Alaska Statutes — Title 43 (Revenue and Taxation)
AS 43.23.240
Eligibility for public assistance
# (a)
In determining the eligibility of an individual under a public assistance program administered by the Department of Health in which eligibility for assistance is based on financial need, the Department of Health may not consider a permanent fund dividend as income or resources received by the recipient of public assistance or by a member of the recipient's household unless required to do so by federal law or regulation. The Department of Health shall notify all recipients of public assistance of the effects of receiving a permanent fund dividend.
# (b)
An individual who is denied medical assistance under 42 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396p (Social
Security Act, Title XIX) solely because of the receipt of a permanent fund dividend by the individual or by a member of the individual's household is eligible for state-funded medical assistance under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 (general relief assistance program). The individual is entitled to receive, for a period not to exceed four months, the same level of medical assistance as the individual would have received under 42 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396p (Social Security Act, Title
XIX) had there been no permanent fund dividend program.
# (c)
An individual who is denied assistance solely because permanent fund dividends received by the individual or by a member of the individual's household are counted as income or resources under federal law or regulation is eligible for cash assistance under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 (general relief assistance program). Notwithstanding the limit in AS 47.25.130, the individual is entitled to receive, for a period not to exceed four months, the same amount as the individual would have received under other public assistance programs had there been no permanent fund dividend program.
Source: official source document (full Title 43 PDF)
In this chapter (40 sections)
- 43.23.040 · Penalties and enforcement
- 43.23.045 · Dividend fund
- 43.23.048 · Restorative justice account
- 43.23.050 · Dividend fund established
- 43.23.055 · Duties of the department
- 43.23.060 · Duties of the department
- 43.23.062 · Contributions from dividends
- 43.23.065 · Exemption of and levy on permanent fund dividends
- 43.23.066 · Claims on reimbursement for court-ordered treatment
- 43.23.067 · Claims of defaulted education loans
- 43.23.068 · Claims on defaulted public assistance overpayment
- 43.23.069 · Assignments
- 43.23.070 · Exemption of permanent fund dividends
- 43.23.071 · Fees for processing claims and assignments
- 43.23.072 · Claims for amounts owed under the Alaska Employment…
- 43.23.073 · Claims of the University of Alaska
- 43.23.075 · Eligibility for public assistance
- 43.23.080 · Eligibility for state public assistance payments
- 43.23.085 · Eligibility for state programs
- 43.23.090 · Tax exemption
- 43.23.095 · Definitions
- 43.23.100 · Definitions
- 43.23.101 · Voter registration
- 43.23.110 · Applicant information confidential
- 43.23.130 · Contributions from dividends
- 43.23.140 · Exemption of and levy on permanent fund dividends
- 43.23.150 · Claims on reimbursement for court-ordered treatment
- 43.23.160 · Claims of defaulted education loans
- 43.23.170 · Claims on defaulted public assistance overpayment
- 43.23.180 · Claims for amounts owed under the Alaska Employment…
- 43.23.190 · Claims of the University of Alaska
- 43.23.200 · Assignments
- 43.23.210 · Fees for processing claims and assignments
- 43.23.220 · Education endowment fund
- 43.23.230 · Dividend raffle fund; dividend donations to the dividend…
- 43.23.240 · Eligibility for public assistance
- 43.23.250 · Eligibility for state programs
- 43.23.260 · Subpoena power
- 43.23.270 · Penalties and enforcement
- 43.23.295 · Definitions