Alaska PERS and TRS retirees normally lose the Alaska Cost-of-Living Allowance if they leave the state for more than 90 days in a row. This one-page Physician's Certificate is the medical exception: a licensed physician certifies that the retiree must seek temporary medical attention outside Alaska because of an illness, for an absence of up to six months.
The retiree completes the member section with retirement identification number and departure date, and certifies that their domicile remains in Alaska. A licensed physician completes the physician section, stating how many months of continuous absence the illness requires and when it should begin, then signs.
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Physician's Certificate (Alaska Cost-of-Living Allowance)
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That the physician is licensed to practice and that the patient must seek temporary medical attention outside Alaska as a result of an illness. The physician also states the number of months of continuous absence the illness will require and the date the absence should start, then signs, dates and prints their name.
Up to six months from the date of departure. Without the exception, AS 39.35.480 and AS 14.25.142 stop the Alaska COLA after a continuous absence of more than 90 days. The retiree also certifies that Alaska remains their principal domicile and that they intend to return once the illness is resolved.