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<br />6.1C <br />Page 29 <br /> <br />medical-surgical, dental care, prescription drug or other health benefits to be provided its <br />employees under such federal or state act, the City's obligation to furnish the same <br />benefits under the hospital-medical-surgical, dental care and major medical programs <br />existing at this time 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 is <br />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 />If, as a result of such a law, the level of benefits provided by such law for any group of <br />employees, or their dependents, is lower in certain categories of services than that <br />provided under the existing major plans the City shall, to the extent practical, provide a <br />plan of benefits supplementary to the federal or state benefits so as to make benefits in <br />each category of coverage as nearly comparable as possible to the benefits provided <br />under the major medical plan. The City need only expend for this purpose the actual <br />amount required to achieve parity between the benefits agreed to be provided under the <br />major medical plan and the benefits provided under any federal or state plan as <br />supplemented in the manner hereinabove described. In no event shall the City be <br />required to expend for such purposes an amount which, when added to the contributions <br />or taxes required of the City under the federal or state act, shall exceed the amounts paid <br />at the time such legislation becomes effective. <br /> <br />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 obligation to <br />make any contributions. <br /> <br />The City intends to evaluate the hospital-medical, life insurance, and dental plans, which <br />are currently available to employees. In the event that it may be possible to provide <br />hospital-medical, life insurance and dental coverage as nearly comparable as possible to <br />the benefits in effect on September 1, 1998, without additional cost to the City or the <br />employees, the City may substitute new insurance carriers. The Association will be <br />given an opportunity to review the coverage afforded under such substitute plans before <br />they are implemented. <br /> <br />The City and RCPSA agree that in the event state or federal law changes to the extent <br />that mandates are placed on the City or the level of benefits changes during the tenn of <br />this MOU, the parties agree to reopen the MOU to meet and confer over such changes or <br />mandates, if either party requests to do so. <br /> <br />10.5 Lon!! Term Disabilitv <br /> <br />The City will pay $19.50 per month, per employee towards the cost of Long Term <br />Disability Coverage. <br /> <br />10.6 Vision <br /> <br />Effective with the first full pay period on or after September I, 2003, the City will <br />contract with Vision Service Plan (VSP) or comparable vision care provider to provide <br />vision care benefits for employees and their dependents. The Vision Service Plan "B" <br />provides for an exam every 12 months, lenses every 12 months if needed, and frames <br />every 2 years, if needed. There is no deductible for employees, but a $20.00 per person <br /> <br />23 <br />