Common use of Eligibility for the Program Clause in Contracts

Eligibility for the Program. For the purposes of this Article, an eligible retired member is one who is retired under PERS, pursuant to Article 22, Sections (j), (k), and (l). For the purposes of the below listed Medicare-coordinated group health insurance plan, those members who have retired on or after July 1, 1999, and who were hired before January 1, 2015, are eligible to participate in the Program per the provisions outlined below. Based on negotiations with the City, retired members at Medicare eligible age and older are required to enroll in Medicare Part A and Part B to participate in the City of Reno’s group health insurance plans. For those eligible members who are not listed in the MOU 30, attached to this article, and who choose not to enroll in Medicare Part A or Part B when they become eligible to do so the City shall not be required to pay any penalty incurred by the member for their failure to enroll in Part A or Part B coverage except as follows: