Section 7 AAC 67.220 - Placement of children who are receiving home and community-based waiver services(a) If the Department of Health is providing home and community based waiver services under 7 AAC 130 to children with complex medical, cognitive, and developmental delays that require intensive levels of care by a foster parent, the department may license a foster home, notwithstanding the provisions of 7 AAC 67.210, and place children who are receiving home and community-based waiver services in that home if (1) the licensee's training or experience qualifies the licensee to provide proper care to meet the child's needs; and(2) the licensee has a written plan on how to evacuate the children in case of fire or other emergency, as set out in 7 AAC 67.303.(b) The foster home capacity is limited to three children, inclusive of the licensee's own biological or adoptive children, or any household member's biological or adoptive children, when providing care for one or more children eligible for home and community-based waiver services.(c) At or before admission of a child receiving home and community-based waiver services, the licensee shall obtain the child's person-centered support plan prepared under 7 AAC 130.217 and 7 AAC 130.218 and follow identified services, as set out in that plan.(d) For children who are receiving home and community-based waiver services and are in the custody of the Department of Family and Community Services, the licensee must also follow the child's case plan for children's services.Eff. 7/1/2022, Register 242, July 2022; am 4/9/2023, Register 246, July 2023Authority:AS 44.30.020
AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.030