Alaska Stat. § 47.25.205

Current through Chapter 61 of the 2024 Legislative Session and 2024 Executive Orders 125, 133 through 135
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.

AS 47.25.205