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originally arranged the travel. (h) The department will not pay for the following nonemergency transportation services:

(1) the cost to change or reschedule a flight and the remainder of a cancelled itinerary when a flight is missed for reasons that are within the control of the recipient, including a recipient’s failure to

(A) arrange for timely transportation to the airport;

(B) arrive at the airport early enough to meet airport, airline, and security check-in requirements;

(C) take an identification card that meets the requirements of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration; and

(D) behave in a manner that is consistent with airport, airline, and security requirements;

(2) travel on a charter air service, unless the department, but not a department designee, determines that a delay of travel until a commercial flight is available will be detrimental to the health of the recipient. (i) A claim submitted to the department for the cost of nonemergency ground and air ambulance transportation service must be accompanied by written medical justification for the service. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 5/1/2016, Register 218; am 9/1/2017, Register 223; am 7/1/2020, Register 234) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.040 7 AAC 120.415. Emergency transportation services. (a) The department will pay for medically necessary emergency air or ground transportation to the nearest facility that provides emergency care. If the recipient is an American Indian or Alaska Native, the department will, at the request of the recipient or a family member, pay for medically necessary emergency transportation to the nearest facility operated by a tribal health program that provides emergency care even though the facility is not the nearest facility that provides emergency care.