Alaska Statutes: AS 47.80.100. Programs For Persons With Disabilities.

Alaska Statutes. Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions Chapter 80. Persons With Disabilities Section 100. Programs For Persons With Disabilities.

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AS 47.80.100. Programs For Persons With Disabilities.

(a) The Department of Health and Social Services, the Department of Education and Early Development, and other departments of the state as appropriate, shall, in coordination, plan, develop, and implement a comprehensive system of services and facilities for persons with disabilities, that is consistent with the state plan adopted under AS 47.80.090(5) and is dispersed geographically within the state.
(b) The services required in (a) of this section are specialized services or special adaptations of services available to the general population and shall be directed toward the social, personal, physical, or economic habilitation or rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.
(c) Within the limits of appropriations and other available funds, the appropriate department may itself provide the services and establish, operate, and maintain the facilities required under (a) and (b) of this section, or it may provide the services or facilities entirely or in part through contractual arrangements with public or private agencies.

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