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(b) The department shall pay a personal needs allowance of $200 a month to a resident of a long- term care facility in the state who is without income or resources. (c) In this section, “long-term care facility” means an establishment, other than an Alaska Pioneers' Home or an Alaska Veterans' Home, that is (1) licensed by the department under AS 47.32 as a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility; or (2) owned or operated as a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility by the United States, an Indian tribe, or a tribal organization and exempt from state licensure under applicable law. Chapter 50. Office of Child Advocacy. [Repealed, § 18 ch 16 SLA 1990.] Chapter 55. Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home. Sec. 47.55.010. Maintenance and operation of Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the state shall maintain and operate facilities known as the Alaska Pioneers' Home at Sitka, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Palmer, and other sites designated by the commissioner of family and community services. The state may maintain and operate one or more facilities known as the Alaska Veterans' Home at sites designated by the commissioner of family and community services. The only Pioneers' Home that may be maintained and operated as a Veterans' Home is the Pioneer's Home located in Palmer, Alaska. The Alaska Pioneers' Home and the Alaska Veterans' Home shall be collectively administered by the Department of Family and Community Services as the Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home. (b) The department shall formulate general policies for the homes designated under (a) of this section. It may hold hearings and subpoena witnesses and documents and may administer oaths in connection with the homes. (c) The department shall (1) cooperate with the federal government in matters pertaining to the welfare of Alaska pioneers and of veterans who reside in the homes operated under this chapter, make the reports in the form and containing the information the federal government from time to time desires, and accept money and prescription drug benefits allotted by the federal government, its agencies, or its instrumentalities in establishing, extending, and strengthening services for pioneers and veterans who reside in a home operated under this chapter; (2) adopt regulations necessary to conduct business and to carry out the provisions of this chapter, require bonds and undertakings from persons employed by a home as in its judgment are necessary, and pay the premiums on them, and establish regional and local offices and the advisory groups that are necessary or considered expedient to carry out or assist in carrying out a duty or authority assigned to it;