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because of absence from the state if the commissioner of family and community services determines the absence was reasonable and admission is consistent with the intent of AS 47.55.010 — 47.55.100. Sec. 47.55.040. Transfer of mentally ill residents to an institution. A person regularly admitted into the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home who is found to be insane may be transferred to an institution provided for the care and custody of insane persons for the state in the manner provided by law for the admission of other persons to the institution. Sec. 47.55.050. Maintenance funds. The legislature shall, each session, appropriate the necessary funds for the maintenance of the Alaska Pioneers' Home and the Alaska Veterans' Home to be expended by the department, and the department may receive funds, donations, and bequests from private individuals, societies, or organizations, and funds from the federal government for the support and maintenance of the homes. Sec. 47.55.060. Trust fund. Unless otherwise provided by the donor, money bequeathed to the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home constitutes a special trust fund. Unless otherwise provided by the donor, interest from the special trust fund is under the control and at the disposal of the department, and expenditure from it is limited to the benefit and comfort of the residents of the homes. Sec. 47.55.070. Indebtedness of home resident to state. The following expenses incurred for an Alaska Pioneers' Home or Alaska Veterans' Home resident under this chapter and not recoverable from a collateral source are a debt of the resident to the state and may be recovered during the life of the resident: (1) costs of standard or nursing care provided in the home each month to the resident not exceeding the rates and charges established under AS 47.55.030, with credit given for any amounts paid by or collected from the resident; (2) allowances paid under AS 47.55.020(c); (3) arrearages in fees for television and telephone services provided in the home; and (4) costs of prescription medicine. Sec. 47.55.080. Enforcement against estate. If a beneficiary under this chapter dies leaving an estate in the state, the attorney general or the Department of Family and Community Services shall file with the executor or administrator, or with the probate court, the claim of the state against the estate, and the attorney general shall take the steps necessary to enforce and collect the claim. Money collected shall be paid into the treasury of the state. Sec. 47.55.090. Enforcement against property outside state. If a beneficiary under this chapter dies leaving property outside the state, the attorney general on