Agmt 2002 San Leandro Police Officers' Associaton SLPOA

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Each January, these amounts will be adjusted by an amount equal to the change (increase or decrease) in the Kaiser N Premium. Employees electing to enroll in the PERS Medical Plans will be required to contribute the difference between the above amounts and the actual cost of the medical plan premium. Such contribution shall. be on a pre-tax basis. Employees electing not to enroll in the care medical plan (non enrollment in the medical and dental plan) and who demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City enrollment in another medical plan, shall receive one hundred and fifty ($150.00) per month for their non-election of medicaUdental benefits. In the event both spouses are employed by the City and eligible to enroll in the City's medical benefits plan, one employee may elect not to enroll in the medical plan and will receive the one hundred and fifty ($150.00) per month payment, if enrolled under the spouse's coverage. Employees electing not to enroll in the medical plan, but continuing enrollment in the dental plan, shall receive one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month for their non-enrollment. Re-enrollment in the medical and/or dental plan shall be allowed only based upon a qualifying event as defined by the IRS codes or during an open enrollment period. 23.2 Under Ca1PERS rules, the City will directly contribute sixteen dollars ($16.00) towards retiree health coverage. Additional retiree health contributions will be made on a reimbursement basis as set forth below. The amounts listed below are inclusive of the sixteen dollar ($16.00) contribution. 23.3 For employees retiring prior to March 1, 1998, the City shall pay the contributions xequired by the health plans' two-party rate for retired City employees who were assigned to classifications represented by the San Leandro Police Officers' Association and who are currently members of one of the City's Ca1PERS health plans. The City shall contribute to the health plan two-party rate costs until the retired employee is eligible for Medicare coverage. The maximum amount to be contributed by the City may not exceed three hundred sixty dollars ($360.00). In the event the amount required by the health plan exceeds the maximum City contribution, such excess amount shall be paid by the retiree. Employees retiring on or after March 1, 1998 but before February 28, 2002, shall have the following option regarding medical insurance: The City shall implement a "Medicare risk" medical insurance plan (open only to those employees who are eligible for Medicare at age 65) and shall contribute up to forty dollars ($40.00) per month toward the cost of the Medicare risk premium. For current employees not eligible for Medicare at age 65, the City shall continue to provide medical insurance coverage until age 70 at one half of the pre-65 contribution rate as set forth in this section. 18