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
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
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
(1) does not meet the age or residence requirements as provided for under Alaska Stat. § 47.45.010 – 47.45.160;(2) meets the age and residence requirements of Alaska Stat. § 47.45.010 – 47.45.160 but either is confined in a state or federal mental health institution or facility and is certified by the state as unable to manage personal affairs, or resides in a nursing home as that term is defined in Alaska Stat. § 08.70.180; however, if that person, at the time of commitment or commencement of residence, provided the principal support of a spouse, the commissioner of health may determine to pay the confined person’s bonus to the person’s spouse until the spouse is qualified for a bonus;(3) is otherwise qualified but confined in a penal or correctional institution or facility; upon completion of sentence or upon the conferral of a pardon, parole, or probation, the person may make application; confinement outside the state shall be considered as residence in the state if a person was convicted and sentenced from a court in Alaska; revocation of parole or probation shall be cause for immediate disqualification until release from confinement is again effected;(4) is permanently disqualified under Alaska Stat. § 47.45.030 (c);(5) did not apply, under Alaska Stat. § 47.45.010 (a), before January 1, 1997, for qualification to receive a longevity bonus;(6) was found qualified to receive a longevity bonus and was subsequently permanently disqualified under former Alaska Stat. § 47.45.030 (b) or former Alaska Stat. § 47.45.045.(b) Notwithstanding (a)(2) of this section, a person who meets the age and residence requirements of Alaska Stat. § 47.45.010 – 47.45.160 qualifies for the bonus during any period of residence in a nursing home that does not exceed 90 consecutive days if the bonus is exempt from the determination of income eligibility under Supplemental Security Income in 42 U.S.C. § 1382a (Sec. 1612(b)(2)(B), Social Security Act), as amended.(c) Notwithstanding (a)(2) of this section, a person who resides in a nursing home who meets the age and residence requirements of Alaska Stat. § 47.45.010 – 47.45.160 qualifies for the bonus if the costs of care of the person at the nursing home are paid for entirely from private sources, veterans’ benefits, or a combination of private sources and veterans’ benefits.
