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(A) means any of the following individuals who, for purposes of the eligibility categories in 7 AAC 100.002(a) and (c), provide the care and control of a dependent child:
(i)a biological or legally adoptive relative of the…#
(i) a biological or legally adoptive relative of the dependent child to the fifth degree of consanguinity; a biological relative must be of full or half blood; a biological relative may be a caretaker relative even though the legal relationship has been terminated;
(ii)a stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, or stepsister of…#
(ii) a stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, or stepsister of the dependent child;
(iii) the spouse of an individual described in (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph, even after the marriage is terminated by death or divorce; and
(B) does not include
(i) a legal guardian;
(ii) a friend or neighbor;
(iii) an unrelated godparent;
(iv) a second cousin of a dependent child; or
(v) an individual who has been given a dependent child to take care of;
(12) “child support services agency” means the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue;
(13) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health;
(14) “community spouse” means an individual who
(A) is living outside of a long-term care facility;
(B) is not receiving home and community-based waiver services; and
(C) is the spouse of an applicant or recipient who is living in a long-term care facility or receiving home and community-based waiver services;
(15) “continuous period of institutionalization” means at least 30 consecutive days of residing in a medical institution or receiving home and community-based waiver services;
(16) “countable resource” means a nonexcluded and nonexempt resource of a household that is included in the total of a household’s resources for purposes of determining if the household has resources at or below the resource limit for the applicable eligibility category;
(17) “department” means the Department of Health;
(18) “dependent” means an individual who derives the individual’s main support from another individual;