Smoker Rates. Annual plan enrollments will include a signed attestation as to whether the employee or spouse on the benefit plan is a smoker or a non-smoker. A non-smoker is defined as someone who has not used tobacco products during the prior twelve month period. Plan participants who are smokers shall pay a premium surcharge of an additional 3%. Effective January 1, 2018, if either the employee or spouse is a smoker, the employee shall pay the premium surcharge of 25%. Plan participants who falsely attest to being a non-smoker will be subject to a penalty which will be noted on the enrollment form. The penalty applied would be $2,500 and would be payroll deducted. An employee shall attest to any changes to the smoker status for self or spouse during the plan year, which will result in removal of the imposition of the surcharge.
Smoker Rates. Effective 1/1/16, annual plan enrollments will include a signed attestation as to whether the employee is a smoker or a non-smoker. A non-smoker is defined as someone who has not used tobacco products during the prior twelve month period. Plan participants who are smokers shall pay a premium surcharge of an ad- ditional 3%. Effective 1/1/17, spouses on the benefit plan will also be covered by this provision. If either the employee or spouse is a smoker, the employee shall pay the premium surcharge of 3%. Plan participants who falsely attest to being a non-smoker will be subject to a penalty which will be noted on the enrollment form. The penalty applied would be $2,500 and would be payroll deducted.
Smoker Rates. District health plans and the parties Agreements should be modified to remove all provisions pertaining to smoking attestation and related smoking surcharges and any other penalties beginning on January 1, 2021.
Smoker Rates. FY20185 – FY202017 MCEA/BOE CONTRACT Effective 1/1/16, aAnnual plan enrollments will include a signed attestation as to whether the employee or spouse on the benefit plan is a smoker or a non-smoker. A non-smoker is defined as someone who has not used tobacco products during the prior twelve month period. Plan participants who are smokers shall pay a premium surcharge of an additional 3%. Effective 1/1/17, spouses on the benefit plan will also be covered by this provision. IEffective January 1, 2018, if either the employee or spouse is a smoker, the employee shall pay the premium surcharge of 325%. Plan participants who falsely attest to being a non-smoker will be subject to a penalty which will be noted on the enrollment form. The penalty applied would be $2,500 and would be payroll deducted. An employee shall attest to any changes to the smoker status for self or spouse during the plan year, which will result in removal of the imposition of the surcharge.
Smoker Rates. MCPS health plans and the parties’ Agreements shall be modified to remove all provisions pertaining to smoking attestation and related smoking surcharges and any other penalties, beginning on January 1, 2021.
Smoker Rates. Annual plan enrollments will include a signed attestation as to whether the employee or spouse on the benefit plan is a smoker or a nonsmoker. A nonsmoker is defined as someone who has not used tobacco products during the prior 12-month period. Plan participants who are smokers shall pay a premium surcharge of an additional 3 percent. Effective January 1, 2018, if either the employee or spouse is a smoker, the employee shall payt the premium surcharge of 25 percent. Plan participants who falsely attest to abeing a nonsmoker will be subject to a penalty, which will be noted on the enrollment form. The penalty applied would be $2,500 and would be payroll deducted. An employee shall attest to any changes in the smoker status for self or spouse during the plan year, which will result in removal of the imposition of the surcharge. This Smoker Rates provision expires December 31, 2020. 142. Concepts 1 and 2 below have already been enacted and will be in effect until December 2022. The terms and provisions of the employee benefit plans shall continue unchanged from the current 2018-2020 Agreement except that the following changes will be made: 1. MCPS health plans shall be modified to include hearing aids for employees and dependents effective with the new plan year. 2. MCPS health plans and the Negotiated Agreement will be modified to remove all provisions pertaining to smoking attestation and related smoking surcharges and any other penalties. 3. Work jointly through the ADC to reinvigorate the Joint Employee Benefits Committee so that it returns to its intended function as a body actually making recommendations to the Board and Superintendent rather than simply serving as a sounding board listening to vendor and staff reports. Part of this shall include exploring ways in which the unions can play an expanded role in the governance and oversight of the plans.
