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other Department of Health subunits, including services under 7 AAC 130 or 7 AAC 135, or services through other state agencies. (Eff. 8/1/2015, Register 215; am 7/1/2022, Register 242) 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 7 AAC 53.065. Payment to child placement agencies. Repealed. (Eff. 11/16/94, Register 132; repealed 1/1/2001, Register 156) 7 AAC 53.066. Specialized foster care training and additional requirements for foster parents caring for children with difficulty-of-care or intensive augmented rates. (a) Subject to appropriation, documented need, and approval by the department, the department may pay for specialized foster care training under this section. The department may require that foster parents attend and complete a specialized training program approved by the department before a child requiring care that exceeds the basic care provided in a licensed foster home can be placed in the home or to maintain that placement. (b) To be approved for a placement under (a) of this section, and in addition to meeting the other requirements of this chapter and successfully completing any specialized foster care training required under (a) of this section, a foster care parent must agree to

(1) provide specialized care to the child as documented in a plan of care or other material from the department, the child’s health care providers, or grantees that addresses the physical and mental health needs of the child;

(2) participate in frequent child placement plan meetings;

(3) attend special training, if requested, to address the specific care needs of a child placed in the home;

(4) work directly with the child’s biological parents if specified in the child’s placement