Solicitation for Public Input – Department of Health, Division of Public Assistance Regulatory Revisions.

Notice of Public Scoping Under Administrative Order 360 for possible Department of Health, Division of Public Assistance Regulation Changes (Title 7).

Background. In response to Administrative Order 360, the Department of Health is soliciting written and oral comments from affected industries, community organizations, and the general public regarding regulations and materials incorporated by reference in:

• Chapter 37. Public Assistance (7 AAC 37.010 — 7 AAC 37.270)

   

• Chapter 38. Permanent Fund Dividend Distribution (7 AAC 38.010 — 7 AAC 38.110)

   

• Chapter 39. Child Care Grant Program (7 AAC 39.010 — 7 AAC 39.990)

• Article 1. Program Provisions
• Article 2. Administrative Review
• Article 3. General Provisions

• Chapter 40. Adult Public Assistance (7 AAC 40.005 — 7 AAC 40.900)

   

• Chapter 41. Child Care Assistance Program (7 AAC 41.010 — 7 AAC 41.990)

• Article 1. Administrative Provisions
• Article 2. Provisions for Providers
• Article 3. Provisions for Families
• Article 4. General Provisions
• Article 5. Definitions

• Chapter 44. Heating Assistance Programs (7 AAC 44.010 — 7 AAC 44.9001)

• Article 1. Federal Heating Assistance Program
• Article 2. Alaska Affordable Heating Program
• Article 3. General Provisions

• Chapter 45. Alaska Temporary Assistance Program (7 AAC 45.010 — 7 AAC 45.990)

   

• Chapter 46. Food Stamp Program (7 AAC 46.010 — 7 AAC 46.990)

• Chapter 47. General Relief (7 AAC 47.010 — 7 AAC 47.900)

• Article 1. General Relief and General Relief Medical
• Article 2. General Relief Assisted Living Home Care
• Article 3. Senior Benefits Program
• Article 4. General Relief Adult Foster Care REPEALED
• Article 5. Alaska Senior Assistance Program
• Article 6. General Provisions

• Chapter 48. Catastrophic Illness and Chronic and Acute Medical Assistance (7 AAC 48.005 — 7 AAC 48.900)

• Article 1. Catastrophic Illness
• Article 2. Chronic and Acute Medical Assistance
• Article 3. General Provisions

• Chapter 49. Hearings (7 AAC 49.010 — 7 AAC 49.900)

• Chapter 57. Child Care Facilities Licensing (7 AAC 57.010 — 7 AAC 57.990)
  • Article 1. Licensing Process
  • Article 2. Administration
  • Article 3. Personnel
  • Article 4. Admission
  • Article 5. Care and Services
  • Article 6. Environment
  • Article 7. Specializations
  • Article 8. Miscellaneous Provisions

   

• Chapter 100. Medicaid Eligibility (7 AAC 100.001 — 7 AAC 100.990)

• Article 1. Common Medicaid Eligibility Requirements
• Article 2. Family Medicaid
• Article 3. Transitional Medicaid and Extended Medicaid
• Article 4. Under-21 Medicaid
• Article 5. Medicaid for Title IV-E Adoption, Foster Care, and Relative Guardianship Assistance Recipients
• Article 6. Denali Kidcare: Pregnant Women and Newborns
• Article 7. Denali Kidcare: Poverty-Level Children
• Article 8. Medicaid Eligibility for the Aged and Disabled
• Article 9. Long-Term Care and Medicaid Eligibility
• Article 10. Post Eligibility and Cost of Care
• Article 11. Medicaid Treatment of Trusts
• Article 12. Specialized Medicaid Eligibility Categories
• Article 13. Medicare Premium Assistance Categories
• Article 14. Recipient Rights and Responsibilities, and Program Integrity
• Article 15. General Provisions

The Department of Health is undertaking this solicitation process to ask the public for ideas, suggestions, and input before the Department of Health drafts or proposes any specific regulation amendments or repeals for public review.

The Department of Health is particularly interested in specific ideas for regulatory change that may:

• clarify existing regulatory obligations;
• reduce costs for the public, industry, or government;
• improve or streamline procedures, application requirements, and review processes, for example reducing the time required to apply for a license, permit, or benefit;
• reduce administrative burdens;
• streamline permitting procedures;
• improve communication procedures;
• provide greater transparency with respect to standards, decision-making, and rationales for application processing; or
• clarify interagency roles.

Written comments. Written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m., on December 3, 2025. Written comments may be sent by electronic mail to doh.dpa.public.comments@alaska.gov , or be mailed to Ms. Mollie Rosier, State of Alaska, Department of Health, Division of Public Assistance, 3601 C Street, Suite 460, Anchorage, AK 99503.

Public meeting. Oral comments may be submitted via a telephonic hearing to be held on the following dates and times:

Oral comments may be submitted via a telephonic hearing to be held on the dates and times included above. You may join the meeting by calling the toll free 1-800-893-7840 telephone number. There will not be in-person attendance provided at the hearing site, so please prepare to share your oral comments by telephone only.  The hearings are scheduled on the dates and times included above, and priority will be given to commenters on the line before the beginning of the hearing. The hearing may be extended to accommodate those present on the line within the first 30 minutes of the meeting who did not have an opportunity to comment. Before the start of the hearing, the Department of Health may limit the time allotted for each person providing oral testimony, as reasonably necessary to conclude the hearing in the time provided.

If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Ms. Mollie Rosier by electronic mail at doh.dpa.public.comments@alaska.gov  or by telephone at (907) 419-4292 not later than three business days before the time of the hearing, to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.

Please note that input provided in response to this solicitation will be subject to inspection, copying, and distribution as public records under AS 40.25.110 – 40.25.220.  Please do not include any confidential information in written or oral comments.

Questions. For questions or more information, contact our Agency Regulatory Liaison, Triptaa Surve, at triptaa.surve@alaska.gov .

The Department of Health is not currently proposing any specific regulation change and there are no draft regulations prepared for public comment under the Administrative Procedure Act at this time. If the Department of Health undertakes revisions to these regulations, there will be an additional opportunity to comment on the proposed regulation changes that are released for public review and comment under the Administrative Procedure Act.

The Department of Health, Division of Public Assistance, keeps a list of individuals and organizations interested in its regulations. Those on the list will automatically be sent a copy of all the Department of Health, Division of Public Assistance’s notices of proposed regulation changes. To be added to or removed from the list, send a request to the Department of Health, Division of Public Assistance at doh.dpa.public.comments@alaska.gov , giving your name, and either your e-mail address or mailing address, as you prefer for receiving notices.

Individuals can also sign up to receive automated notifications of all State of Alaska notices, including public notice for regulation changes, by subscribing to the Alaska Online Public Notices System: https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Default.aspx.