Eye Care Reimbursement (2017) Employees assigned to Video Display Terminals Sample Clauses

Eye Care Reimbursement (2017) Employees assigned to Video Display Terminals. (VDTs)‌ Upon being assigned to a VDT for more than twenty (20) hours per week, employees will be reimbursed for the cost of a baseline examination by the Judicial Branch or the employee’s insurance. If the baseline examination shows that the employee requires new, modified, or corrected lenses, the employee must pay for them. Vision irregularities must be correctable in order for the employee to be assigned to perform VDT duties. For the purpose of this Article, an “examination” includes a routine, annual eye exam, not an exam for a specific purpose such as a contact lens exam. No less than 12-months after this baseline exam, and no more than once during any 12 month period, the employee will be eligible to be reimbursed for a routine, annual eye examination subject to the reimbursement guidelines described in the Reimbursement Guidelines section below. In addition, the Judicial Branch will pay for the employee’s corrective lenses if the eye examination results in a change in prescription from the previous examination, subject to reimbursement guidelines described in the Reimbursement Guidelines section below. The Judicial Branch will not pay for eyeglass frames or other related items. a. All other employees (those not assigned to VDTs as their primary duty) b. All other employees will be reimbursed for no more than one eye examination during any 12-month period, but will not be reimbursed for corrective lenses. To qualify for reimbursement, all eye examinations must be conducted by a Maine Board Certified Optometrist or a Maine Board Licensed Physician. Employees must seek reimbursement for their eye examinations through their health insurance plan. The copay for an eye examination shall be reimbursed. Reimbursement for corrective lenses (for employees operating VDT equipment) shall not exceed one hundred and seventy-five dollars ($175.00). All employees not covered under the State Health Insurance Plan shall be reimbursed for an eye examination, not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00). To be reimbursed, employees must submit the following items to the Department of Human Resources within ninety (90) calendar days of the date of the vision examination: (1) a detailed invoice including the cost of the eye examination, the copay, the cost of corrective lenses, if any, verification by the provider of the prescription change and (2) a receipt showing payment in full.