15 AAC 23.133 - Application for a prior year dividend
Current through April 6, 2022
(a) Except as
provided in (b) - (e) of this section, application for a prior year dividend
will be denied by the department.
(b) An individual who has reached majority,
or who is an emancipated minor, may apply to the department for a prior year
dividend if
(1) the individual had not reached
majority by the end of the application period for the dividend year for which
the individual is applying;
(2) a
complete application was not filed by an eligible sponsor on the individual's
behalf, was not timely filed, or, solely as a result of competing applications
being filed, was not paid; and
(3)
the individual would have qualified for a dividend had an eligible sponsor
applied on the individual's behalf during the pertinent dividend
year.
(c) An individual
who qualifies under (b) of this section must file, before the individual
reaches 20 years of age, an application prescribed by the department.
(d) If an individual was disabled, as defined
in AS
43.23.095, during the application period of
the prior year and, as a result of the disability, did not timely file an
application, that individual or an authorized representative may submit an
application for the prior year dividend. A certification from a licensed health
care provider must be provided with the disabled individual's application. The
certification from a licensed health care provider must include
(1) confirmation that the individual was
disabled on March 31 of the dividend year for which the individual is applying;
and
(2) a statement explaining why
the disability prevented the applicant from timely filing an application during
the application period of the dividend year for which the individual is
applying.
(e) Except for
extraordinary circumstances as determined by the department, an application for
an individual who qualifies under (d) of this section must be filed within one
year after the end of the application period pertaining to the dividend for
which the individual is applying.
(f) Repealed 5/22/2016.
(g) A representative of the Department of
Health and Social Services may file an application for a child who was in that
department's custody when the prior year's application was due, but on whose
behalf an application was not filed. The application must be filed within one
year from the end of the prior year's dividend application period.
(h) If a representative of the Department of
Administration, office of public advocacy failed to apply for a dividend for an
individual who was a ward of the agency on December 31 of the prior qualifying
year, and the department does not have a timely filed application on file for
the individual, a representative of the office of public advocacy may submit an
application on the individual's behalf for the prior year's dividend.
(i) Except for extraordinary circumstances as
determined by the department, an application for an individual who qualifies
under (h) of this section for the prior year's dividend may be filed only by a
Department of Administration, office of public advocacy representative and must
be filed within one year after the end of the prior year's dividend application
period.
(j) For the purposes of
this section, "licensed health care provider" means a person licensed in this
state or another state of the United States to provide health care
services.
Notes
Authority: AS 43.23.005
AS 43.23.015
AS 43.23.055
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