| (c) High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (HDHP w/HSA)
| (ed) The city may make additional plans available to members with benefit levels and
premium cost sharing determined by the city in its sole discretion.
| The option of the health care plan is at the sole discretion of the eCity. It is agreed by all parties
concermed that the City reserves and shall have the right to change insurance carriers provided the
benefits to participants are comparable and the City elects the least expensive plan available to
provide such benefits.
Should the City determine that it is in the best interests of the City to offer a "comparable" plan to
either option "a" or"b", it shall provide at least one hundred twenty (120) days prior written notice
to the Union and documentation of the cost to members and the benefits that will be provided under
the comparable plan. Should the Union determine that the proposed plan is not comparable, the
grievance shall not be subject to the grievance procedure (Article 12), and shall be submitted
directly for arbitration no later than thirty (30) days after the Union is notified of the proposed
change to the comparable plan. The grievance shall be heard in an expedited manner. The decision
of the arbitrator shall be binding on both parties.
For the duration of this Agreement, either party to the Agreement may request that a joint
labor/management committee be convened to consider the performance of the aforementioned plans
and any changes thereto.
Comparable Plan Definition: for the purposes of this Article, a comparable plan means one that
offers the same ty pe of benefits, but benefits do not have to be exactly the same. In addition, the
plan must provide reasonable access to health services and phy sicians, including specialists and
hospitals.
| City Contributions and Employee Enrollment:
The City shall contribute 70% of the POS premium ef
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option-tayand 80% of the HMO and HDHP w/HSA premiumefeptientb}—Ad plans-offered bythe
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