Health Care Spending Account for Full-time Employees. Full time employees are provided with a Health Care Spending Account. Full- time employees will be able to apply for reimbursement of eligible health care and dental expenses for themselves and their dependents. Effective January 1, 2024, the amount available for the Health Care Spending Account amount shall be increased by one hundred dollars ($100.00). Eligible expenses include professional medical services, dental services, prescription drugs, eye glasses, etc. that are considered tax deductible by Canada Revenue Agency but are not covered by any other plan. Full time employees and their dependents will not be eligible for reimbursement if expenses are recoverable from another source (Extended Health Plan, Dental Plan, Pharmacare, provincial health insurance or any other medical plan). The dollars in the Health Care Spending Account must be used in the benefit year in which they are allocated. There will be no carryover of Health Care Spending Account dollars into the next benefit year. Upon submission of a claim, employees will be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the benefit year. If the Health Care Spending Account balance for the current benefit year has been used up, and an employee has outstanding eligible expenses, these expenses may be carried forward to a maximum of ninety (90) calendar days into the next benefit year for reimbursement. Claims submitted will be paid through the basic plan first. Any unpaid balance from any eligible plan will be held until the Insurer receives a Health Care Spending Account Payment Form authorizing the Insurer to reimburse the full-time employee. Claims that are only eligible under the Health Care Spending Account can be submitted along with receipts on a completed Health Care Spending Account Claim Form directly to the Insurer. Claims will be paid once per month upon accumulation of fifty dollars ($50.00) in expenses, or at the end of the benefit year, which runs from April 1 to March 31, if the employee has not reached fifty dollars ($50.00) The benefit year is understood to be April 1 to March 31 annually.
