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(1) has the authority to pursue legal, administrative, and other appropriate remedies to assure the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities; and (2) shall be independent of any state agency that provides treatment, services, or habilitation of persons with disabilities. Article 2. Programs and Plans. Sec. 47.80.100. Programs for persons with disabilities. (a) The Department of Health, the Department of Education and Early Development, and other departments of the state as appropriate, shall, in coordination, plan, develop, and implement a comprehensive system of services and facilities for persons with disabilities that is consistent with the state plan adopted under AS 44.29.660(5) and is dispersed geographically within the state. (b) The services required in (a) of this section are specialized services or special adaptations of services available to the general population and shall be directed toward the social, personal, physical, or economic habilitation or rehabilitation of persons with disabilities. (c) Within the limits of appropriations and other available funds, the appropriate department may itself provide the services and establish, operate, and maintain the facilities required under (a) and (b) of this section, or it may provide the services or facilities entirely or in part through contractual arrangements with public or private agencies. Sec. 47.80.110. Program principles. The system of services and facilities required under AS 47.80.100 shall accord with the principles that service providers shall (1) make services available at times and locations that enable residents of the provider's service area to obtain services readily; (2) ensure each client's right to confidentiality and treatment with dignity; (3) establish staffing patterns that reflect the cultural, linguistic, and other social characteristics of the community and that incorporate multidisciplinary professional staff to meet client functional levels and diagnostic and treatment needs; (4) promote client and family participation in formulating, delivering, and evaluating treatment and rehabilitation; (5) design treatment and habilitation to maximize individual potential and minimize institutionalization; and (6) provide services in the least restrictive setting, enabling a person to live as normally as possible within the limitations of the disability. Sec. 47.80.120. Habilitation plans.