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Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions. Chapter 05. Administration of Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions. Article 1. General Administrative Provisions. Sec. 47.05.010. Duties of Department of Health. The Department of Health shall (1) administer adult public assistance, the Alaska temporary assistance program, and all other assistance programs, and receive and spend money made available to it; (2) adopt regulations necessary for the conduct of its business and for carrying out federal and state laws granting adult public assistance, temporary cash assistance, diversion payments, or self-sufficiency services for needy families under the Alaska temporary assistance program, and other assistance; (3) establish minimum standards for personnel employed by the department and adopt necessary regulations to maintain those standards; (4) require those bonds and undertakings from persons employed by it that, in its judgment, are necessary, and pay the premiums on them; (5) cooperate with the federal government in matters of mutual concern pertaining to adult public assistance, the Alaska temporary assistance program, and other forms of public assistance; (6) make the reports, in the form and containing the information, that the federal government from time to time requires; (7) cooperate with the federal government in adopting state plans to make the state eligible for federal matching in appropriate categories of assistance, and in all matters of mutual concern, including adoption of the methods of administration that are found by the federal government to be necessary for the efficient operation of welfare programs; (8) adopt regulations, not inconsistent with law, defining need, prescribing the conditions of eligibility for assistance, and establishing standards for determining the amount of assistance that an eligible person is entitled to receive; the amount of the assistance is sufficient when, added to all other income and resources available to an individual, it provides the individual with a reasonable subsistence compatible with health and well-being; an individual who meets the requirements for eligibility for assistance shall be granted the assistance promptly upon application for it; (9) grant to a person claiming or receiving assistance and who is aggrieved because of the department's action or failure to act, reasonable notice and an opportunity for a fair hearing by the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010), and the department shall adopt regulations relative to this; (10) enter into reciprocal agreements with other states relative to public assistance that are considered advisable; (11) establish the requirements of residence for public assistance that are considered advisable, subject to the limitations of other laws of the state, or law or regulation imposed as conditions for federal financial participation;