(a) Each person vested under the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, including KP&F, who is employed by the City and who retires or retired from active employment after December 31, 1988, shall be eligible to receive health care benefits coverage under the plan upon written application filed with the Director of Human Resources within 30 days following retirement of the employee. Retirees and their dependent family members who have coverage under the City’s group health insurance plan immediately prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this article shall remain covered and eligible to continue such coverage under the plan without filing a written application under this section as a condition of retaining or continuing such coverage.

(b) Each retiree who elects to obtain or continue health care benefits coverage hereunder shall be required to contribute premium payments to the plan for the basic or extended coverage elected, including the administrative costs thereof, but such contribution shall not exceed the percentage of the premium cost for other similarly situated employees as specified by State law.

(c) Eligibility for coverage under the plan may cease to be made available upon (1) the retired employee reaching age 65 and/or becoming eligible for Medicare, (2) the retired employee failing to make required premium payments on a timely basis, or (3) the retired employee becoming covered under a health care benefits plan of another employer. (Ord. 20206 §§ 72, 86, 9-10-19.)