Alaska Statutes: AS 47.45.122. Eligibility For Public Assistance.

Alaska Statutes. Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions Chapter 45. Older Alaskans Section 122. Eligibility For Public Assistance.

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AS 47.45.122. Eligibility For Public Assistance.

(a) An individual whose public assistance is denied or reduced solely because of the receipt of a bonus under AS 47.45.010 - 47.45.160 by the individual or by a member of the individual's household is eligible for assistance under the general relief assistance program in AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300. Notwithstanding the limit in AS 47.25.130 , the individual is entitled to receive the same amount as the individual would have received under other public assistance programs had the individual not received a longevity bonus.
(b) In this section "other public assistance" means

(1) Supplemental Security Income under 42 U.S.C. 1381 - 1385;

(2) Medicaid under 42 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396p; and

(3) Adult Public Assistance under AS 47.25.430 - 47.25.615.

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