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• • <br /> <br />SURVIVOR MEDICAL PLAN~COVERAGE <br />OBJECTIVE: <br />Provide continued medical plan coverage for the eligible surviving dependents <br />of a deceased employee or retiree. <br />COVERAGE: <br />1. Eligibility - SS ~ous~es who are covered under the City's Plan at the time <br />of the death of tFie employee or retiree and are not eligible for coverage <br />under any other group medical plan. Dependents who are covered at the <br />time of the death of the employee or retiree and are eligible according <br />to the Medical Plan's definition of a dependent child. <br />2. Duration of Benefit - The Survivor Medical Plan coverage will remain in <br />effect for a period of months equal to the total accumulated number of <br />months in which the covered employee was employed by the City. Coverage <br />will also terminate for the surviving spouse and dependent children upon <br />remarriage or upon becoming eligible for other group medical coverage. <br />FUNDING: <br />By continuing the contribution for coverage of dependents by the City, <br />adequate funding can be provided, as no additional risk is presented. <br />Contributions from retirees age fifty and over but not eligible for Medicare <br />should continue to be required of the covered survivors. (See Rate Schedule; <br />single with dependents rate minus the single only rate.) <br />~ri1E5 BEI'1E'FItS <br />