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29 <br /> <br />The City shall contract with Vision Service Plan (VSP) or a comparable vision care provider <br />to provide vision care benefits for employees and their dependents. The Vision service Plan <br />B provides for an exam every 12 months, lenses every 12 months if needed, and frames <br />every 2 years if needed. There is to be no deductible for employees, but a $20.00 per <br />person deductible will apply to dependents each time benefits are available and will be paid <br />by the employee. <br /> <br />17.5 Savings Clause <br /> <br /> 17.5.1 If, pursuant to any federal or state law which may become effective subsequent to <br />the effective date of this Memorandum of Understanding, the City is required to pay <br />contributions or taxes for hospital-medical-surgical, dental care, prescription drug <br />or other health benefits to be provided its employees under such federal or state <br />act, the City's obligation to furnish the same benefits under the hospital-medical <br />programs shall be suspended and the contributions agreed to be paid monthly <br />hereunder by the City shall be reduced each month by the amounts which the City <br />is required to expend during any such month in the form of contributions or taxes to <br />support said federal or state health plan. <br /> <br /> 17.5.2 If, as a result of such law, the level of benefits provided by such law for any group <br />of employees, or their dependents, is lower in certain categories of services than <br />that provided under the existing major plan, the City shall, to the extent practical, <br />provide a plan of benefits supplementary to the federal or state benefits so as to <br />make benefits in each category of coverage as nearly comparable as possible to <br />the benefits provided under the major medical plans. The City need only expend <br />for this purpose the actual amount required to achieve parity between the benefits <br />provided under the major medical plan and the benefits provided under any federal <br />or state plan as supplemented in the manner hereinabove described. In no event <br />shall the City be required to expend for such purposes an amount which when <br />added to the contributions or taxes required of the City under the federal or state <br />act, shall exceed the amounts paid at the time such legislation becomes effective. <br /> <br /> 17.5.3 If the benefits provided under the federal or state act exceed the benefits provided <br />hereunder in each category of coverage, the City shall be under no further <br />obligation to make any contribution. <br /> <br />17.6 Life Insurance <br /> <br />The City shall offer to eligible employees additional life insurance equal to one and one-half <br />(1-1/2) times the employee's annual salary at a 60/40 premium contribution split between <br />the City and the employee respectively. <br /> <br />17.7 Long Term Disability <br /> <br />The City will contract to provide Long Term Disability Insurance for COA unit employees. <br />The City, for the term of this agreement, will pay the full cost of the basic rate (basic rate <br />provides for up to a $3,000 maximum monthly payout). A buy-up option will be included to <br />offer the employee the opportunity to increase their coverage, at their own expense, up to <br />an additional $3,000 monthly payout. The total maximum monthly payout available will be <br />$6,000. <br />6.3.B. - Page 110