Alaska Administrative Code
Title 13 - Public Safety
Part 4 - Division of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 75 - Peace Officer and Firefighter Survivors' Fund
13 AAC 75.095 - Municipal participation in the fund

(a) A local government may apply to the department to participate in the peace officer and firefighter survivors' fund under AS 39.60.010-AS 39.60.190 by completing a participation application provided by the department and entering into a participation agreement with the department. The participation agreement shall designate the amount and frequency of the local government's contribution to the fund, require that the local government stay current with its contributions to the fund, and require the local government to comply with all regulations adopted to implement the Peace Officer and Firefighter Survivors' Fund.

(b) A local government participating in the fund agrees to pay 100 percent of the premium to maintain medical insurance coverage for the surviving dependents of the peace officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty in addition to any necessary administration costs.

(c) A participating local government agrees to maintain the same level of medical coverage for the surviving dependent as was last selected by the deceased peace office or firefighter or at the amended level of coverage if the local government amends coverage for all permanent, full-time employees.

(d) The department shall retain sole authority to determine survivor eligibility. The local government agrees to provide all requested information needed to determine continuing eligibility.

(e) A local government may apply to the department to participate in the Peace Officer and Firefighter Survivors' Fund after the local government experiences the death of an employee. The department will not make any retroactive payments from the fund, however nothing in this chapter bars the local government from paying the surviving dependent's medical insurance costs during the application process.

(f) In the event a local government elects to discontinue its participation in the Peace Officer and Firefighter Survivors' Fund, or fails to make the required premium payments, the department is not obligated to make payments to the surviving dependent on behalf of the local government.