Common use of Continuation – Retirement Clause in Contracts

Continuation – Retirement. Pursuant to the regulations of the Public Employees Retirement System Health Benefits Program, the District will maintain contributions for health plan premiums for Unit Members who retire from the District, subject to the following: 11.6.1 A Unit Member hired by the District prior to May 1, 1994, shall be entitled to District-paid post-retirement medical benefits if the Unit Member has fulfilled the requirements to receive a retirement benefit under the Public Employees Retirement System, currently at least 50 years of age and 5 years of PERS service, or the State Teachers Retirement System and retires within 120 days of separating from the District. 11.6.2 A Unit Member hired by the District on or after May 1, 1994, shall be entitled to District-paid post-retirement medical benefits if the Unit Member has fulfilled the requirements to receive a retirement benefit under the Public Employees Retirement System, currently at least 50 years of age and 5 years of PERS service, or the State Teachers Retirement System and retires within 120 days of separating from the District if the Unit Member: 11.6.2.1 has been employed full-time, one hundred (100) percent by the District with a minimum of fifteen (15) years of credited service; or 11.6.2.2 is an eligible part-time Unit Member, employed less than one hundred (100) percent, who qualifies for District-maintained contributions for Unit Member health plan premiums and retires from the District with service accumulated pro-rata equivalent to one-hundred (100) percent employment at fifteen (15) years, or twenty (20) years of District service, whichever is sooner. 11.6.3 Unit Members who qualify for disability retirement under the Public Employees Retirement System or the State Teachers Retirement System shall qualify for one-hundred (100) percent District-paid post-retirement medical benefits as if they had qualified under the provisions of section 11.6.1. 11.6.4 Additionally, this plan pays the premium for the hospitalization and medical care plan for a spouse who becomes an annuitant of the Public Employees Retirement System or the State Teachers Retirement System as a result of the death of the retiree.

Continuation – Retirement. Pursuant to the regulations of the Public Employees Retirement System Health Benefits Program, the District will maintain contributions for health plan premiums for Unit Members who retire from the District, subject to the following: 11.6.1 A Unit Member hired by the District prior to May July 1, 19941993, shall be entitled to District-paid post-retirement medical benefits if the Unit Member has fulfilled the requirements to receive a retirement benefit under the Public Employees Retirement System, currently at least 50 years of age and 5 years of PERS service, or the State Teachers Retirement System and retires within 120 days of separating from the District. 11.6.2 A Unit Member hired by the District on or after May July 1, 19941993, shall be entitled to District-paid post-retirement medical benefits if the Unit Member has fulfilled the requirements to receive a retirement benefit under the Public Employees Retirement System, currently at least 50 years of age and 5 years of PERS service, or the State Teachers Retirement System and retires within 120 days of separating from the District if the Unit Member: 11.6.2.1 has been employed full-time, one hundred (100) percent by the District with a minimum of fifteen (15) years of District credited service; or 11.6.2.2 is an eligible part-time Unit Member, employed less than one hundred (100) percent, who qualifies for District-maintained contributions for Unit Member health plan premiums and retires from the District with service accumulated pro-rata equivalent to one-hundred (100) percent employment at fifteen (15) years, or twenty (20) years of District credited service, whichever is sooner. 11.6.3 A Unit Member hired by the District on or after January 1, 2019, shall be entitled to District-paid post-retirement medical benefits if the Unit Member has fulfilled the requirements to receive a retirement benefit under the Public Employees Retirement System, currently at least 50 years of age and 5 years of PERS service, or the State Teachers Retirement System and retires within 120 days of separating from the District if the Unit Member: 11.6.3.1 has been employed by the District a n d r e t i r e s with a m inimum of fifty (50) years of District credited service. 11.6.4 Unit Members who qualify for disability retirement under the Public Employees Retirement System or the State Teachers Retirement System shall qualify for one-hundred (100) percent District-paid post-retirement medical benefits as if they had qualified under the provisions of section 11.6.111.6. 11.6.4 11.6.5 Additionally, this plan pays the premium for the hospitalization and medical care plan for a spouse who becomes an annuitant of the Public Employees Retirement System or the State Teachers Retirement System as a result of the death of the retiree.

Continuation – Retirement. Pursuant to the regulations of the Public Employees Retirement System Health Benefits Program, the District will maintain contributions for health plan premiums for Unit Members who retire from the District, subject to the following: 11.6.1 A Unit Member hired by the District prior to May July 1, 19941993, shall be entitled to District-paid post-retirement medical benefits if the Unit Member has fulfilled the requirements to receive a retirement benefit under the Public Employees Retirement System, currently at least 50 years of age and 5 years of PERS service, or the State Teachers Retirement System and retires within 120 days of separating from the District. 11.6.2 A Unit Member hired by the District on or after May July 1, 19941993, shall be entitled to District-paid post-retirement medical benefits if the Unit Member has fulfilled the requirements to receive a retirement benefit under the Public Employees Retirement System, currently at least 50 years of age and 5 years of PERS service, or the State Teachers Retirement System and retires within 120 days of separating from the District if the Unit Member: 11.6.2.1 has been employed full-time, one hundred (100) percent by the District with a minimum of fifteen (15) years of District credited service; or 11.6.2.2 is an eligible part-time Unit Member, employed less than one hundred (100) percent, who qualifies for District-maintained contributions for Unit Member health plan premiums and retires from the District with service accumulated pro-rata equivalent to one-hundred (100) percent employment at fifteen (15) years, or twenty (20) years of District credited service, whichever is sooner. 11.6.3 A Unit Member hired by the District on or after January 1, 2019, shall be entitled to District-paid post-retirement medical benefits if the Unit Member has fulfilled the requirements to receive a retirement benefit under the Public Employees Retirement System, currently at least 50 years of age and 5 years of PERS service, or the State Teachers Retirement System and retires within 120 days of separating from the District if the Unit Member: 11.6.3.1 has been employed by the District and r eti r es with a m inimum of fifty (50) years of District credited service. 11.6.4 Unit Members who qualify for disability retirement under the Public Employees Retirement System or the State Teachers Retirement System shall qualify for one-hundred (100) percent District-paid post-retirement medical benefits as if they had qualified under the provisions of section 11.6.111.6. 11.6.4 11.6.5 Additionally, this plan pays the premium for the hospitalization and medical care plan for a spouse who becomes an annuitant of the Public Employees Retirement System or the State Teachers Retirement System as a result of the death of the retiree.