Care Benefit. Bargaining unit members enrolled in medical coverage automatically have vision coverage and will continue to have vision coverage at the same coverage level indicated for medical coverage. The plan is on a rolling 24-month calendar.
Care Benefit. 3.0 New full-time eligible Members should discuss all plans and benefits with the Human Resource Department, which deals with registration procedures.
Care Benefit. The CITY shall provide single or family group health care coverage for medical?surgical, including major medical benefits to employees and covered family members. The health care coverage provided herein shall commence on the first day of the month following employment, provided that the employee has completed and submitted to the Personnel Department the application forms required by the carrier. The health care benefits provided herein shall be substantially similar to the benefits provided under Nebraska Blue Cross?Blue Shield "Usual and Customary" policy as said policy exists on the effective date of this Agreement, a summary of which is attached as Appendix "C". In-patient Hospital Precertification: ? All in-hospital admissions must be certified. Planned admissions must be certified in advance. Emergency admissions must be certified within 24 hours of admission or as soon as medically possible. The penalty for failure to certify is $500 of the hospital charges. Hospitalizations beyond the certified number of days must be recertified. If the hospitalization is recertified, there is no penalty. The penalty for hospitalization past certified number of days without recertification: is a reduction by 50% of both physician and hospital charges. Hospital certifications (and recertifications) shall be phoned in to a telephone number provided each employee on his I.D. card. The employee or any person on his behalf (e.g., spouse, nurse, doctor, hospital personnel) may precertify. Any disputes regarding precertification or recertification in a particular case may be presented to the CITY’S Disputes Committee. Prescription Coverage: The CITY agrees to institute an employee "prescription card" plan. The parties agree that such plan will include:
Care Benefit. If you suffer a loss of life in a covered while the policy is in force, ACE Insurance will pay, in addition to all other benefits payable under the policy a "Day Care Benefit'' equal to the reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred, subject to the lesser of of your Benefit amount or a maximum of per year, on behalf of your dependent child who is enrolled in a legally licensed Day Care centre on the date of the accident or who enrolls in a legally licensed Day Care centre within days following the date of the accident. Effective February (7)
Care Benefit. Effective August 1, 2013 the basic vision care benefit reimbursement will be increased to $210.00 per 24 month period towards the purchase of lens and frames in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of such a benefit. Effective August 1, 2014 the basic vision care benefit reimbursement will be increased to $220.00 per 24 month period towards the purchase of lens and frames in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of such a benefit. Effective August 1, 2015 the basic vision care benefit reimbursement will be increased to $240.00 per 24 month period towards the purchase of lens and frames in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of such a benefit. Effective August 1, 2014 up to an $80 reimbursement once every 24 months, toward an eye examination as completed by an Ontario licensed ophthalmologist or optician.
