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total time authorized in accordance with 7 AAC 127.090. (b) The department will not pay for Community First Choice personal care services in the following locations:

(1) a licensed skilled nursing or intermediate care facility or hospital;

(2) a licensed intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability or related condition (lCF/IDD);

(3) an assisted living home licensed under AS 47.32;

(4) an unlicensed residential setting that the department determines to fall within the definition of an assisted living home under AS 47.32.900;

(5) a residence where Community First Choice personal care services are provided under a contractual agreement;

(6) a general acute care hospital;

(7) an institution providing psychiatric services for individuals under 21 years of age, under 7 AAC 127.025(e);

(8) an institution for mental diseases for individuals 65 years of age and over, under 7 AAC 127.025(e). (c) The department will pay for Community First Choice personal care services for a recipient during a recipient’s temporary absence from the recipient’s community when the recipient travels to another location within the state or to a destination in another state if

(1) the services are requested before travel and are approved by the department in the service level authorization;

(2) the services are necessary to maintain the recipient’s current level of functioning, and the temporary absence is justified as

(A) medically necessary, as documented by a licensed physician that is qualified to practice under AS 08.64 or 7 AAC 105.200(c);

(B) an educational opportunity of limited duration that is not available in the recipient’s community or in the state, and that will further the recipient’s capacity for vocational or professional employment; or

(3) the recipient’s need for assistance with ADLs, IADLs, and other covered services during the travel period can be met only by a Community First Choice personal care assistant;

(4) the services to be provided during the recipient’s temporary absence are the same as those provided when the recipient is in the recipient’s community;

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total time authorized in accordance with 7 AAC 127.090. (b) The department will not pay for Community First Choice personal care services in the following locations:

(1) a licensed skilled nursing or intermediate care facility or hospital;

(2) a licensed intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability or related condition (lCF/IDD);

(3) an assisted living home licensed under AS 47.32;

(4) an unlicensed residential setting that the department determines to fall within the definition of an assisted living home under AS 47.32.900;

(5) a residence where Community First Choice personal care services are provided under a contractual agreement;

(6) a general acute care hospital;

(7) an institution providing psychiatric services for individuals under 21 years of age, under 7 AAC 127.025(e);

(1) the services are requested before travel and are approved by the department in the service level authorization;

(2) the services are necessary to maintain the recipient’s current level of functioning, and the temporary absence is justified as

(A) medically necessary, as documented by a licensed physician that is qualified to practice under AS 08.64 or 7 AAC 105.200(c);

(3) the recipient’s need for assistance with ADLs, IADLs, and other covered services during the travel period can be met only by a Community First Choice personal care assistant;

(4) the services to be provided during the recipient’s temporary absence are the same as those provided when the recipient is in the recipient’s community;