{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-47.20.360","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 47.20.360","heading":"Performance evaluation.","body":"(a) The department shall collect and compile performance data on the early hearing screening, tracking, and intervention program established under AS 47.20.300 — 47.20.390 to ensure that the program is in compliance with AS 47.20.300 — 47.20.390 and the regulations adopted under AS 47.20.300 — 47.20.390. The performance evaluation must include\n(1) a comparison of the number of infants born in the state to the number of infants screened;\n(2) the referral rate for confirmatory diagnostic evaluation;\n(3) the follow-up rate for intervention; and\n(4) the number of false screening results.\n(b) In conducting a performance evaluation, the department shall establish hearing screening performance standards that must include a false positive rate and a false negative rate for screening results of less than or equal to three percent.","path":["Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.","Chapter 20. Special Services for Certain Children.","Article 2. Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Program."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#47.20.360","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:52Z","sha256":"b591a890efb3df2d3f01a17a359b2a51e146db988d24c74c3458f9bee0ce24a2","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-47.20.350","next":"us-ak/as-47.20.390"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}