Common use of Health Coverage for Retirees Clause in Contracts

Health Coverage for Retirees. Bargaining Unit members who retire from the District, after serving fifteen (15) years or more and who will retire under the provisions of the State Teachers Retirement System, shall be provided by the District continual coverage of the Bargaining Unit’s group health insurance program until the retiree reaches the age of sixty seven (67). The following guidelines shall be met to implement this program. 1. Employees must be at least fifty-five (55) years old or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance. 2. Employee must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for a person under another medical program. 3. Employees must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for persons under STRS Disability Allowance who are under fifty-five (55) years of age and covered under another medical program. 4. Beginning January 1, 2014, the maximum dollar amount that the District will be required to contribute to this program on behalf of an eligible retiree, shall be nine-hundred thirty-eight dollars ($938) per month. Beginning January 1, 2015, the amount shall be increased equal to the percentage increase to the aggregate insurance cap identified in Section E. 5. When the time comes that the premium exceeds the above formula, the retiree, in order to remain eligible for health benefits, shall make a contribution to the District before the effective date of the increased premium of the amount that is the difference between the District contribution and the actual cost of the premium. 6. The District’s obligation to contribute to the retiree’s health program shall terminate on the Bargaining Unit member’s sixty-seventh (67th) birthday. 7. Retirees who are not eligible for the above program shall have the option to continue in the health program by making their own contribution equal to the premium through the currently established procedures with the District. 8. A surviving spouse of a District retiree who qualifies for this benefit shall have the same dollar amount of coverage to continue in a program provided by the District’s medical insurance carriers under the following conditions: a. Only single plan coverage shall be allowed. b. The cost shall not exceed the annual dollar amount limit for the retiree. c. The coverage shall extend until either the retiree would have reached sixty-seven (67) years of age or the surviving spouse reaches sixty-seven (67) years of age, whichever occurs first.

Health Coverage for Retirees. Bargaining Unit members who retire from the District, after serving fifteen (15) years or more and who will retire under the provisions of the State Teachers Retirement System, shall be provided by the District continual coverage of the Bargaining Unit’s group health insurance program until the retiree reaches the age of sixty seven (67). The following guidelines shall be met to implement this program. 1. Employees must be at least fifty-fifty five (55) years old or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance. 2. Employee must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for a person under another medical program. 3. Employees must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for persons under STRS Disability Allowance who are under fifty-fifty five (55) years of age and covered under another medical program. 4. Beginning January 1, 2014, the maximum dollar amount that the District will be required to contribute to this program on behalf of an eligible retiree, shall be nine-hundred thirty-thirty eight dollars ($938) per month. Beginning January 1, 2015, the amount shall be increased equal to the percentage increase to the aggregate insurance cap identified in Section E. 5. When the time comes that the premium exceeds the above formula, the retiree, in order to remain eligible for health benefits, shall make a contribution to the District before the effective date of the increased premium of the amount that is the difference between the District contribution and the actual cost of the premium. All retirees and/or dependents will apply for Part B of Medicare and submit proof to the proper medical insurance carrier on or before their sixty-fifth (65th) birth date in order to maintain their eligibility. Any penalty in District- paid health care premium incurred by the District because of failure to comply with this requirement will be passed on to the retiree. 6. The District’s obligation to contribute to the retiree’s health program shall terminate on the Bargaining Unit member’s sixty-seventh (67th) birthday. 7. Retirees who are not eligible for the above program shall have the option to continue in the health program by making their own contribution equal to the premium through the currently established procedures with the District. 8. A surviving spouse of a District retiree who qualifies for this benefit shall have the same dollar amount of coverage to continue in a program provided by the District’s medical insurance carriers under the following conditions: a. Only single plan coverage shall be allowed. b. The cost shall not exceed the annual dollar amount limit for the retiree. c. The coverage shall extend until either the retiree would have reached sixty-seven (67) years of age or the surviving spouse reaches sixty-sixty seven (67) years of age, whichever occurs first.

Health Coverage for Retirees. Bargaining Unit members who retire from the District, after serving fifteen (15) years or more and who will retire under the provisions of the State Teachers Retirement System, shall be provided by the District continual coverage of the Bargaining Unit’s group health insurance program until the retiree reaches the age of sixty seven (67). The following guidelines shall be met to implement this program. 1. Employees must be at least fifty-fifty five (55) years old or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance. 2. Employee must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for a person under another medical program. 3. Employees must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for persons under STRS Disability Allowance who are under fifty-fifty five (55) years of age and covered under another medical program. 4. Beginning January 1, 2014, the maximum dollar amount that the District will be required to contribute to this program on behalf of an eligible retiree, shall be nine-hundred thirty-thirty eight dollars ($938) per month. Beginning January 1, 2015, the amount shall be increased equal to the percentage increase to the aggregate insurance cap identified in Section E. 5. When the time comes that the premium exceeds the above formula, the retiree, in order to remain eligible for health benefits, shall make a contribution to the District before the effective date of the increased premium of the amount that is the difference between the District contribution and the actual cost of the premium. 6. The District’s obligation to contribute to the retiree’s health program shall terminate on the Bargaining Unit member’s sixty-seventh (67th) birthday. 7. Retirees who are not eligible for the above program shall have the option to continue in the health program by making their own contribution equal to the premium through the currently established procedures with the District. 8. A surviving spouse of a District retiree who qualifies for this benefit shall have the same dollar amount of coverage to continue in a program provided by the District’s medical insurance carriers under the following conditions: a. Only single plan coverage shall be allowed. b. The cost shall not exceed the annual dollar amount limit for the retiree. c. The coverage shall extend until either the retiree would have reached sixty-seven (67) years of age or the surviving spouse reaches sixty-sixty seven (67) years of age, whichever occurs first.

Health Coverage for Retirees. Bargaining Unit members who retire from the District, after serving fifteen (15) years or more and who will retire under the provisions of the State Teachers Retirement System, shall be provided by the District continual coverage of the Bargaining Unit’s group health insurance program until the retiree reaches the age of sixty seven (67). The following guidelines shall be met to implement this program. 1. Employees must be at least fifty-fifty five (55) years old or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance. 2. Employee must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for a person under another medical program. 3. Employees must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for persons under STRS Disability Allowance who are under fifty-fifty five (55) years of age and covered under another medical program. 4. Beginning January 1, 2014, the maximum dollar amount that the District will be required to contribute to this program on behalf of an eligible retiree, shall be nine-hundred thirty-thirty eight dollars ($938) per month. Beginning January 1, 2015, the amount shall be increased equal to the percentage increase to the aggregate insurance cap identified in Section E. 5. When the time comes that the premium exceeds the above formula, the retiree, in order to remain eligible for health benefits, shall make a contribution to the District before the effective date of the increased premium of the amount that is the difference between the District contribution and the actual cost of the premium. 6. The District’s obligation to contribute to the retiree’s health program shall terminate on the Bargaining Unit member’s sixty-seventh (67th) birthday. 7. Retirees who are not eligible for the above program shall have the option to continue in the health program by making their own contribution equal to the premium through the currently established procedures with the District. 8. A surviving spouse of a District retiree who qualifies for this benefit shall have the same dollar amount of coverage to continue in a program provided by the District’s medical insurance carriers under the following conditions: a. Only single plan coverage shall be allowed. b. The cost shall not exceed the annual dollar amount limit for the retiree. c. The coverage shall extend until either the retiree would have reached sixty-sixty seven (67) years of age or the surviving spouse reaches sixty-sixty seven (67) years of age, whichever occurs first.

Health Coverage for Retirees. Bargaining Unit members who retire from the District, after serving fifteen (15) years or more and who will retire under the provisions of the State Teachers Retirement System, shall be provided by the District continual coverage of the Bargaining Unit’s group health insurance program until the retiree reaches the age of sixty seven (67). The following guidelines shall be met to implement this program. 1. Employees must be at least fifty-fifty five (55) years old or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance. 2. Employee must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for a person under another medical program. 3. Employees must qualify and retire under the California State Teachers Retirement System or qualify for STRS Disability Allowance when leaving the District in order to be eligible. Coverage shall not be provided for persons under STRS Disability Allowance who are under fifty-fifty five (55) years of age and covered under another medical program. 4. Beginning January 1, 2014, the The maximum dollar amount that the District will be required to contribute to this program on behalf of an eligible retiree, shall now and in the future, will be nine-hundred thirty-eight dollars at the average cost of the contracted supercomposite carrier rates ($938add the rates of the carriers and divide by the number of carriers) per month. Beginning January 1, 2015, provided such average does not exceed the amount shall be increased equal to lower of the percentage increase to supercomposite Kaiser rate or the aggregate insurance cap identified in Section E.District contribution for Kaiser coverage for regular employees. 5. When the time comes that the premium exceeds the above formula, the retiree, in order to remain eligible for health benefits, shall make a contribution to the District before the effective date of the increased premium of the amount that is the difference between the District contribution and the actual cost of the premium. 6. The District’s obligation to contribute to the retiree’s health program shall terminate on the Bargaining Unit member’s sixty-seventh (67th) birthday. 7. Retirees who are not eligible for the above program shall have the option to continue in the health program by making their own contribution equal to the premium through the currently established procedures with the District. 8. A surviving spouse of a District retiree who qualifies for this benefit shall have the same dollar amount of coverage to continue in a program provided by the District’s medical insurance carriers under the following conditions: a. Only single plan coverage shall be allowed. b. The cost shall not exceed the annual dollar amount limit for the retiree. c. The coverage shall extend until either the retiree would have reached sixty-sixty seven (67) years of age or the surviving spouse reaches sixty-sixty seven (67) years of age, whichever occurs first.