(a) Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3923.381, any permanent employee in the classified or unclassified service of the City, who is a reservist as defined in Ohio R.C. 3923.381, and who is called to active duty in any branch of the armed services of the United States or of any state, shall be entitled to elect to participate in the City's health insurance program upon the same terms and to the same extent as though such employee had not been called to active duty.
(b) Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3923.381(D)(5)(b), the City shall continue to pay that portion of the reservist's contribution that it would have paid had the employee not been called to active duty and had continued in the service of the City.
(c) Any election for continuation coverage shall be in accordance with the terms, provisions, and procedures set forth in Ohio R.C. 3923.381 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 024-2023. Passed 8-21-23.)