(a) Commencing February 1, 2005, the Division shall participate in the administration of the Dental Plan administered by MSBA and by the MTS (the “Dental Plan”) in accordance with the general conditions of the Collateral Dental Plan Agreement between the Division and the Association, attached hereto as Appendix C (the “Collateral Dental Plan Agreement”).
(b) All employees covered by this Collective Agreement that are eligible to participate in the Dental Plan shall be required to participate in the Dental Plan, unless they choose to opt out of the Dental Plan in accordance with the conditions of the Collateral Dental Plan Agreement.
(c) The cost of the Dental Plan will be paid by the Division in accordance with the general conditions of the Collateral Dental Plan Agreement.
(d) The Division agrees that the Division’s monthly contribution to the Dental Plan on behalf of each employee will be the monthly rate for family coverage (that is, entitlement to coverage for an employee, his/her spouse, and his/her dependent children, having regard to the definition of spouse and dependent children in the Dental Plan), provided that prior to the beginning of the plan year an employee may elect in prescribed form for reduced coverage as permitted under the terms of the Dental Plan in which case the Division agrees to make monthly payments to the employee as follows:
i) An employee with only one dependent (spouse or child) who is entitled to and does so duly elect to opt down from family coverage under the Dental Plan to coverage for employee and one other family member only, shall receive an amount equal to the difference in the monthly rate between family coverage and coverage for an employee and one dependent only.
ii) An employee with neither spouse nor dependent children, who is entitled to and does so duly elect to opt down from family coverage under the Dental Plan to coverage for an employee only, shall receive an amount equal to the difference in the monthly rate between family coverage and coverage for an employee only.
iii) An employee who is entitled to and does so duly elect to opt out of all coverage on the basis that the employee’s spouse has dental plan coverage, shall receive an amount equal to the monthly rate for family coverage.