The Division will participate in the administration of the Manitoba Public School Employees Extended Health Benefits Plan, (EHB Plan) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement entered into by the Division and the Association attached hereto as the (collateral agreement).
All Employees covered by this Collective Agreement that are eligible under the terms of the EHB Plan shall be required to participate in the EHB Plan unless entitled to elect out of the EHB Plan as may be permitted under the terms thereof.
The cost of the EHB Plan will be paid by the Division in accordance with the terms and conditions of the EHB Plan Agreement.
The Division agrees that the Division’s monthly contribution to the EHB 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 EHB Plan. Provided that an Employee may elect, in prescribed form, for reduced coverage as permitted under the terms of the EHB Plan in which case the Division agrees to make monthly payments to the Employee as follows:
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 Extended Health 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; or
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 group Extended Health plan coverage, shall receive an amount equal to the monthly rate for family coverage.