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(B) the name and address of the person making the request;

(C) the current location of the deceased;

(D) a statement that all persons responsible for the final disposition of the deceased are eligible for assistance under AS 47.25.120 — 47.25.300 or are otherwise unable to pay the costs described at AS 12.65.025(b) or (c).

(2) A person may make a request under (d)(1) of this subsection orally if the department finds that the person cannot deliver a written request to the department without undue delay or inconvenience. A person who makes an oral request must submit a written confirmation of the request to the department within 30 days after making the oral request. (e) In its discretion, the department will investigate a claim to determine whether goods and services were actually provided, whether the goods and services provided were ordered by the state medical examiner, or whether the goods and services were necessary. The department will, in its discretion, delay payment of the costs claimed for a reasonable time pending investigation. The department will not pay costs for goods or services if it finds that the goods or services were not provided or were not related to an autopsy or post-mortem examination by the state medical examiner or the state medical examiner’s designee. The department will not pay the costs of cosmetology that it finds was not necessary to make the head, face, and hands of the deceased presentable after those parts were disfigured by an autopsy. (f) Except for contracts for services for a local, regional, and district medical examiner under AS 12.65.015, the department will pay no more for the costs described in AS 12.65.025 than the lower of either the amount charged by the claimant to the general public for the same goods or service, or the maximum amount or rate set in this subsection, as follows:

(1) embalming — $500;

(2) restoration of the body and wound repair after the autopsy — $100;

(3) body storage

(A) first five days — $0;

(B) 6th through 30th days — $15 a day;

(C) upon prior approval by the state medical examiner and with notice to the department after 30 days — $15 a day;

(4) facility use and administration for medical examination involving internal examination by autopsy — $115;

(5) if a state-transfer case is unavailable, as determined by the state medical examiner, transfer case rental (round-trip) — $50;

(6) transportation of human remains by a funeral director, embalmer, medical examiner, or state agency