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19.1.7.2 The City shall offer a second health savings/cash option not to exceed half of the Kaiser Family premium. If a RCMEA employee elects no health plan coverage and provides evidence of other coverage during annual open enrollment, as a health savings/cash option the City and the employee shall share equally the amount designated as the City's actual maximum monthly contribution. 19.1.8 For employees covered by this Memorandum of Understanding, the amounts in this Article 19, shall be prorated for each regular part-time employee working (20) or more hours per week. 19.1.9 Any funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year in each individual Cafeteria Plan account shall be returned to the general fund for use consistent with IRS Code Section 125. 19.2 Dental Insurance The City shall continue to provide to eligible employees and dependents fully paid dental insurance program through the term of this agreement to include coverages as follows: $2,000 annual cap for basic coverage and $2,500 lifetime cap for orthodonture effective October 1, 2001. 19.3 Vision Care The City shall contract with Vision Service Plan (VSP) or a comparable vision care provider to provide vision care benefits for employees and their dependents. The Vision service Plan B provides for an exam every 12 months, lenses every 12 months if needed, and frames every 2 years if needed. There is to be no deductible for employees, but a $20.00 per person deductible will apply to dependents each time benefits are available and will be paid by the employee. 19.4 Savings Clause 19.4.1 If, pursuant to any federal or state law which may become effective subsequent to the effective date of this Memorandum of Understanding, the City is required to pay contributions or taxes for hospital-medical-surgical, dental care, prescription drug or other health benefits to be provided it employees under such federal or state act, the City's obligation to furnish the same benefits under the hospital-medical programs shall be suspended and the contributions agreed to be paid monthly hereunder by the City shall be reduced each month by the amounts which the City is required to expend during any such month in the form of contributions or taxes to support said federal or state health plan. 19.4.2 If, as a result of such law, the level of benefits provided by such law for any group of employees, or their dependents, is lower in certain categories of services than that provided under the existing major plan, the City shall, to the extent practical, provide a plan of benefits supplementary to the federal or state benefits so as to make benefits in each category of coverage as nearly comparable as possible to the benefits provided under the major medical plans. The City need only expend for this purpose the actual amount required to achieve parity between the benefits provided under the major medical plan and the benefits provided under any federal or state plan as supplemented in the manner hereinabove described. In no event shall the City be required to expend for such purposes an amount which when added to the contributions or taxes required of the City under the federal or state act, shall exceed the amounts paid at the time such legislation becomes effective. 26