IHSS HEALTH BENEFITS FOR SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES EMPLOYEES Sample Clauses

IHSS HEALTH BENEFITS FOR SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES EMPLOYEES. Supported Living Services employees at EBI may also be employees of the Alameda County Public Authority funded by IHSS. The Public Authority currently provides employee-only medical, dental, and vision benefits to eligible workers through the Alameda Alliance. Eligible employees may choose to participate in the plans offered. —35 Currently, to become eligible for initial coverage, an employee must be issued IHSS checks for a total of one hundred and sixty (160) paid hours for two (2) consecutive months. It may take up to sixty (60) days or more after that before an employee's coverage begins. Once an employee is covered the Public Authority sends a confirmation letter with the effective date of coverage. The IHSS check issue date (at the top of the IHSS paycheck stub) will be used to determine the month in which an employee's paid hours will be credited. It must show in the State's payroll database in order for the employee to get credit for those hours. As long as an employee is issued checks by IHSS for a minimum of (80) paid hours each month, the employee will continue to be covered for an additional three months. Payroll problems may affect an employee's eligibility. If an employee's hours are not recorded in the Alameda County database correctly, the employee will not be covered. EBI will provide reasonable assistance to ensure that that timesheets are turned in on time. EBI will make every effort to assign enough IHSS hours to employees utilizing IHSS benefits so that they maintain eligibility for IHSS benefits. If, for a reason not in the control of the employee, an employee no longer has enough 1HSS hours to be eligible for IHSS benefits but is eligible for benefits through EBI, the employee must notify the Employer's Director of Personnel and Administration immediately. Upon notification, the Employer will re-enroll the employee under the appropriate Employer-provided benefit plan with no waiting period. Currently IHSS employees contribute premium contributions through IHSS payroll deductions in the amounts of $20 per month for medical, HMO dental and vision or $45 per month for medical, PPO dental and vision. For employees who are enrolled in IHSS benefits and choose to not enroll in EBI benefits, EBI will reimburse to the employee up to $20 in premium expenses per month. Employees may request reimbursement by attaching documentation that the premium has been paid to their monthly EBI expense form. The Union may request to bargain over medical co...