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applied by the recipient within one year to the purchase of a personal dwelling, the proceeds may not cause a reduction of the amount of assistance to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled. The department shall inform the recipient of the provisions of this section at the time of the taking. Sec. 47.25.580. Action against person liable for care of recipient. If during the continuance of assistance the department finds that a person liable for the support of the recipient of assistance is able to provide the necessary care and support of the recipient and the person liable for the care and support of the recipient fails or refuses to support and care for the recipient, then the state has a cause of action for the assistance against the person liable for it. The action may be brought in the name of the state by the attorney general against the person liable for the recovery of the amount of money, with interest, paid to the recipient, together with the costs and disbursements of the action. The amount collected shall be paid to the Department of Revenue. Sec. 47.25.590. Policy and purpose of AS 47.25.430 — 47.25.615. (a) It is the policy of the state and the purpose of AS 47.25.430 — 47.25.615 to cooperate and coordinate with the United States government and its agencies in providing for and administering the laws of the federal and state governments having for their purpose adult public assistance for residents of this state. (b) The purpose of AS 47.25.430 — 47.25.615 is to furnish financial assistance as far as practicable to needy aged, blind, and disabled persons, and to help them attain self-support or self-care. Sec. 47.25.595. Transfer of funds. The department may enter into contracts or arrangements with any federal agency, department, or official under which funds made available to the federal agency, department, or official may be transferred to the department and spent in accordance with AS 47.25.430 — 47.25.615. Sec. 47.25.600. Obtaining assistance by fraud. [Repealed, § 42 ch 143 SLA 1982.] Sec. 47.25.610. Penalty for violations. A person who violates a provision of AS 47.25.430 — 47.25.615 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Sec. 47.25.615. Definitions. In AS 47.25.430 — 47.25.615, (1) “aged” means 65 or more years of age; (2) “assistance” means money payments to or medical care on behalf of, or any type of remedial care recognized by the department on behalf of, needy aged, blind, or disabled persons who are 18 or more years of age and residents of the state; (3) “blind” means having no vision or having vision that is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential; (4) “department” means the Department of Health;