If the department finds that the cost of medical assistance for all persons eligible under AS 47.25.120
- 47.25.300 will exceed the amount allocated in the state budget for that assistance for the fiscal year, the department shall eliminate coverage for medical services in the following order:


(1) treatment of speech, hearing, and language disorders;


(2) optometrists' services and eyeglasses;


(3) occupational therapy;


(4) emergency dental services for adults;


(5) prosthetic devices not including dentures;


(6) medical supplies and equipment;


(7) physical therapy;


(8) outpatient laboratory and outpatient x-ray services;


(9) ambulatory surgical center services;


(10) nonemergency medical transportation;


(11) outpatient physician services;


(12) outpatient hospital services;


(13) intermediate care facility services;


(14) skilled nursing facility services;


(15) emergency medical transportation;


(16) pharmaceuticals;


(17) inpatient physician services;


(18) inpatient hospital services.