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6.13. - Page 90 of 366 During. the term of the MOU, the City and Association will split the cost of an actuarial study to be done by an actuary of the City's choice, to determine cost of extending current urrent service retiree health benefits to employees who go out on Industrial Disability Retirement. The parties agree to meet and confer over the study's results. During the term of the MOU the City and Association will discuss establishment of a Cit defined contribution Retiree Health Savings Plan for lateral hires. 17.3 Dental Insurance The City shall provide to eligible employees and dependents dental insurance program through the term of this agreement to include coverages as follows: two thousand dollars 1$2,0001 annual cap for basic coverage and two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,5001 lifetime cap for orthodonture, The City will pay ninety percent (90%) of the dental insurance premium for eligible employees and dependents. 17.4 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 Sservice Plan B provides for an exam everytwelve J121 months, lenses everytwelve (1 21 months if needed, and frames every two 21 years if needed. There is to be no deductible for employees, but a twenty dollar ($20,001 per person deductible will apply to dependents each time benefits are available and will be paid by the employee. The City will pay ninety percent (90%) of the vision insurance premium for eligible employees and dependents. 17.5 Savings Clause 17.5.1 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 its 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. 17.5.2 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, 41 109