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(Eff. 9/7/2013, Register 207) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.06.010 AS 47.10.098 AS 47.14.010 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 54.250 to substitute a reference to AS 47.06.010 for the former reference to AS 47.05.010. 7 AAC 54.255. Children’s services grievance procedures. (a) An individual affected by a decision or action of the office in the department that provides child protection services, including a parent, foster parent, adult family member, a person with a significant relationship with a child, or a person participating in provision of services to a child or family, may submit a case-specific grievance on a form provided by the office. In this subsection, “person with a significant relationship with a child” means a stepparent, a grandparent, or a parent’s live-in partner. (b) The grievance procedure under this section is not available to

(1) a state employee unless the employee is also a client of the department, a client’s parent or guardian, or a service provider for the department;

(2) address contract services disputes;

(3) appeal late payments or to contest foster care rates paid;

(4) appeal a decision regarding grant programs that may be appealed under 7 AAC 78.310;

(5) appeal a decision regarding civil rights actions covered under the department’s civil rights complaint procedures;

(6) appeal a decision or action taken by the department that is reviewable by the court under AS 47.10;

(7) review or overturn a decision by the department that the person has a substantiated finding under AS 47.10 or AS 47.17; for a decision described in this paragraph, a person must