STATE OF ALASKA

Department of Health and Social Services

Division of Public Assistance

 

TRANSMITTAL NUMBER:   2008-01

 

MANUAL:   Administrative Procedures Manual

 

DATE:   June 30, 2008

 

We have updated several chapters of the Administrative Procedures Manual.  The General Information chapter now includes new sections on ethical conduct and reporting abuse and neglect and additional instruction on the disclosure of client information.  Several sections on processes are now in the manual, including fee agent verification of citizenship and identity documents, a pre-hearing process for Interim Assistance cases, the State On-line Query (SOLQ), and the voter registration requirements.  We updated the EIS notice list in the Notice chapter.  Numerous revisions are made in the Referrals chapter.  Several revisions were made in the Title IV-E/DPA Transfer Protocols chapter.  We updated the Senior Benefits and Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Case Processing chapter.

 

Highlights of these revisions are described below.  If you have any questions please contact the Policy and Program Development Team at 465-3347 or email dpapolicy@alaska.gov.

 

OVERVIEW OF CHANGES

 

MS 100-3  Confidentiality

 

MS 100-3A  Disclosure of Information

 

MS 100-3B  Client Access to Information

 

MS 100-3C  DPA Responsibilities

 

MS 100-3D  Legislative Requests for Information

 

MS 100-3F  Law Enforcement Officials

 

MS 100-3G  Ombudsman

 

MS 100-3H  Requests for Information from Other Agencies

 

MS 100-5A  Program Policy Manuals

 

MS 100-8C  Authorization for Release of Protected Health Information

 

MS 100-9  Reporting Abuse and Neglect

 

MS 100-9A  Child Abuse and Neglect

 

MS 100-9B  Adult Abuse and Neglect

 

MS 100-9C  Completing the Report of Contact and Forms

 

MS 100-10  Ethical Conduct

 

MS 103-1  The Case File Folder

 

MS 103-1A  General Rules for Creating Case File Folders

 

MS 103-1B  Organization of the Six-Part Case File Folder

 

MS 103-1C  Organization of the Four-Part Case File Folder

 

MS 103-1D  Organization of the Two-Part Manila File Folder

 

MS 103-1E  Purging Case Files

 

MS 103-1F  Voluming Case Files

 

MS 103-2  Request for Service

 

MS 103-3  Case Numbering on EIS

 

MS 103-4  Reserved

 

MS 103-5  Reserved

 

MS 105-4  Fee Agent Verification

 

MS 105-12  Reserved

 

MS 106-4  SSA State Online Query

 

MS 108  Notices

 

MS 108-1  Who May Receive Copies of Notices

 

MS 108-2  Content of a Notice

 

MS 108-3  Guidelines for Creating the Free Form Section

 

MS 108-4  How EIS Notices Work

 

MS 108-5  EIS Notice Listing

 

MS 115  Referrals

 

MS 115-2  Office of Children's Services

 

MS 115-3  Child Care Program Office

 

MS 115-5  Family Planning Services

 

MS 115-6  Child Support Services

 

MS 115-7  Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT)

 

MS 115-8  BIA General Assistance

 

MS 115-8C  BIA-GA Program Description

 

MS 115-8D BIA-GA Benefit

 

MS 115-8E  Removed

 

MS 115-9  Disability Determination Service

 

MS 117-4C  Pre-hearing for Interim Assistance Denials

 

MS 118  Voter Registration

 

MS 118 Addendum A  Voter Registration

 

MS 124  Title IVE/DPA Transfer Protocols

 

MS 124-1  Child Taken Into Custody

 

MS 124-2  Child Receiving DKC Taken Into OCS Custody

 

MS 124-3  Reserved

 

MS 124-5  Child Returns to Home

 

MS 124-6  TEFRA Medicaid Eligible Child Taken Into OCS Custody

 

MS 124-7  Caretaker Relative Chooses Foster Care Payments

 

MS 126  Senior Benefits and Medicare Part D