{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-47.45.400","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 47.45.400","heading":"Long-term care allowance.","body":"(a) The department shall exclude a personal needs allowance of $200 a month from the income calculation made for the reimbursed cost of long-term care facility services, including swing-bed facility services, paid by the department for a person who is a recipient of medical assistance benefits under AS 47.07.020.\n(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.\n(c) In this section, “long-term care facility” means an establishment, other than an Alaska Pioneers' Home or an Alaska Veterans' Home, that is\n(1) licensed by the department under AS 47.32 as a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility; or\n(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.","path":["Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.","Chapter 45. Older Alaskans and Long-term Care Facility Residents.","Article 3. Long-term Care Allowance."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#47.45.400","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:52Z","sha256":"dda112c1b005d1fd233a819c490195b8ec345b9e804a5fdd933c526e124efc97","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-47.45.310-47.45.390","next":"us-ak/as-47.55.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}