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(ii) receiving services through a personal care services agency that is the subject of an audit, a program review, or an investigation;

(2) may conduct an assessment of a recipient if

(A) the recipient failed to notify the department, in accordance with 7 AAC 125.028, of a change that could affect the recipient’s service level authorization;

(B) the department suspects that the recipient, the recipient’s representative, the representative’s designee, or the recipient’s personal care services agency misrepresented the recipient’s physical condition or need for personal care services; or

(C) the department determines that an assessment is necessary to maintain the integrity and fiscal viability of the personal care services program under 7 AAC 125.010 — 7 AAC 125.199. (b) The department will conduct an expedited review of an application if

(1) the request is submitted, in a format provided by the department, with a complete application as specified in 7 AAC 125.012 or with a request for amendment of the recipient’s service plan in accordance with 7 AAC 125.026; and

(2) the department determines, on the basis of the request and the application or amendment, that the applicant has no natural supports to meet the applicant’s needs and the applicant qualifies because of

(A) a diagnosis of terminal illness with a life expectancy of six months or less;

(B) imminent or recent discharge from a general acute care hospital or nursing facility; the recipient must submit the application not later than seven days after the date of discharge;

(C) an unplanned absence of the primary caregiver due to a medical or family emergency or to hospitalization;

(D) the declining health of the primary caregiver that makes that caregiver unable to continue to provide care for the applicant;

(E) the death of the primary caregiver 30 or fewer days before the date of the application;

(F) a referral from the departmental office responsible for adult protective services or the subunit of the Department of Family and Community Services responsible for children’s services; or

(G) a request by the personal care services agency for a time-limited increase in personal care services, not to exceed six consecutive weeks, to address a recipient’s immediate