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7 AAC 130.300. Environmental modification services 7 AAC 130.305. Specialized medical equipment 7 AAC 130.310. (Repealed) 7 AAC 130.319. Definitions 7 AAC 130.200. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to offer to individuals that meet the eligibility criteria in 7 AAC 130.205 the opportunity to choose to receive home and community-based waiver services as an alternative to institutional care. Those services, when implemented through a person-centered support plan, provide opportunities for eligible individuals to receive services in the community and to maximize engagement in community life. The individual, those individuals chosen by the individual to participate in service planning, and the providers selected by the individual to render services, work in collaboration to align services and supports in a person-centered practice that provides the full benefits of community living, and contributes to the achievement of the individual’s goals. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 11/3/2012, Register 204; am 7/1/2013, Register 206; am 11/5/2017, Register 224; am 3/31/2021, Register 238) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.040
AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.045 7 AAC 130.202. Services provided by family members. (a) Home and community-based waiver services covered under this chapter do not include services provided by the spouse of the recipient, the parent of a minor child who is a recipient, an individual with a legal duty to support the recipient under state law, or the recipient’s legal representative. For purposes of this section, a foster parent is not an individual with a legal duty to support a recipient placed in the care of that foster parent by the Department of Family and Community Services. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a court-appointed guardian may provide home and community-based services to a recipient if
(1) the court authorizes the guardian to provide those services under AS 13.26.167(2) or AS 13.26.311(c); and