The Mayor and Council may negotiate and execute any necessary agreement with a group insurance carrier or a self-insured health plan containing such terms and conditions as may be required to provide group insurance and health plan coverage for officers, employees and retirees of the city and their dependents. All determinations regarding eligibility and coverage under all city health plan shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the applicable plan documents and agreements. The group insurance or health benefits offered by the city shall be made available to eligible individuals, as determined in accordance with the applicable plan documents, but coverage shall not be mandatory for any eligible individual (absent a change in applicable federal or state law). With regard to any health plan coverage made available to city retirees pursuant to this article, the continued availability of such services after a retiree becomes eligible for Federal Medicare will be determined in accordance with the applicable health plan documents.
(1953 Code, ch. 20, § 62; Ord. No. 2208, § 1, 9-5-61; Ord. No. 4138, § 1, 2-19-74; Ord. No. 11628, § 2, 3-5-19)