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Purposed Change (AMENDED) <br />Cabarrus County Personnel Ordinance <br />Article IX, Employee Benefits <br />,Section 4 <br /> <br />Section 4. Insurance Benefits <br /> <br />The County purchases basic group health and life insurance benefits for: <br /> <br />(a) <br /> <br />current full-time employees -- with coverage beginning the first day of the month <br />after a full month of employment and ending on the last day of the month when <br />separation occurs, and <br /> <br />retirees fi.om County service under the North Carolina Local Governmental <br />Employees' Retirement System subject to the requirements listed under Schedule <br />"A" of Article VI, Section 6 of this ordinance -- with coverage continuing fi.om <br />their last employment date until they become eligible for Medicare (or reach the <br />age where they would have had such benefits if they had been qualified for Social <br />Security). <br /> <br />Optional group health and life insurance programs are available through payroll deduction for <br />full-time employees. <br /> <br />Retirees covered under (b) may purchase dependent health coverage through a County group <br />plan. Changes in number of dependents covered may only occur at an annual open enrollment or <br />when there is a qualifying event, as defined for Internal Revenue Service Code Section 125 <br />purposes. Retirees that earned annual leave under Schedule B, while actively employed with <br />the County, may only purchase health insurance coverage for themselves and their eligible <br />dependents to the extent mandated by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Act (COBRA). Other <br />optional or supplemental County sponsored health and life insurance programs will not be <br />available to retirees. <br /> <br /> <br />