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<br />6.1A <br />Page 32 <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. <br /> <br />10.2 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 />hospital-medical-surgical, dental care and major medical programs existing at <br />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 <br />City is required to expend during any such month in the form of contributions <br />or taxes to 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 <br />group of employees, or their dependents, is lower in certain categories of <br />services than that provided under the existing major plans the City shall, to the <br />extent practical, provide a plan of benefits supplementary to the federal or <br />state benefits so as to make benefits in each category of coverage as nearly <br />comparable as possible to the benefits provided under the major medical <br />plans. The City need only expend for this purpose the actual amount required <br />to achieve parity between the benefits agreed to be provided under the major <br />medical plans and the benefits provided under any federal or state plan as <br />supplemented in the manner hereinabove described. In no event shall the City <br />required to expend for such purposes an amount which, when added to the <br />contributions or taxes required of the City under the federal or state act, shall <br />exceed the amounts paid at the time such legislation becomes effective. <br /> <br />If the benefits provided under the federal or state act exceed the benefits <br />provided hereunder in each category of coverage, the City shall be under no <br />further obligation to make any contributions. <br /> <br />The City intends to evaluate the hospital-medical, life insurance, and dental <br />plans which are currently available to employees. In the event that it may be <br />possible to provide hospital-medical, life insurance and dental coverage as <br />nearly comparable as possible to the benefits in effect on November 1, 1980, <br />without additional cost to the City or the employees, the City may substitute <br />new insurance carriers. The Association will be given an opportunity to review <br />the coverage afforded under such substitute plans before they are <br />implemented. <br /> <br />26 <br />