(a) If a City employee is killed in the line of duty or dies as a direct and proximate result of the performance of the employee’s official work-related duties, the surviving spouse, until such time as the employee would have been eligible to retire, and employee’s dependents shall be entitled to health care benefits as available under the City’s plan.
(b) This ordinance applies to the spouse and dependents of employees killed in the line of duty or who died as a direct and proximate result of the performance of their official work-related duties on or after January 1, 1998.
(c) Eligible survivors who are entitled to the benefits must pay the same contribution to the premium as paid by the City employees.
(Ord. No. 879-09. Passed 8-5-09, eff. 8-13-09)