District Paid Retiree Benefits. The District agrees that during the term of this Agreement, unit members who retire with twenty (20) or more years of teaching in the Orchard School District shall be eligible to receive District paid employee-only health insurance (medical-only) benefits for five (5) years from the date of retirement. Unit members retiring in 2008-2009 and thereafter shall also be eligible to receive District-paid employee-only vision and dental benefits for the five year period. The health plans offered to retirees shall be the same as those offered to active employees, to the extent permitted by the health plan organizations. However, if a retiree moves out of the service area of a particular plan in which he or she is enrolled OR a change in insurance carrier(s) or plans by the District and Association results in a change in services for a retiree who has moved out of the service area, the retiree may elect to receive reimbursement under the following criteria: • To the extent possible, the employee shall provide written notice to District sixty days in advance of any relocation. Similarly, to the extent possible, the District shall provide written notice of any change in carrier affecting the employee sixty days in advance. • It is the responsibility of the retiree to secure the new health plan and pay monthly premiums. • The reimbursement by the District will be at the highest Employee- only medical rate offered by the District, the rate of the employee- only rate under the new plan obtained by the retiree, or the cap under Article 18.2, whichever is the lower. • Reimbursement will be made in December and June providing the retiree submits copies of the bills and evidence of payment to the District by December 1 and June 1 each year. • Reimbursement will occur until District paid benefits terminate.
