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18 <br /> <br /> Re-enrollment in the medical and/or dental plan shall be allowed only based upon a <br />qualifying event as defined by the IRS codes or during an open enrollment period. <br /> <br />24.3 No change in dental plan carrier, or level of benefits shall be made unless agreed to by the <br />Police Officers' Association. <br /> <br />24.4 The City agrees to continue to provide to employees an Employee Assistance Program. It <br />is agreed that such program shall not be an automatic substitution for appropriate <br />disciplinary action when such action is appropriate. <br /> <br />24.5 Retiree Benefits <br /> <br /> Under CalPERS rules, the City will directly contribute the “employer minimum share” <br />towards retiree health coverage. Additional retiree health contributions will be made on a <br />reimbursement basis as set forth below. The amounts listed below are inclusive of the <br />CalPERS Medical Plan “employer minimum share.” <br /> <br />24.6 For employees retiring prior to March 1, 1998, the City shall pay the contributions required <br />by the health plans’ two-party rate for retired City employees who were assigned to <br />classifications represented by the San Leandro Police Officers’ Association and who are <br />currently members of one of the City’s CalPERS health plans. The City shall contribute to <br />the health plan two-party rate costs until the retired employee is eligible for Medicare <br />coverage. The maximum amount to be contributed by the City may not exceed three <br />hundred sixty dollars ($360.00). In the event the amount required by the health plan <br />exceeds the maximum City contribution, such excess amount shall be paid by the retiree. <br /> <br />Employees retiring on or after March 1, 1998 but before February 28, 2002, shall have the <br />following option regarding medical insurance: <br /> <br />The City shall implement a “Medicare risk” medical insurance plan (open only to those <br />employees who are eligible for Medicare at age 65) and shall contribute up to forty dollars <br />($40.00) per month toward the cost of the Medicare risk premium. For current employees <br />not eligible for Medicare at age 65, the City shall continue to provide medical insurance <br />coverage until age 70 at one half of the pre-65 contribution rate as set forth in this section. <br /> <br />24.7 For employees hired prior to January 1, 2007 with fifteen (15) or more years of City service <br />and retiring on or after March 1, 2002, the City shall contribute a maximum of four hundred <br />sixty dollars ($460.00) towards the health and dental plans for retired City employees who <br />were assigned to classifications represented by the San Leandro Police Officers’ <br />Association and were members of the City’s Health and Dental Plan. The City will continue <br />its contribution until the employee is eligible for Medicare coverage (at age 65) or reaches <br />age 70. <br /> <br />For employees who are eligible for Medicare at age 65, the City will contribute up to two <br />hundred dollars ($200.00) per month towards the cost of a Medicare Risk Program and <br />Dental Insurance until the age of 70. <br /> <br />24.8 For employees hired on or after January 1, 2007, who have rendered fifteen (15) years of <br />City service as a Police Officer, the City shall pay the contributions required by health plan <br />two-party rate for retired City employees who were assigned to classifications represented <br />by the San Leandro Police Officers’ Association and who are members of one of the City’s <br />health plans at the time of retirement. The City shall contribute a maximum of three hundred <br />86