Disability Retirees. The City will pay the medical and hospitalization insurance premium for an employee who is disabled pursuant to Section 1.252 of the City of Grand Rapids Police and Fire Retirement System Ordinance until such time as the employee is eligible for Medicare or reaches age 65, whichever occurs first. Beginning September 1, 1989, the City will also pay the premiums for the disabled employee's spouse and eligible dependents. The spouse and qualified dependents of the retiree (at the time the disability retirement is granted by the Pension Board) shall be eligible for retiree health care benefits until the time the retiree reaches or would have reached age sixty-five (65). If the retiree and the spouse at the time of retirement should have further children after retirement or legally adopt children after retirement, such children by birth or legal adoption shall also be considered to be a qualified dependent for the first two (2) of such births and/or adoptions only. No further qualified dependents may be added due to birth or legal adoption after the retiree reaches age fifty (50). Those employees with the retiree health savings accounts who retire due to a duty disability shall be eligible for the same employer sponsored health insurance under the same requirements and conditions as those employees who have employer sponsored retiree health care, with the exception that when they exercise the option to enter or re-enter the employer sponsored health care plan as a retiree, they must first utilize any existing funds in their retiree health savings accounts to pay the applicable premiums of such insurance to the City. Those employees with the retiree health savings accounts who retire for any other reason including a non-duty disability shall only be eligible for their retiree health savings account funds under the applicable conditions and requirements.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
