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7 AAC 120.435. Prematernal home services. (a) The department may enroll a prematernal home as a Medicaid provider to provide transportation and accommodation services if the prematernal home is licensed to provide lodging, meals, and medically related transportation to

(1) a pregnant woman; or

(2) a woman with a child less than one year of age. (b) All nonemergency transportation and accommodation services provided to a recipient by a prematernal home must be approved by the department before the time that the service is provided. Requests for an authorized stay of over 30 days must be accompanied by written medical justification for the stay. (c) The department will pay for services provided by a prematernal home to a pregnant woman in the community where delivery of the baby is planned if a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant recommends those services. (d) The department will pay for accommodation services provided by a prematernal home to a woman with a child less than one year of age if the overnight stay is necessary to provide medical services to the recipient. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 4/24/2020, Register 234) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.040 7 AAC 120.440. Mortuary expenditure. Medical transportation services include transportation provided by the carrier up to the time death is known or until the deceased recipient, alive at the time of pickup, reaches the source of medical care. Thereafter, transportation expense of the deceased recipient is a mortuary expenditure that is not covered by Medicaid. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193)