Hospital-Medical Insurance. 1. Active Employees (including DROP Participants): The Employer shall provide fully-paid Blue Cross/Blue Shield Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) coverage or its substantial equivalence and Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) coverage or its substantial equivalence to all regular employees and their eligible family members, including prescription drug coverage, as outlined in Appendix A.
Hospital-Medical Insurance. 14.1. The Employer will make available to Employees comprehensive hospital-medical benefit Plan 3A only.
a. The Employer agrees to pay for the Employees without claimed dependents 90% of the monthly premium for single Employee hospital-medical benefit Plan 3A. The Employer shall deduct from each eligible and enrolled Employee's salary or wages the amount by which the monthly premium cost of the Employee's single hospital-medical Plan coverage exceeds the Employer's contribution that is stated in this paragraph.
b. The Employer agrees to pay 80% of the monthly premium for family hospital-medical benefit Plan 3A. The Employer shall deduct from each eligible and enrolled Employee's salary or wages the amount by which the monthly premium cost of the Employee's hospital-medical Plan family-dependent coverage exceeds the Employer's contribution that is stated in this paragraph.
c. All Employees' unused flexible benefits spending account monies as of the end of the calendar year that are not eligible for carryover pursuant to Internal Revenue Service Code Section 125, shall be deposited into the JPE.
14.2. Hospital-medical benefit Plan coverage shall become effective the first day of the month following the date of hire.
14.3. During the first 24 months from the date of injury or illness causing an Employee's disability pursuant to Article 27, the Employer shall provide such hospital-medical benefit Plan coverage and monthly Employer premium cost-sharing for such Employee to the same extent as active Employees. Employer will deduct the Employee's portion of the monthly hospital-medical benefit Plan premium from Employee's disability income protection payments. If deduction is not possible, the Employee must pay his or her share of the hospital-medial benefit Plan premium each month to maintain coverage.
14.4. Any proposed change in the hospital-medical benefit Plan design that constitutes a reduction in the aggregate value of benefits shall be negotiated with the bargaining unit.
14.5. The Employer shall provide hospital-medical benefit Plan coverage to the same extent as active Employees for the dependents of a deceased Employee, who was classified as an active Employee at the time of death. The surviving spouse's coverage ceases when the spouse dies or remarries. The minor dependent's coverage ceases when each ceases to be defined as a dependent in the applicable section of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 62A, as amended.
14.6. The Employer will include the followin...
Hospital-Medical Insurance. 031 Permanent full-time and permanent part-time members are eligible for health insurance coverage under the terms of Section 8.01.
Hospital-Medical Insurance. Employees in this bargaining union, in accordance with this Section, will be eligible to participate in a group hospital/medical program provided through the County. For eligible employees, such coverage shall become effective on the first full pay period following a sixty (60) day waiting period. Such employees may obtain the necessary applications from the Human Resources Department.
Hospital-Medical Insurance. A teacher shall be eligible to purchase hospitalization, medical and major medical insurance coverage if the teacher:
Hospital-Medical Insurance.
1. The Board agrees to purchase for teachers not covered by any other employer paid group hospital-medical insurance full family hospital-medical insurance. The parties agree that effective July 1, 2013, the plan offered will be the MESSA ABC Plan 1 with the Rx Saver with a deductible that meets IRS guidelines for a High Deductible Plan. The parties may mutually agree to offer other plan options where appropriate. Effective with the ratification of this agreement, the District shall pay on a monthly basis the maximum permitted annual amounts as determined by the State Treasurer under PA 152 of 2011 toward the total cost of the MESSA medical premium. If the aggregate costs of the medical premium are less than the aggregate maximum amounts payable, the differential will be redistributed to those members enrolled in the medical plan in the form of HSA contributions in an agreed upon manner. Should the aggregate costs of the medical premiums exceed the aggregate maximum amounts payable under PA 152 of 2011, the remaining cost for the teacher’s elected medical premiums for each school year shall be paid by the teacher through pre-tax payroll deductions. The maximum amounts payable by the Board shall be adjusted each July 1 to the maximum permitted based on inflationary adjustments calculated the previous October as included in PA 152 of 2011. Notwithstanding any other obligations in this Agreement, the Employer reserves the right to, in its sole discretion, select a health insurance carrier with offers a “bronze” plan that provides “minimum coverage” pursuant to 26 USC Section 36(B)(c)(C)(ii).
2. The Board may require each teacher to certify, in writing, that s/he is not covered by any other employer paid hospital-medical insurance. Any teacher who has signed up for and is covered by hospitalization-medical coverage in violation of this Article will re-pay to the employer, all premium monies which the employer has paid for such benefits.
Hospital-Medical Insurance. Full-time and part-time employees may participate in the hospital-medical insurance program subject to the conditions established by the contract between the EMPLOYER and an insurance carrier.
Hospital-Medical Insurance. (a) An employee shall be eligible to purchase hospitalization, medical and major medical insurance coverage if the employee:
(1) is qualified under the terms of the policy;
(2) is on an approved leave of absence for medical purposes, not to exceed five (5) years; and
(3) has not terminated employment with the District.
(b) Individual coverage and family coverage shall be available for all employees who are eligible for, and are enrolled in, the School District Group Health and Hospitalization Plan. Administration of the plan will be consistent with the policies and procedures of the insurance carrier. The Employer will select the insurance carrier. To qualify for family coverage the employee must have eligible dependents as defined by the insurance carrier and must make a request for such coverage on a form provided by the Employer.
Hospital-Medical Insurance. (a. Grand Rapids Community College shall pay premiums for the plan selected by each faculty member up to the employer “hard-cap” limits, not 80/20 limits, set forth in MCL 15.563 as amended. These amounts may change each fiscal year. Grand Rapids Community College shall pay premiums for the plan selected by each faculty member up to the employer cap limits set forth in Public Act 152 of 2011.
Hospital-Medical Insurance. The Employer will make available to eligible Employees comprehensive hospital- medical benefit Plan 3A only.
