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Section 12 of the Personnel Policy is proposed to be amended by adding the underlined material and deleting the stricken material as follows: SECTION 12 - INSURANCE BENEFITS Health Insurance Availability Health insurance coverage for regular full-time employees and part-time employees approved to work 30 or more hours per week is provided and paid for by the City. The City offers dependent coverage to employees to a maximum contribution as established by the City Council. For part- time employees approved to work at least 30 hours per week, the City contributes a percentage towards the single coverage cost or the commensurate percentage of the employee cost for family coverage based on the number of hours allocated to that position. The employee's share of dependent coverage is paid through payroll deduction. Regular full-time employees hired on or after April 1, 2008 will be provided with a high-deductible health insurance plan subject to the same payment provisions described above. Once enrolled in a high-deductible health insurance plan, employees will not be allowed to convert to a co-pay plan, even if one is still offered by the City for eligible employees who have not yet converted. This applies to all regular full-time employees, regardless of hire date. HCFA regulations will allow the City's insurance carrier to enroll members that sign an application up to the requested plan effective date. For example, an application signed June 10, 1994 would be able to be enrolled July 1, 1994. We would not be able to backdate the coverage for a June 1, 1994 effective date since the signature was after June 1, 1994. Retroactive terminations are not allowed. A termination request received by the end of the month will be accepted for the first of the next month. For example, a termination request received on or before June 30, 1994 will be processed for a June 30, 1994 termination date. Opt-Out Program Full-time employees who are eligible for participation in the City's Health Insurance Program for family coverage, or full-time single employees who are under age 26 and remain on a parent’s health insurance plan, are eligible for the Opt-Out choice. The City offers Opt-Out in order to recognize the needs of our diverse workforce by providing maximum flexibility in health care choices available to employees and their families. Employees are responsible for evaluating the feasibility of this option in terms of their family's health insurance needs. To be eligible for Opt-Out payment, an employee would opt-out for themselves and their eligible dependents. This option applies to medical coverage only and is not available to employees with single-coverage, except when an employee is covered under a parent’s medical policy. Medical benefits through the City of Little Canada will be available to Opt-Out participants should they lose