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(e) The provider must complete the environmental modification project not later than 90 days after the start of construction or the initial payment made on a claim for services, whichever is first. If the project has not been completed during the 90-day period and the department has not authorized an extension of time for completion, the provider shall repay each amount of money received from the department for the project. The department will consider an environmental modification project to be complete when the department makes final payment to the provider that received prior authorization. The department will pay for an environmental modification project only upon completion, except that to allow for the purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment for the project, the department will authorize payment of

(1) 25 percent or less of the total amount approved for the project; and

(2) the cost of shipping that is allowed under (d)(2) of this section. (f) In addition to payment for the environmental modification services, the department will pay an administrative fee under 7 AAC 145.520(e) to a home and community-based waiver services provider that is acting in an administrative capacity in providing the environmental modification services, if that provider

(1) is an organized health care delivery system under 42 C.F.R. 447.10;

(2) oversees the purchase of an environmental modification for a recipient; and

(3) upon completion of the environmental modification, verifies that the environmental modification is in compliance with the applicable requirements of AS 18.60.705(a), 8 AAC 70.025, 8 AAC 80.010, 13 AAC 50, 13 AAC 55, and any similar municipal codes. (g) Any money approved by the department for environmental modification services but unused when the environmental modification is completed will not be credited to, and is not available for another use by, the recipient or the home and community-based waiver services provider. (h) The department will not authorize an environmental modification service for a recipient that resides in an assisted living home or foster home licensed under AS 47.32 unless the recipient is receiving family home habilitation services under 7 AAC 130.265(b). (i) The department will not be responsible for removal of an environmental modification if the recipient ceases to reside at a residence to or in which physical adaptations have been made under this section. (j) The department will not pay for the following services under this section:

(1) an environmental modification that

(A) increases the square footage of an existing residence;

(B) is part of a larger renovation to an existing residence; or

(C) is included in construction of a new residence;