Annuitant Health Care Coverage. A. The STATE SYSTEM shall allow each Regular full-time and Regular part-time COACH who was eligible as an active COACH under the SSHEGHP and who retires to elect coverage upon retirement under the Annuitant Health Care Program (AHCP). In addition, dependency coverage shall be available for qualified dependents of the annuitant. Eligible dependents will include spouses/domestic partners and dependent children. Annuitants will be responsible for any applicable tax consequences of covering dependents. B. Effective November 1, 2005, AHCP benefits for new pre-Medicare eligible retirees shall be those in effect for active Regular COACHES, and may change from time-to- time as active Regular COACH benefits change. COACHES retiring prior to January 1, 2006, and who meet the criteria in subsection G. below will be eligible to elect coverage in the AHCP and the STATE SYSTEM will continue to pay the full cost of coverage. C. Eligible COACHES who retire after December 31, 2016 and on or before June 30, 2017, and are not eligible for Medicare, or their enrolled spouse and/or dependent(s) are not eligible for Medicare, will be enrolled in the AHCP PPO plan for pre-Medicare annuitants with the same PPO plan design in effect for active COACHES on December 31, 2016. D. Effective July 1, 2017, AHCP benefits for all future pre-Medicare eligible retirees shall be those in effect for active employees, and will change as active employee benefits change.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Annuitant Health Care Coverage. A. The STATE SYSTEM State System shall allow each Regular full-time and Regular part-time COACH who was eligible as an active COACH under the SSHEGHP and who retires to elect coverage upon retirement under the Annuitant Health Care Program (AHCP). In addition, dependency coverage shall be available for qualified dependents of the annuitant. Eligible dependents will include spouses/domestic partners and dependent children. Annuitants will be responsible for any applicable tax consequences of covering dependents.
B. Effective November 1, 2005, AHCP benefits for new pre-Medicare eligible retirees shall be those in effect for active Regular COACHES, and may change from time-to- to-time as active Regular COACH benefits change. COACHES retiring prior to January 1, 2006, and who meet the criteria in subsection G. below will be eligible to elect coverage in the AHCP and the STATE SYSTEM will continue to pay the full cost of coverage.
C. Eligible COACHES who retire after December 31, 2016 and on or before June 30, 2017, and are not eligible for Medicare, or their enrolled spouse and/or dependent(s) are not eligible for Medicare, will be enrolled in the AHCP PPO plan for pre-Medicare annuitants with the same PPO plan design in effect for active COACHES on December 31, 2016.
D. Effective July 1, 2017, AHCP benefits for all future pre-Medicare eligible retirees shall be those in effect for active employees, and will change as active employee benefits change.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Annuitant Health Care Coverage. A. The STATE SYSTEM shall allow each Regular full-time and Regular part-time COACH who was eligible as an active COACH under the SSHEGHP and who retires to elect coverage upon retirement under the Annuitant Health Care Program (AHCP). In addition, dependency coverage shall be available for qualified dependents of the annuitant. Eligible dependents will include spouses/domestic partners and dependent children. Annuitants will be responsible for any applicable tax consequences of covering dependents.
B. Effective November 1, 2005, AHCP benefits for new pre-Medicare eligible retirees shall be those in effect for active Regular COACHES, and may change from time-to- time as active Regular COACH benefits change. COACHES retiring prior to January 1, 2006, and who meet the criteria in subsection G. below will be eligible to elect coverage in the AHCP and the STATE SYSTEM will continue to pay the full cost of coverage.
C. Eligible X. Xxxxxxxx COACHES who retire after December 31, 2016 and on or before June 30, 2017, and are not eligible for Medicare, or their enrolled spouse and/or dependent(s) are not eligible for Medicare, will be enrolled in the AHCP PPO plan for pre-Medicare annuitants with the same PPO plan design in effect for active COACHES on December 31, 2016.
D. Effective July 1, 2017, AHCP benefits for all future pre-Medicare eligible retirees shall be those in effect for active employees, and will change as active employee benefits change.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement