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(C) the residence of each parent or guardian that has joint custody of a recipient, if the recipient lives in each residence for any period of time;

(2) are necessary to

(A) meet the recipient’s needs for accessibility identified in the recipient’s support plan;

(B) protect the health, safety, and welfare of the recipient; and

(C) further the independence of the recipient in the recipient’s residence and community;

(3) are rendered by a home and community-based waiver services provider that is, or may subcontract with,

(A) a construction contractor registered and bonded under AS 08.18; or

(B) an Alaska Native entity or a nonprofit subsidiary of one or more Alaska Native entities that operates as a housing authority; the Alaska Native entity must provide a resolution approved by its governing body that waives the entity’s sovereign immunity from suit with respect to claims by the state arising out of activities related to the environmental modification services; and

(4) include the purchase and installation of all materials, supplies, and equipment required for the environmental modification. (c) The department will pay not more than a total of $18,500 for all environmental modifications for a recipient during the three-year period, the first day of which is July 1, 2013 and the last day of which is June 30, 2016, regardless of the approval, beginning, or completion date of the recipient’s first environmental modification during that period. After that period ends, the department will pay not more than a total of $18,500 for all environmental modifications for a recipient during each subsequent three-year period, the first day of which is July 1 of the first year and the last day of which is June 30 of the third year. (d) The department will pay for an environmental modification in excess of a limit established in (c) of this section if the expenditure

(1) is for the repair or replacement of a previous environmental modification authorized by the department, does not exceed $500, and is approved by the department before the expenditure is made; or

(2) results solely from the cost of shipping to a remote community or location, by the least expensive method, the materials and supplies needed for an environmental modification; for purposes of this paragraph, a site is in a remote community or location if it is not connected by road or the Alaska marine highway system to Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau, except that a site is not a remote community or location if it is on a road system that connects two or more communities or locations, and the materials or supplies are available in one of them.