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Sec. 47.31.030. Payment. If the department determines that a patient is eligible for assistance under this chapter, the department shall provide for payment of assistance directly to the facility. By endorsing the check received from the department or authorizing the endorsement by the facility's agent, the facility certifies that the claim for which the check is payment is true and accurate unless written notice of an error is sent to the department by the facility within 30 days after the date the check is presented by the facility for payment. Sec. 47.31.032. Access to records and information by the department. The department is authorized to review, obtain, and copy confidential and other records and information about the patients who were eligible for or were provided financial assistance under this chapter to evaluate compliance with this chapter. The department may obtain the records and information from the patient or directly from the evaluation facility or the designated treatment facility. Records obtained by the department under this section are medical records, shall be handled confidentially, and are exempt from public inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110 — 40.25.120. Sec. 47.31.035. Appeals. (a) A patient or the patient's legal representative may appeal a denial of assistance by sending written notice of objection to the department within 30 days after the date of the notice of denial. The written notice of objection must include an explanation of the reasons for the objection and may include documentation supporting the objection. AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) does not apply to the appeal. (b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall review the notice of objection and issue a decision within 90 days after its receipt. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may request additional information on the appeal from either the patient, the evaluation facility or designated treatment facility, or department staff. A request for additional information suspends the time period for the appeal until the department determines that the additional information has been received. If more than 180 days have passed from the date of submission of a notice of appeal and the additional information requested by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee has not been received from a patient, the evaluation facility, the designated treatment facility, or the department, the appeal shall be considered denied. (c) The decision on the appeal under (b) of this section, including an appeal denied for failure to submit additional information, is a final agency decision and may be appealed to the superior court under the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure. Sec. 47.31.090. Regulations. The department shall, after consultation with the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, adopt regulations to interpret or implement this chapter. Sec. 47.31.100. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of family and community services; (2) “department” means the Department of Family and Community Services