Common use of H ealth Plan Clause in Contracts

H ealth Plan. The District will provide group health benefits through the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CaIPERS) for all permanent full-time employees, in classes represented by the Union. Open enrollment will be held annually. Thereafter, the CaIPERS program, as regulated by the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA), will control on all issues, including but not limited to eligibility, benefit levels and cost. The Union acknowledges that CaIPERS Health Plan program benefits may not be equal to benefits previously available to their represented employees, and Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) counterparts through the various optional health programs previously offered by the District. The Union acknowledges that notwithstanding this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU); and during the time that it is in effect, CaIPERS may terminate or change covered expenses, benefit payments, co-payments on covered benefits, deductibles, lifetime and/or annual maximum limits and eligibility rules and may implement cost control measures as they deem appropriate. The Union waives the right to any group health plan benefits granted expressly or by implication under any other provisions of this MOU, or by any other agreement between the parties or by any District regulation, policy, practice or contract if that benefit is not offered through the CaIPERS Health Plan program.