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An employee may elect to waive the medical plan and enroll only in the dental plan and receive one-hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per month for their non-election. An employee may elect to waive the dental plan only and enroll only in the medical plan and receive fifty dollars ($50.00) per month for their non-election. 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. In 2011, the above opt-out premiums will be increased as follows, based on the employee's status and eligibility during the 2011 benefit year, in accordance with Internal Revenue Code (IRC) timelines and qualifying events: Employee rate: Medical $200 +/or dental $50 = $250/month maximum Two-party rate: Medical $350 +/or dental $50 = $400/month maximum Family rate: Medical $500 +/or dental $50 = $550/month maximum The parties agree that during the term of this agreement, they will jointly explore various instruments enabling employee savings for retiree medical costs and related purposes. 29.2 Under Ca1PERS rules, the City will directly contribute the "employer minimum share" 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 PERS Medical Plan "employer minimum share". 29.3 The City shall pay the contributions required by health plan two-party rate for retired City employees who were assigned to classifications represented by the San Leandro City Employees Union and who are currently members of one of the City's health plans. The City shall contribute to the health plan's two-party rate costs, but the maximum amount to be contributed by the City shall not exceed three hundred and sixty dollars ($360.00). In the event the amounts required by the health plans exceed the maximum City contribution, such excess amounts shall be paid by the retiree. Coverage under this section shall continue until the employees 65th birthday; except for the PERS Medical Plan "employer minimum share" retiree health contribution, which shall continue for life. 29.4 Retired employee dependent eligibility for City health plan contribution is conditional upon the active enrollment of the retired employee. If a retired employee moves outside the service area of their medical plan, the retiree will be allowed an opportunity within thirty (30) days of such move to change medical insurance coverage. If a retired employee remarries, the retiree may add the retiree's spouse to the medical insurance coverage at the City's expense. The City shall have no obligation to obtain medical insurance for a retiree living outside the service area of its medical insurance plans. The contribution toward retiree insurance will continue, however, until the employees 65th birthday. 29.5 The City shall contribute a maximum of seventy dollars and eighty-seven cents ($70.87) toward the monthly dental plan cost for each eligible retired City employee who was assigned to a classification represented by the San Leandro City Employees Union, and who is currently a member of the City's dental plan, or who was a member of the City's dental plan and retired on or after January 1, 1987. Any increases in dental plan costs during the term of this Agreement shall be split equally between the City and the retired employee. Coverage under this section 24