Section 47.25.205. Priority of general relief medical assistance.

If the department finds that the cost of medical assistance for all persons eligible under AS 47.25.120 - 47.25.300 will exceed the amount allocated in the state budget for that assistance for the fiscal year, the department shall eliminate coverage for medical services in the following order:
        (1) treatment of speech, hearing, and language disorders;
        (2) optometrists' services and eyeglasses;
        (3) occupational therapy;
        (4) emergency dental services for adults;
        (5) prosthetic devices not including dentures;
        (6) medical supplies and equipment;
        (7) physical therapy;
        (8) outpatient laboratory and outpatient x-ray services;
        (9) ambulatory surgical center services;
        (10) nonemergency medical transportation;
        (11) outpatient physician services;
        (12) outpatient hospital services;
        (13) intermediate care facility services;
        (14) skilled nursing facility services;
        (15) emergency medical transportation;
        (16) pharmaceuticals;
        (17) inpatient physician services;
        (18) inpatient hospital services.

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History

(Sec. 13 ch 105 SLA 1986)