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27 <br /> 10.2.8 An employee who is receiving a disability retirement due to a work <br />related illness or injury, shall receive paid medical benefits provided <br />that the following conditions are met: <br /> <br />A. The employee is not eligible for similar medical benefits under <br />10.2.5through other employment; and, <br /> <br />B. The employee is not eligible for similar benefits through a <br />spouse’s health plan. <br /> <br />Whenever the above eligibility criteria are met, the City will provide <br />medical benefits at the same benefit tier (single, two-party, family) <br />which the employee would have been receiving if he/she had <br />continued as an active employeemaximum retirement stipend paid by <br />the City shall be equal to the CalPERS Bay Area Kaiser premium for <br />family coverage. The City will pay the PEMHCA minimum employer <br />contribution to CalPERS and reimburse the retiree for the remaining <br />difference in premium amount. Employees who do not meet the <br />eligibility criteria listed above at the time of retirement, but later <br />become eligible (i.e., is no longer eligible for benefits through a <br />spouse’s plan or through other employment), may enroll in City-paid <br />health benefits under this provision at that time. <br /> <br />10.2.9 For employees who leave the City in good standing, for reasons other <br />than retirement, who are not eligible for benefits as provided in <br />Section 10.2.5 or 10.2.8, and who have twenty (20) years of service <br />with the City of Redwood City, the maximum City contribution toward <br />health plan coverage shall be equal to the CalPERS Bay Area Kaiser <br />premium for employee only coverage,the percent of premium paid for <br />a current employee (employee only), for the same plan, for the period <br />September 1, 2008 2015 through August 31, 20152018, provided that <br />the following conditions are met: <br /> <br />A. The employee is not eligible for similar medical benefits <br />through a spouse’s health plan. <br /> <br />B. The employee is not eligible for similar medical benefits <br />through other employment. <br /> <br />Whenever the above eligibility criteria are met, the City will provide <br />paid medical benefits for the employee only. The City will pay the <br />PEMHCA minimum employer contribution to CalPERS and reimburse the <br />retiree for the remaining difference in premium amount. <br /> <br />10.3 Savings Clause <br /> <br />If, pursuant to any federal or state law which may become effective <br />subsequent to the effective date of this MOU, the City is required to pay <br />contributions or taxes for hospital-medical-surgical, dental care, prescription <br />drug or other health benefits to be provided its employees under such federal <br />or state act, the City's obligation to furnish the same benefits under the <br />6.1.C. - Page 38