104-04 Hospitalization for Employees

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plan~ Cost allocation shall. be ,determined based on the number of employees in each division participating in the hospitalization plan. The total costs of hospitalization services shall be allocated according to the percent of enrollment each division represents as compared to the total énrollment on the City's hospitalization pians. Where there is no provision in grant programs to pay for employee hospitalization costs, the Director of Finance will allocate that cost to the funds based upon the total allocation of all other hospitalization costs. (f) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to pay from City funds one- half of tne actual premium rate of dental insurance covérage as may be established by the City for all annual salaried employee$ including Foremen Class A employees and the Chiefs of the Divisions of Police and Fire but excluding all other members of the Divisions of Police and Fire and full-time permanent hourly employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the City. shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: 149.14 HOSPITALIZATION COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES. (a) For the purposes of this section, "City employees" means employees of Lakewood Municipal Court and the City of Lakewood, but excludes members of Council, part-time hourly émplbyees, temporary employees, seasonal employees, school guards, pubiic works Inspectors, and members of the Civil Service Commission. Medical benefits shall become effective for each eligible employee on the first day of the calendar month following the month in which the individual is hired. . (b) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to pay from City funds on behalf of each City employee who is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement and who is a participant in the City's primary group hospitalization plan as adopted by the City, the full monthly cost of said coverage for single or family coverage basis as seiected by the employee. (c) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to pay from City funds on behalf of each City employee who is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement and who is a participant in an authorizéd Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) the full monthly cost of said coverage for single or family coverage as selected by the employee providéd the full monthly cost does not exceed the amount paid by the City for participants in the City's primarý group hospitalization plan. Any additional cost shall be borne by the empioyee and paid for through a payroll deduction. (d) The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to continue to pay to employees hired prior to April 3, 1978 and have received this benefit prior to January 1, 2005, a cash payment in lieu of medical benefits in the following amounts: 1) Family Plan up to $70.26 2) Single Plan up to $42.31 (e) Effective January 1, 2005, the Director of Finance is hereby authorizéd to pay to employees a cash payment in lieu of medical benefits as determined by the Director of Finance. No employee shall be eligible for such cash payment until proof, as determined adequate by the Director of Finance, is submitted establishing that the employee Is covered under some other medical plan outside of the City. The cash payment in lieu of medical benefits for the year 2005 shall be Seven Hundred Twenty Dollars ($720.00). The Director of Finance shall annually review the cost of providing medical benefits to each employee and adjust the cash payment in lieu of medical benefits accordingly. In the event that an employee receives a cash payment in lieu of medical benefits and in the same calendar year, due to a change is status, elects to enroll in any of the City's major medical plans, the employee will be required to reimburse the City a prorated amount based on the number of months of enrollment in the plan for that calendar year. (f) Such paYfllent by the City shall be distributed among City funds according to the enrollment of each division participating in the City's employee hospitalization plan. Cost allocation shall be determined based on the number of employees in each division participating in the hospitalization plan. The total costs of hospitalization services shail be allocated according to the percent of enrollment each division represents as compared to the total enrollment on the City's hospitalization plans. Where there is no provision in grant programs to pay for employee hospitalization costs, the Director of Finance will allocate that cost to the funds based upon the total allocation of all other hospitalization costs.