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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 130.209. Expedited application, assessment, level-of-care determination, and support plan. (a) The department will conduct an expedited review of a complete application that is submitted in accordance with 7 AAC 130.207 if the applicant has no natural supports to meet the applicant’s needs and the applicant qualifies because of

(1) a diagnosis of a terminal illness with a life expectancy of six months or less:

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

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

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

(5) the death of a primary unpaid caregiver 30 or fewer days before the date of the application; or

(6) a referral from the office of the department responsible for adult protective services or the subunit of the Department of Family and Community Services responsible for children’s services. (b) Not later than five business days after the date it receives the expedited application, the department will notify the applicant and the applicant’s care coordinator in writing of any missing information or documentation needed to make the expedited application complete. Unless the department receives the missing information or documentation not later than five business days after the date of the notice of an incomplete application, the department will deny the expedited application. The applicant may submit another complete application that will be processed in accordance with 7 AAC 130.207. (c) Not later than 10 business days after the department determines that the application is