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ARTICLE 29: <br />HOSPITALIZATION <br />SECTION 1: The Employer shall provide, pursuant to Appendix A, single, family, employee <br />and spouse, employee and child/children medical insurance coverage at the employee's option <br />for each full-time employee. The Employer shall have the option of seeking alternate health <br />insurance providers or plans, providing coverage is equal to or better than provisions of <br />Appendix A. <br />SECTION 2: Employee(s) participating in the city's medical insurance coverage program shall <br />contribute an amount equal to thirteen (13%) percent of the plan premium or expected costs of <br />such medical plan, and the Employer shall contribute eighty-seven (87%) percent of such costs. <br />The employee contribution shall be withheld via payroll deduction not later than the first pay <br />period each month. <br />All employee contributions, as required by this Article, shall be withheld via payroll <br />deduction not later than the first pay period each month for all the employee percentage <br />contributions stated above. <br />SECTION 3: The Employer will offer a HMO, PPO and HDHP-HSA plans that provides for <br />annual deductibles, co -pays and co-insurance as set forth in the attached Plan designs, providing <br />said plans contain deductibles, co -pays, co-insurance benefits that are no less than those <br />contained in Appendix A. <br />SECTION 4: Employees shall participate in the AFSCME Dental Benefit Plan and Union Eye <br />Care Vision Plan at current benefit levels. <br />SECTION 5: Expected cost or premium is defined as the cost of all medical, hospital, <br />prescription drug, and related fees including, but not limited to administrative fees. <br />SECTION 6: The Employer reserves the right to establish all plans, enrollment periods and <br />regulations. <br />SECTION 7: The Employer shall cause the Health Care Plan to be a qualified Plan under <br />Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. <br />ARTICLE 30: <br />LONGEVITY <br />SECTION 1: All employees hired prior to January 1, 1990 shall receive annual longevity pay as <br />additional compensation computed on annual wages which shall be divided by twenty-six (26) <br />and included in each paycheck as follows: <br />22 <br />