Alaska Statutes: AS 47.31.100. Definitions.

Alaska Statutes. Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions Chapter 31. Mental Health Treatment Assistance Program Section 100. Definitions.

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AS 47.31.100. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of health and social services;
(2) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;
(3) "designated treatment facility" has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915;
(4) "evaluation facility" means a health care facility that has been designated by the department to perform the evaluations described in AS 47.30.670 - 47.30.915, including a facility licensed under AS 47.32 or operated by the federal government;
(5) "gross monthly household income" means all earned or unearned income from any source of a member of the patient's household;
(6) "household" means a patient and each person

(A) residing with the patient; and

(B) related to the patient by marriage or other legal relationship giving rise to a duty of support and maintenance;
(7) "mental illness" has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915 .

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