Alaska Statutes Title 47, Chapter 47.55 - Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home

• Sec. 47.55.010 Maintenance and Operation of Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the state shall maintain and operate facilities known as the Alaska Pioneers' Home at Sitka, Anchorage,...
• Sec. 47.55.020 Admission to Home; Payments; Assistance.
  (a) Every person residing in the state who is 65 years of age or older, has been a resident of the state continuously for...
• Sec. 47.55.030 Monthly Rate; Agreement to Pay.
  (a) A person eligible for admission under AS 47.55.020 may, on application, be admitted to the Alaska Pioneers' Home or the Alaska Veterans' Home...
• Sec. 47.55.035 Exception to Admission Criteria.
  An applicant for admission to the home who has been a resident of the state for 30 years and is otherwise qualified for admission...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 Health and Social Services...
• 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 direction of the governor shall take the steps...
• Sec. 47.55.095 Limitation on Enforcement of Claims Against Estate.
  Notwithstanding AS 47.55.080 and 47.55.090, upon the death of an Alaska Pioneers' Home or Alaska Veterans' Home resident or of a recipient of day...
• Sec. 47.55.100 Certificate As Evidence.
  A certificate by the attorney general to the effect that a decedent was a beneficiary under this chapter and that the state has a...
• Sec. 47.55.900 Definitions.
  In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,(1) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;(2) "home" means(A) the Alaska Pioneers' Home; or(B)...

Last modified: November 15, 2016