Eligibility for public assistance.

(a) An individual whose public assistance is denied or reduced solely because of the receipt of a bonus under AS 47.45.010 — 47.45.160 by the individual or by a member of the individual's household is eligible for assistance under the general relief assistance program in AS 47.25.120 — 47.25.300. Notwithstanding the limit in AS 47.25.130 , the individual is entitled to receive the same amount as the individual would have received under other public assistance programs had the individual not received a longevity bonus. (b) In this section “other public assistance” means (1) Supplemental Security Income under 42 U.S.C. 1381 — 1385; (2) Medicaid under 42 U.S.C. 1396 — 1396p; and (3) Adult Public Assistance under AS 47.25.430 — 47.25.615.