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Title 7 . Health and Social Services
Chapter 48 . Hearings
Section 50. Services excluded from coverage

7 AAC 48.050. Services excluded from coverage

In addition to the services excluded under AS 47.08.050 , the following services and charges are excluded from coverage under this chapter:

(1) drugs and medications sold over-the-counter, whether or not prescribed by a licensed physician;

(2) private psychological or psychiatric treatment and private alcoholism or drug treatment, unless treatment is not available from a public agency or a program operated by a private organization receiving funds from the state or federal government;

(3) experimental procedures and services that are not in accordance with customary standards of medical practice or not commonly used, including but not limited to acupuncture, unnecessary surgery, heart transplants, and surgery correcting morbid obesity;

(4) medical services provided to persons in custody of the Department of Corrections or juveniles in the custody of the Department of Health and Social Services;

(5) Services provided by a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility after the first 30 days of care; and

(6) medical expenses of a deceased person, unless legally responsible members of the applicant's family will suffer a financial catastrophe.

History: Eff. 9/1/77, Register 63; am 8/17/84, Register 91

Authority: AS 47.05.010

AS 47.08.130


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