7 AAC 53.299. Definitions

In 7 AAC 53.200 - 7 AAC 53.299, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1) "adoptive parent" means

(A) an individual, including a foster/adopt individual, who has applied to adopt a hard-to-place child with special needs whose birth parents' rights have been relinquished or terminated;

(B) an individual, including a foster/adopt individual, who

(i) has applied to adopt a hard-to-place child with special needs whose birth parents' rights have not yet been relinquished or terminated; and

(ii) is aware of the legal risk that the adoption might not be finalized; or

(C) an individual who has adopted a hard-to-place child with special needs and who is receiving subsidized adoption payments;

(2) "AFDC" means Aid to Families with Dependent Children assistance, formerly administered by the department under former AS 47.25.301 - 47.25.420;

(3) "circumstances of the adoptive parent or guardian" means the capacity to incorporate the child into the household in relation to lifestyle, standard of living, and future plans, and overall capacity to meet the immediate and future needs, including educational needs, of the child;

(4) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;

(5) "foster/adopt individual" means a foster parent who is interested in adopting a child and who is currently providing care in a licensed foster home for children in custody of the department;

(6) "guardian" means an individual who has qualified as, or has applied to be, a guardian of a minor under court appointment; "guardian" does not include an individual who is a guardian ad litem;

(7) "hard-to-place child with special needs" has the meaning given "hard-to-place child" in AS 25.23.240 ;

(8) "home study" means a home study or a guardianship study conducted under AS 25.23.200 and this chapter;

(9) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance program administered by the department under 42 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396v and AS 47.07;

(10) "qualified health professional" means a health professional who is qualified to diagnose the physical or mental condition that would qualify a child to be a hard-to-place child with special needs under this chapter; "qualified health professional" includes

(A) physician or other health professional licensed under AS 08; and

(B) mental health professional; for purposes of this subparagraph, "mental health professional" has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915 ;

(11) "specified relative" means a relative of a child who is related by blood, marriage, or adoption within the fifth degree of kinship to the child;

(12) "SSI" means the Supplemental Security Income program administered under 42 U.S.C. 1381 - 1383f;

(13) "Title IV-E" means 42 U.S.C. 670 - 679b (secs. 470 - 479a of the Social Security Act);

(14) "tribal court" means a court of a tribe that is in a state not subject to Public Law 280 and that has exclusive jurisdiction over child custody proceedings under 25 U.S.C. 1911(a), a tribe that has re-assumed jurisdiction over child custody proceedings under 25 U.S.C. 1918, or a tribe to which jurisdiction of the particular child custody proceeding has been transferred by the state court under 25 U.S.C. 1911(b).

History: Eff. 3/31/2005, Register 173

Authority: AS 13.26.062

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