Medical Insurance Carriers i. Active Employee medical coverage: Columbia University has the ability to change health plan carriers providing the new carrier offers same or substantially similar coverage.
ii. Retiree employee medical coverage: Columbia University has the ability to change health plan carriers providing the new carrier offers same or substantially similar coverage.
Medical Insurance Carriers. Active employee medical coverage: Columbia University has ability to change health plan carriers provided no diminishment of benefit. Retiree employee medical coverage: Columbia University has ability to change health plan carriers provided no diminishment of benefit. Note: The University will implement any changes legally-mandated by Health Care Legislation OPTICAL PLAN: Effective on the effective date of the point of service plans, the University will no longer deduct optical expenses from the child care allowance provided under Article 12A, Section 5, and the following shall apply: All employees who participate in the United Health Care plan shall be covered by the Optical rider for their plan. Employee dependents who are covered by the POS plan will also be covered by the Optical rider as of the date that the employee becomes covered. Benefits will be as follows: Routine Eye Exams Adults: One exam every 12 months with a $10 copay Children: One exam every 12 months with a $10 copay Lenses Adults: Every 24 months, $20 allowance for single lenses, $30 for bifocal, $40 for trifocal and $75 for lenticular Children: Lenses covered in full every 12 months (more frequently if medically necessary) Frames Adults: $30 allowance every 24 months Children: Up to $100 covered in full every 12 months (more frequently if medically necessary). Cost above $100 covered at 60%. Contact Lenses Adults: $75 allowance every 24 months Children: Single purchase of pair of contact lenses or 1 box of contact lenses per eye covered at 100% Unreimbursed expenses may be paid for through the USA Medical Account.
(a) Employees who have completed six months of service will be covered by life insurance in the amount of one times base salary up to $50,000, at no cost to the employee. There is no six-month waiting period for job-related death.
(b) The employee shall have the option to purchase an additional, like amount of five times (5x) of Group Life Insurance (rounded to the nearest thousand dollars) at sale cost to him/herself at the rate established by the Insurance carrier.
(c) The University shall provide an individual copy of the Group Life Insurance policy to all enrolled employees.
(d) Employees who retire on or after October 1, 1995 will be eligible for a five-thousand dollar ($5,000.00) death benefit. This benefit will be increased to $6,000.00 effective October 1, 1997.
(e) The Group Insurance Plan is described in detail in a booklet entitled "Benefits in Brief" for non-union ...
Medical Insurance Carriers. Health care benefits shall be provided by the District through participation in the San Diego County Schools Fringe Benefit Consortium self-funded PPO program and Kaiser unless modified or changed through the collective bargaining process.
Medical Insurance Carriers. Health care benefits shall be provided by the District through participation in the San Diego County Schools Fringe Benefit Consortium as described in Part D. below and VEBA unless modified or changed through the collective bargaining process.
Medical Insurance Carriers. During the term of the agreement, a maximum of one Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Plan or one Point of Service (POS) Plan and at least one Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) shall be available for medical coverage for active employees. The parties agree that there will be no plan design change to either plan offering that would add to an increased premium. Effective the first full pay period following ratification by the Association, for the duration of this agreement the District annual contribution for fully benefited employees shall be determined by the actual benefit plan selected by District employees for each calendar year. Contributions and plans for the 2020 benefit year are included in Appendix E of this contract.
9.1.1 In lieu of adding 0.5% (the equivalent of $140,267) to offset the cost of benefits for the 2020 benefit year as done by the other employee groups, CESA’s portion of the increased contribution from this year shall be applied directly to the salary schedule, ongoing and retroactive to July 1, 2019. A new rate sheet has been developed for the 2020 benefit plan year, attached as Appendix E, to reflect any changes to the insurance rates and the number of CSEA employees who voluntarily waive insurance coverage. The district annual contribution for employees who are eligible for full benefits and who voluntarily elect to waive all insurance coverage will remain at $10,000. This annual contribution shall be applied to benefits for each succeeding year starting with the 2020 plan year.
9.1.2 Employees who provide a copy of an insurance identification card or equivalent written documentation that they are covered under an out-of-district group insurance plan with their spouse/domestic partner may waive all insurance coverage. The employee who requests this waiver will continue to receive coverage for vision, dental, and life insurance. Employees will receive no additional compensation for this waiver option. The employee’s waiver shall be effective January 1 and shall continue, at a minimum, through the plan year in which it is submitted. The employee’s waiver will continue year-to-year and may only be withdrawn by written notice to the District prior to the start of the upcoming plan year.
9.1.3 Employees with a spouse/domestic partner working full time in the District may have one of the employees waive his/her individual medical plan and enroll as a dependent under the other employee’s medical plan. The employee who requests thi...
Medical Insurance Carriers. Active employee medical coverage: Columbia University has ability to change health plan carriers provided no diminishment of benefit. Retiree employee medical coverage: Columbia University has ability to change health plan carriers provided no diminishment of benefit. Note: The University will implement any changes legally-mandated by Health Care Legislation OPTICAL PLAN: Effective on the effective date of the point of service plans, the University will no longer deduct optical expenses from the child care allowance provided under Article 12A, Section 5, and the following shall apply: All employees who participate in the United Health Care plan shall be covered by the Optical rider for their plan. Employee dependents who are covered by the POS plan will also be covered by the Optical rider as of the date that the employee becomes covered. Benefits will be as follows: Unreimbursed expenses may be paid for through the USA Medical Account.
