1. (a) The following community-based care management services may be provided to any eligible recipient under this chapter:

   1. (1) intensive case management services, that must be provided according to the criteria listed in 7 AAC 138.400(a)(3);
   2. (2) community recovery support services, that must be provided according to the criteria listed in 7 AAC 138.400(a)(1).

2. (b) If community-based care management services consist of assertive community treatment services, those services may be provided to an individual listed in 7 AAC 139.010(2) who meets admission criteria set out in the Alaska Behavioral Health Providers Services Standards & Administrative Procedures for Behavioral Health Provider Services, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900, and whose needs have not otherwise been adequately met through behavioral health services offered under 7 AAC 135. Assertive community treatment services must be

   1. (1) available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to recipient need; and
   2. (2) provided according to the evidence-based practice criteria established for assertive community treatment, as documented in the Alaska Behavioral Health Providers Services Standards & Administrative Procedures for Behavioral Health Provider Services, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900.

3. (c) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, an individual may receive assertive community treatment services, without being an adult experiencing a serious mental illness as required under 7 AAC 139.010(2), if

   1. (1) the individual is 18 years of age or older but under 21 years of age; and
   2. (2) the department determines that the individual is eligible for the services under 7 AAC 100 and 7 AAC 110.200 - 7 AAC 110.210 (EPSDT services).

(Eff. 5/21/2020, Register 234; am 10/4/2020, Register 236; am 2/2/2024, Register 249)

Authority: AS 47.05.010, AS 47.05.270, AS 47.07.030, AS 47.07.036