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Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
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Title 7. Health and Social Services. |
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Part 7.1. Administration. |
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Chapter 7.44. Heating Assistance Programs. |
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Article 7.44.2. Alaska Affordable Heating Program. |
Section 7.44.300. Vendor agreement.
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A vendor must sign an agreement with the department, which includes the following conditions, for the vendor to be a recipient of heating assistance payments in the manner described in 7 AAC 44.260: (1) the vendor shall reduce, in the normal billing process, the outstanding indebtedness of the household by the amount of payment; if the outstanding indebtedness exceeds the amount paid, the amount paid will be applied to the oldest portion of the household's indebtedness; (2) the vendor may not discriminate against a household receiving heating assistance in the cost of goods, conditions of sale, or services provided; (3) the vendor shall avert disconnection of service, reconnect discontinued service, or deliver fuel upon notification from the department that a household is entitled to receive heating assistance, unless to do so would violate a tariff of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; (4) if the vendor is receiving payment under 7 AAC 44.260(a)(1), the vendor shall first submit a bill for services to the department; (5) if the vendor receives payment under 7 AAC 44.260(a)(2), the vendor shall submit proof to the department that each payment is credited to the household; a refund of any remaining heating assistance must be made to the household or to the department for delivery to the household if (A) the household closes its account with the vendor; or (B) the applicant dies and no surviving household member continues to use the account.
Authorities
47.05.010;47.25.622;47.25.623