Health Plan Benefits Current Employees. The District shall provide health benefits through the Public Employees’ Retirement System Health Benefit Program. The employer will pay through a cafeteria plan 90% of the Kaiser Northern California premium at each level of coverage. The cafeteria plan option shall be integrated with the PEMHCA medical plan benefit. The premium for active member shall be adjusted annually on or about January 1 of each year of this contract based on changes in Kaiser rates for that year.
Health Plan Benefits Current Employees. The District shall provide health benefits through the Public Employees’ Retirement System Health Benefit Program. Effective the first full pay period beginning after January 1, 2020, the employee requirement to pay $125 per month towards the cost of coverage, regardless of the coverage level selected, shall cease. Effective the first full pay period after January 1, 2020, the employer will pay through a cafeteria plan 90% of the Kaiser Nothern California premium at each level of coverage. The cafeteria plan option shall be integrated with the PEMHCA medical plan benefit. The premium shall be adjusted annually on or about January 1 of each year of this contract based on changes in Kaiser rates for that year. Coverage Xxxxx 0 000 Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx Monthly Premiums KPOA Member Contribution Effective 1/1/2020 Maximum District Contribution Effective 1/1/2020 Employee Only $768.49 $76.85 $691.64 Employee + 1 $1,536.98 $153.70 $1,383.28 Employee + 2 $1,998.07 $199.81 $1,798.26 Eligible Retirees The District will pay the health care premiums for eligible retirees and their eligible dependents pursuant to the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) and in the amounts required by California Government Code §22892(b). The District obligation for existing retirees and retirement medical benefit of existing employees who later retire and are entitled to retirement health benefits under PEMHCA rules shall be set at a fixed dollar amount equal to 90% of the 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx California rate or $125 per retiree per month, whichever is greater. Upon achieving Medicare eligibility, the District shall pay 90% of the applicable 2020 Medicare rate at each level of coverage or the employee shall pay $125 per month, whichever leads to a greater retiree contribution. Current employees and existing retirees as of the date of ratification by both parties, shal have a vested right to a retiree benefit of their choosing at the fixed dollar amount applicable (e.g. Medicare/non-Medicare) to their personal situation, based upon the flat dollar amount (90% of the Kaiser rate) established in 2020. This vesting agreement shall be subject to California law and any applicable PEMHCA rules. New Employees New employees, as of the date the Tentative Agreement was ratified, shall receive only the PEMHCA minimum for a retiree health benefit.
