{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-21.42.365","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 21.42.365","heading":"Coverage for treatment of alcoholism or drug abuse.","body":"(a) Except for a fraternal benefit society, a health care insurer that offers, issues for delivery, delivers, or renews in this state a health care insurance plan providing coverage for five or more employees of an employer in the group market shall offer a covered employee or the employee's dependent coverage for the treatment of alcoholism or drug abuse.\n(b) In this section, “alcoholism or drug abuse” means an illness characterized by\n(1) a physiological or psychological dependency, or both, on alcoholic beverages or controlled substances as defined in AS 11.71.900; or\n(2) habitual lack of self-control in using alcoholic beverages or controlled substances to the extent that the person's health is substantially impaired or the person's social or economic function is substantially disrupted.","path":["Title 21. Insurance.","Chapter 42. The Insurance Contract.","Article 2. Specific Coverage Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#21.42.365","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:40Z","sha256":"7cd87e4765b0b49f702e4eaadb6efc2d691524440fe080e65b20fed35ef90430","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-21.42.363","next":"us-ak/as-21.42.370"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}