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Section 28.4. Health Care Task Force. The Employer will continue to utilize a Health Care Task Force comprised of appropriate representatives of the Village administration and Village employees, including representatives of FOP Lodge 57 and IAFF Local 2619. The Health Care Task Force will be expected to study the issues of health care and health care cost containment and formulate recommendations which will be considered by the Employer. Section 28.5. Any permanent full-time employee, who is otherwise eligible to be covered under the group health care plan and who voluntarily withdraws from the above -referenced insurance coverage, shall be paid Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per month in lieu of employee plus dependent coverage and One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month in lieu of single coverage. These payments shall be made in equal quarterly installments. These payments will not be made to any person who is otherwise covered under the Employer's policy through a spouse or other family member. No payment can be made under this section until the employee provides proof to the Finance Director that he or she is covered under another health insurance policy. Section 28.6. The Employer will provide and pay the full premium on a $20,000 term life insurance policy for each permanent full-time employee. Commencing April 1, 2020, the Employer will increase the value of each policy and provide and pay the full premium on a $50,000 term life insurance policy for each permanent full-time employee. ARTICLE 29 INJURY LEAVE Section 29.1. When an employee becomes injured or disabled as a result of an event arising out of and in the course of bona fide police work as determined by the Village, so as to be physically unfit for duty, the employee shall be granted injury leave with pay by the Village beginning with the first working day of such disability. In order to be eligible for injury leave, as provided in this Article, the employee must file a claim with Workers' Compensation and the employee's disability must be evidenced by a certificate from a physician who examined the employee. Paid injury leave shall not be granted to employees who incur injuries of a routine nature or to employees while in the employment of another person or entity. Section 29.2. Injury leave shall not exceed Ninety (90) consecutive calendar days after the beginning of the leave unless an extension is granted by the Employer. Said leave may be canceled at an earlier time as provided below: A. When the employee is released by his physician to return to work; B. At such time that the employee is declared capable of performing his normal duties by a physician appointed by the Employer; C. If, prior to release for normal duties, it is determined by a physician that the employee is capable of performing limited work assignments, the employee shall 23