Federal or State Health Plan. If pursuant to any federal or state law which may become effective subsequent to the effective date of this Memorandum of Understanding the City is required to pay contributions or taxes for hospital-medical, dental care, prescription drug or other health benefits to be provided employees under such federal or state Act, the City’s obligation to furnish the same benefits under the Hospital Medical- Surgical, Dental Care and Prescription Drug Plans shall be suspended and the contributions agreed to be paid monthly hereunder by the City under Sections 6.02, 6.03 and 6.05 of this Memorandum of Understanding shall be reduced each month by the amounts which the City is required to expend during any such month in the form of contributions or taxes to support said federal or state health plan.
Federal or State Health Plan. If, pursuant to any Federal or State law, including but not limited to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which may become effective subsequent to the effective date of this Memorandum of Understanding, the City is required to pay contributions or taxes for hospital-medical care, dental care, prescription drugs, or other health benefits to be provided to employees under such Federal or State act, the City's obligation to furnish the same benefits under the Hospital Medical-Surgical-Dental Care and Prescription Drug Plans shall be suspended, and the contributions agreed to be paid monthly hereunder by the City under Sections 7.01, Medical Insurance, 7.02, Flexible Benefits Allowance, and 7.06, Dental Insurance, of this Memorandum of Understanding shall be reduced each month by the amounts the City is required to expend during any such month in the form of contributions or taxes to support said Federal or State health plan. If, the level of benefits provided by such law for any group of employees or their dependents is lower in certain categories of services than those provided under Sections 7.01, 7.02, and 7.06, the City shall, to the extent practicable, provide a plan of benefits supplementary to the Federal or State benefits so as to make benefits in each category of coverage as nearly comparable as possible to the benefits provided under said Sections 7.01, 7.02, and 7.06. The City need only expend for this purpose the actual amount required to achieve parity between the benefits provided under Sections 7.01, 7.02, and 7.06 and the benefits provided under any Federal or State plan as supplemented in the manner hereinabove described. If the benefits provided under the Federal or State Act exceed the benefits provided hereunder in each category of coverage, the City shall be under no further obligation to make any contribution in pursuance of this Section. In the event that the federal or state government enacts a health care program requiring contributions by employees, such employee contribution shall be reimbursed by the City in the amount by which said employee contribution reduces the City contribution required under this Section of the Memorandum of Understanding.
Federal or State Health Plan. If, pursuant to any federal or state law which may become effective subsequent to the effective date of this Memorandum of Understanding, the City is required to pay contributions or taxes for hospital-medical, dental care, prescription drug, or other health benefits to be provided employees under such federal or state Act, the City's obligation to furnish the same benefits under the Medical and Dental Plans shall be suspended and the contributions agreed to be paid monthly hereunder by the City under Sections 6.01, 6.02, 6.04 and 6.06 of this Memorandum of Understanding shall be reduced each month by the amounts which the City is required to expend during any such month in the form of contributions or taxes to support said federal or state health plan. If, as a result of such a law, the level of benefits provided by such law for any group of employees, or their dependents, is lower in certain categories of services than that provided under Sections 6.01, Medical Insurance, 6.02, Dental Plan, 6.04, Flexible Benefits Allowance, and 6.06, Vision Care, the City shall, to the extent practicable, provide a plan of benefits supplementary to the federal or state benefits so as to make benefits in each category of coverage
Federal or State Health Plan. If, pursuant to any federal or state law which may become effective subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, the City is required to provide health and dental through an alternate plan than is otherwise provided in this Agreement, then the parties shall immediately meet and confer regarding the impact of such requirements under the law. In addition, it is the City’s intent to maintain and limit its financial commitment to providing health and dental care to the dollar amounts specified in Section 16.1.
