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 Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017)
 Title 7. Health and Social Services.
 Part 7.1. Administration.
 Chapter 7.53. Social Services.
 Article 7.53.1. Child Foster Care Payment Rates and Difficulty-of-Care Augmentation.

  Section 7.53.030. Base rate and rate adjustments.  

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  • 	(a)  Subject to (b) of this section, the department will pay a base rate for foster care for a child placed by the department or a by tribal entity that has a tribal Title IV-E pass-through maintenance agreement with the department.  
	(b)  The department may propose to the legislature base rates for care and supervision in child foster care after reviewing data in the current United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Expenditures on Children by Families, the geographic cost differentials in Table I-1 of the Department of Administration Alaska Geographical Differential Study 2008, and clarification of those geographic cost differentials in the department's current Chart of Personal Care Attendant and Waiver Services Rates. Subject to appropriation, the department will establish a base rate by age group, inclusive of children eligible for resumption of state custody under AS 47.10.080(v). A change in the base rate becomes effective the state fiscal year following legislative approval. The base rate for care and supervision will be applied to an individual child foster care placement according to the following age ranges:  
		(1) starting at birth and younger than six years of age;  
		(2) at least six years of age and younger than 12 years of age;  
		(3) at least 12 years of age and younger than 21 years of age.  
	(c)  Repealed 3/31/2005.  
	(d)  The department will publish the in-state rate schedule, containing rates to be paid under this section, before the state fiscal year to which they apply.  
	(e)  Notwithstanding (b) of this section, if a reduction in the base rate becomes necessary because appropriations are insufficient, the number of children needing foster care increases, or appropriations are withdrawn, reduced, or limited in any way for payment of base rates under the formula described in (b) of this section, the department will notify foster parents, in advance and in writing, of the amount of the reduction.

Authorities

47.05.010;47.10.080;47.10.970;47.14.010;47.14.120

Notes


Authority
AS 47.05.010 AS 47.10.080 AS 47.10.970 AS 47.14.010 AS 47.14.120 Editor's note: A copy of the current rate schedule referred to in 7 AAC 53.030(d) may be obtained or reviewed by contacting the Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Children's Services, P.O. Box 110630, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0630. The substance of 7 AAC 53.030 was formerly contained in 7 AAC 50.720. The history note for 7 AAC 53.030 does not reflect the history of the earlier provision. The substance of 7 AAC 53.030(e) was formerly contained in 7 AAC 53.130. The history note for 7 AAC 53.030 does not reflect the history of the earlier provision.
History
Eff. 7/1/90, Register 114; am 11/16/94, Register 132; am 3/31/2005, Register 173; am 4/13/2011, Register 198; am 12/10/2011, Register 200; am 8/1/2015, Register 215

References

7.53.030;7.50.720;7.53.130