A resident of this state diagnosed with one or more of the following covered conditions under this section is a high risk resident under 3 AAC 31.500 - 3 AAC 31.549:
- (1) human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS);
- (2) septicemia sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome/shock;
- (3) metastatic cancer;
- (4) lung, brain and other severe cancers, including pediatric acute lymphoid leukemia;
- (5) non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and other cancers and tumors;
- (6) mucopolysaccharidosis;
- (7) lipidoses and glycogenosis;
- (8) amyloidosis, porphyria, and other metabolic disorders;
- (9) end-stage liver disease;
- (10) chronic hepatitis;
- (11) acute liver failure or disease, including neonatal hepatitis;
- (12) intestinal obstruction;
- (13) chronic pancreatitis;
- (14) inflammatory bowel disease;
- (15) rheumatoid arthritis and specified autoimmune disorders;
- (16) hemophilia;
- (17) acquired hemolytic anemia, including hemolytic disease of newborn;
- (18) sickle cell anemia (Hb-SS);
- (19) thalassemia major;
- (20) coagulation defects and other specified hematological disorders;
- (21) anorexia/bulimia nervosa;
- (22) paraplegia;
- (23) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other anterior horn cell disease;
- (24) quadriplegic cerebral palsy;
- (25) cerebral palsy, except quadriplegic;
- (26) myasthenia gravis/myoneural disorders and Guillain-Barre syndrome/inflammatory and toxic neuropathy;
- (27) multiple sclerosis;
- (28) Parkinson's, Huntington's and spinocerebellar disease, and other neurodegenerative disorders;
- (29) cystic fibrosis;
- (30) end-stage renal disease;
- (31) premature newborns, including birthweight 2,000 - 2,499 grams;
- (32) stem cell, including bone marrow, transplant status/complications;
- (33) amputation status, lower limb/amputation complications;
- (34) cardio-respiratory failure and shock, including respiratory distress syndromes.
(Eff. 12/22/2016, Register 220; am 3/25/2020, Register 234)
Authority: AS 21.06.090, AS 21.55.220, AS 21.55.400