8925-17 Collective Bargaining Agreement - Dispatchers

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Appendix B Insurance Committee Rules At the conclusion of the bargaining units' current collective bargaining negotiations, an employee- management committee represented by between one and three employees from each of the city's seven bargaining units and at least one representative of management shall be formed. The employer shall and the members of the committee may provide advisors or facilitators to assist the committee regarding health care issues. The committee will meet as often as necessary to complete its work, with a target of at least one meeting per month. The committee shall be required to review the employer's current health care plans, including its plans for medical and prescription, and adopt one or more new or revised plans that are competitive in the health care market, will not be considered so- called "Cadillac Plans" under the Affordable Care Act and that will achieve the goals of promoting cost containment within the plan and minimizing premium contributions by employees. In fulfilling its mission, the committee shall consider office co -pays, prescription drug rates, deductibles, maximum out of pockets, wellness programs and such other plan attributes and other related matters that may help the city achieve the goals set forth above. No later than September 1, 2018, the committee shall vote upon proposed new or revised health care plan or plans that meet the goals set forth above. Each bargaining unit shall be entitled to cast one vote, no matter the number of employees representing the bargaining unit on the committee. The employer shall be entitled to cast one vote, no matter the number of representatives of management or non -union employees serving on the committee. If the committee unanimously approves such proposed new or revised plan or plans, then such plan or plans shall become the employer's plan or plans, and the employer shall be authorized and directed to implement the plan or plans. If the committee, however, fails by September 1, 2018 to approve unanimously a new plan or plans, then the reopener provisions in this agreement with respect to hospitalization coverage for the year 2019 will apply and the parties to this agreement will then separately engage in negotiations on that subject. In 2019 the committee shall meet when appropriate to consider further and additional revisions to the employer's plan or plans in order to meet the goals set forth above. When meeting in 2019, the committee and the employer shall continue to follow the procedures set forth above for approving appropriate additional revisions to the employer's health care plan or plans. Neither party shall unreasonably refuse to participate in any committee meetings called by the employer. 39