children’s Services, P.O. Box 110630, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0630. The Department of Family and Community Services, Division of Juvenile Justice Needs Assessment for Foster Care, pages 2 and 3, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 53.060(f)(2), may be obtained or reviewed by contacting the Division of Juvenile Justice, P.O. Box 110635, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0635. The substance of 7 AAC 53.060 was formerly contained in 7 AAC 50.730. The history note includes the history of the earlier provision. 7 AAC 53.061. Intensive augmented rates for children with special circumstances. (a) In addition to the base rate under 7 AAC 53.030 and subject to appropriation, the department may pay intensive augmented rates for a child, if the department determines that the child’s needs are at a level set out in this section. The department will establish intensive augmented rates on a case-by-case basis for each eligible child. (b) The department will not set an intensive augmented rate that exceeds 500 percent of the base rate for foster care under 7 AAC 53.030. (c) A child who receives an intensive augmented rate is not eligible to receive a difficulty-of-care augmented rate under 7 AAC 53.060. (d) The department may pay an intensive augmented rate for a child

(1) for whom a Department of Health assessment and approval under 7 AAC 130.200 — 7 AAC 130.219 is pending for Medicaid home and community-based waiver services, if the child might be eligible under the recipient category of children with complex medical conditions;

(2) whom the Department of Health has approved but waitlisted under 7 AAC 130.200 — 7 AAC 130.219 for Medicaid home and community-based waiver services for the recipient