Rural Health Care Equity Program Clause Samples

The Rural Health Care Equity Program clause establishes provisions aimed at ensuring fair access to health care services for individuals residing in rural areas. Typically, this clause outlines specific measures such as additional funding, targeted outreach, or tailored benefits to address the unique challenges faced by rural populations, such as limited provider availability or greater travel distances to care facilities. Its core function is to reduce disparities in health care access and outcomes between rural and urban communities, thereby promoting equity and addressing systemic barriers faced by rural residents.
Rural Health Care Equity Program. Effective July 1, 2001, the State shall continue a Rural Health Care Equity Program for Bargaining ▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇, ▇▇, ▇▇, ▇▇ and 20 members, which may be administered in conjunction with a similar program for State employees in other bargaining units, for excluded employees, and for annuitants. The Department of Personnel Administration shall administer any fund involving Bargaining Unit 1, 4, 11, 14, 15 and 20 members. 1. The program shall operate in the following fashion: a. The State shall contribute $1500 per year on behalf of each bargaining unit member (employee) who lives in a defined rural area, as more definitely described in Government Code Section 22825.01. (1) For Bargaining ▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇, ▇▇, ▇▇, ▇▇ and 20 members payments shall be on a monthly basis. (2) For permanent employees, as in the “Medical Reimbursement Account” situation, the employee does not have to wait for reimbursement of covered medical expenses until the full amount has been deposited. b. As to any employee who enters State service or leaves State service during a fiscal year, contributions for such employee shall be made on a pro rata basis. A similar computation shall be used for anyone entering or leaving the bargaining unit (e.g., promotion in mid-fiscal year). c. The money shall be available for use as defined in Government Code Section (GC) 22825.01. d. A Rural Healthcare Equity Program will be established with a separate account for Bargaining Unit 1, 4, 11, 14, 15 and 20 members, as one of several similar accounts. e. Each Unit 1, 4, 11, 14, 15 and 20 employee shall be able to utilize up to $1500 per fiscal year, pursuant to GC section 22825.01, but with the exceptions for greater utilization hereafter noted. The pro rata limitation pursuant to paragraph 1(b) is applicable here. f. If an employee does not utilize the complete $1500 pursuant to the procedures and limitations described in GC section 22825.01, then the unused monies shall be put in a “same year pool”. That same year pool shall be utilized to pay those who have incurred eligible health care expenses in excess of the $1500, but again according to the procedures and limitations in the statute. The monies in the same year pool would be distributed at the end, or even soon after, each fiscal year to that group of employees who had expenses in excess of $1500 in the relevant fiscal year. Those monies shall be distributed on a pro tanto (pro rata) basis. (1) Any employee not in Bargaining Unit 1, 4, 11, 14, 15 and 20 al...
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Rural Health Care Equity Program. The State and the Union agree that the provisions of this Section shall not extend beyond the sunset date of the Rural Health Care Equity Program (RHCEP), as defined in Government Code 22877. Should future legislation be chaptered that provides funding for the RHCEP, the State agrees to meet and confer to discuss implementation of the legislation.
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Rural Health Care Equity Program. The State shall continue the rural health care equity program for Bargaining Unit 19 members, which may be administered in conjunction with a similar program for state employees in other bargaining units, for excluded employees, and for annuitants. DPA shall administer any fund involving Bargaining Unit 19 members. The program shall operate in the following fashion: 1. The State shall contribute $1,500 per year on behalf of each bargaining unit member (employee) who lives in a defined rural area, as more definitely described in Government Code Section (GC) 22825.01. For Bargaining Unit 19 members, because a substantial number of them are seasonal employees, payments shall be on a monthly basis. a. For permanent employees, as in the “Medical Reimbursement Account” situation, the employee does not have to wait for reimbursement of covered medical expenses until the full amount has been deposited. 2. As to any employee who enters state service or leaves state service during a fiscal year, contributions for such employee shall be made on a pro rata basis. A similar computation shall be used for anyone entering or leaving the bargaining unit (e.g., promotion in mid-fiscal year). 63 BU 19 (01-03) 3. The money shall be available for use as defined in GC Section 22825.01.
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Rural Health Care Equity Program. Should future legislation be chaptered that provides funding for the RHCEP, the State agrees to meet and confer to discuss implementation of the legislation.
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