(a) The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority is established as a public corporation of the state within the Department of Revenue.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 44.25.200
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The purpose of the authority is to ensure an integrated comprehensive mental health program and to administer the office of the long term care ombudsman established in Alaska Stat. § 44.25.300.(c) The authority
(1) shall, as provided in Alaska Stat. § 37.14.009, administer the trust established under the Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956;(2) may sue and be sued;(3) may retain the services of independent counsel when, in the judgment of the authority’s board of trustees, independent counsel is needed;(4) shall insure or indemnify and protect the board, a member of the board, or an agent or employee of the authority against financial loss and expense, including reasonable legal fees and costs, arising out of a claim, demand, suit, or judgment by reason of alleged negligence, alleged violation of civil rights, or alleged wrongful act resulting in death or bodily injury to a person or accidental damage to or destruction of property if the board member, agent, or employee, at the time of the occurrence, was acting under the direction of the authority within the course or scope of the duties of the board member, agent, or employee;(5) shall exercise the powers granted to it under settlement income account” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2023″ statecd=”AK”>Alaska Stat. § 37.14.041, subject to the limitations imposed by Alaska Stat. § 37.14.045; and(6) shall administer the office of the long term care ombudsman established in Alaska Stat. § 44.25.300.(d) The provisions of Alaska Stat. § 44.62.330 – 44.62.630″ class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2023″ statecd=”AK”>Alaska Stat. § 44.62.330 – 44.62.630 do not apply to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.
