Optical Benefit. The optical benefit is a maximum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) every two (2) calendar years with no deductible. Effective January 1, 2009, the optical benefit is a maximum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) every two (2) calendar years with no deductible.
Optical Benefit a. For the duration of this Agreement, the Board will reimburse up to $150.00 per year towards the cost of eye examinations and prescription corrective lenses for the employee.
Optical Benefit. Commencing July 1, 1997, the Board will pay up to $200.00 annually per unit employee for vision care upon presentation of proper documentation. Bills may be submitted for the employee, spouse and legal dependent(s). This benefit shall extend to all unit members covered under this contract. Employees who were hired by the Board prior to July 1, 1997 shall be grandfathered in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article.
Optical Benefit. Effective January 1, 2003: The Company will provide an optical benefits equivalent to two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) every twenty-four (24) months for all Employees and eligible dependents.
Optical Benefit. Routine optical care (Plan A only) This benefit provides for the fees charged for corrective spectacle lenses, contact lenses and associated spectacle frames prescribed by the ophthalmologist or optometrist up to the limit shown for your plan. This benefit also pays for the eye examinations carried out by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. This benefit does not pay for tinted/ reactive lenses, sunglasses, non-corrective contact lenses, lasik/laser eye surgery and/or similar, whether prescribed or not. International Emergency Medical Assistance (‘IEMA’) Please refer to Section 3.3 for more details on International Emergency Medical Assistance.
Optical Benefit. The Board shall underwrite the cost of one optical exam, or one pair of glasses or contact lenses per employee, up to $100 per contract year within a pool capped at $10,000 per year for all CEA members. Receipts must be submitted to the business office no later than June 15th of each school year the exam occurred. By the end of that school year, the Superintendent of Schools will review the number of CEA receipts filed with the business office to determine the prorated amount to be reimbursed to each participating employee from the $10,000 pool. (Should the $10,000 not be reached, each employee submitting receipts may receive up to a maximum of $150.) Such payment will be forwarded to the employee during the summer following the end of the school year.
Optical Benefit. Routine optical care (Plan A only) This benefit provides for the fees charged for corrective spectacle lenses, contact lenses and associated spectacle frames prescribed by the ophthalmologist or optometrist up to the limit shown for your plan. This benefit also pays for the eye examinations carried out by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. This benefit does not pay for tinted/ reactive lenses, sunglasses, non-corrective contact lenses, lasik/laser eye surgery and/or similar, whether prescribed or not. International Emergency Medical Assistance (‘IEMA’) Please refer to Section 3.3 for more details on International Emergency Medical Assistance. New born cover - acute medical condition This benefit pays for the treatment of acute medical condition, provided there is no underlying congenital condition developed in a new born baby including nursing of pre-mature baby (i.e. where birth is prior to thirty-seven (37) weeks gestation) in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The common acute medical conditions for new born babies include neonatal jaundice, colic, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting and ear infection. This benefit is only available if: (a) the parent of the new born baby has been covered under InternationalExclusive for three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive days or more when the baby is born; and (b) the new born baby is added into the insured parent’s policy within thirty (30) days from birth; and (c) both parent and baby have been continuously covered under the policy and the policy is in force when the treatment is received. This benefit is paid from the insured baby’s plan. This benefit covers treatment received by a new born baby during the first thirty (30) days after birth. After thirty (30) days, treatment can be covered under the main benefits of the insured baby’s plan. Please see Section 1.5 - ‘Persons eligible’ for details on eligibility.
Optical Benefit. The optical benefit is a maximum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) every two
Optical Benefit. Effective January increase the optical benefit to per member per two year period.
Optical Benefit. Effective with the signing of this contract, the City shall provide for Employees and eligible members of Employees' families an optical plan as provided by the Co-Op Optical Service "Plan B". Copies of the plan will be given to the Union. The plan in general provides for every Employee, spouse and all dependent children to the end of the year that they turn the age of nineteen (19), an optometric refraction and glasses, if needed, once every twenty-four months. The plan details the type frames and lenses available. It is understood that the City of Xxxxx Park will maintain the same benefits or improved benefits as provided by the present plan. Retired Employees, subsequent to July 1, 1981, shall continue to be covered by this plan, cost sustained by the City, until the Retired Employee reaches age 65 or is eligible for Medi-Care. Retired Employees who obtain employment from an employer who provides this type of insurance shall not be covered by the City's plan for duration of such employment.