Health Insurance & Benefits at Kaiser Permanente — Northern California RNs & NPs

per admission, $50 emergency visit, $10.00 generic/$15.00 brand prescription 30-day supply maximum, etc. Dental Benefits: Through the H&W Implementation Date, benefit eligible employees will maintain the existing dental benefit plan for non-represented, non-union employees as applicable. Beginning on the H&W Implementation Date, all employees eligible for dental coverage will receive the basic dental coverage in accordance with the CNA Agreement. Welfare Benefits: Through the H&W Implementation Date, benefit eligible employees will maintain the welfare benefit plan for non-represented, non-union employees as applicable. Beginning on the H&W Implementation Date, life insurance, AD&D coverage, disability benefits and flexible spending accounts will be provided in accordance with the CNA Agreement. Retirement Benefits Pension Benefits: Employees will be covered under the Kaiser Permanente …

...................................................................................................... …..22 Individual Retirement Accounts....................................................................................Appendix D In-service Education………………………………………………….………………………………….71 Insurance Benefits ............................................................................................................ .……98 Change in Hospital-Medical-Surgical Coverage………………………………………………….101 Cost for Post-retirement Medical Coverage............................................................................102 Dental Plan Coverage…………………………………………………………………….………..…99 Dependent Care Reimbursement Program…………………………………………………….....107 Disability Retirement………………………………………………………………………………...101 Early Retirement……………………………………………………………………………………..102 Eligible Dependents ................................. …

APPENDIX R - PATIENT CARE COORDINATORS CASE MANAGERS The unit of Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager will be integrated into the California Nurses Association Collective Bargaining Agreement as follows: Department Definition: For purposes of seniority, availability of extra shifts, filling of vacancies, vacation scheduling, floating, layoffs, and bumping the department definition is recognized to be the Medical Facility in which the Patient Care Coordinator Case Managers work. BENEFITS AND PERQUISITES Integrate into the California Nurses Association (CNA), subject to the changes set forth in this document. Benefit changes are effective the first pay period following ninety (90) days from the date of ratification (“Implementation Date”). The Health and Welfare benefits implementation date (“H&W Implementation Date”) will be the first of the month following the Implementation Date. Healt …

A Nurse placed on an authorized leave of absence must pay the required premium necessary for continued hospital-medical-surgical, dental and group life insurance coverage during the period of leave, provided, however that Nurses on a leave of absence attributable to an industrial injury or illness as determined by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board shall continue to be covered by hospital-surgical- medical insurance as described in Article XXXII, Section A – Hospital-Medical- Surgical-Drug Coverage at the Employer's expense for a period of time not to exceed twelve (12) months.

board access shall not be unreasonably denied. A designated Association representative shall be responsible for posting material submitted by the Association, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Employer before posting. The Association agrees that no controversial material shall be posted. It is further agreed that the Employer shall post position vacancies as provided in Article IX of the contract on such bulletin boards. ARTICLE V – PERSONNEL CATEGORIES Section A – Probationary Nurses Regular Registered Nurses may be discharged without recourse to the grievance procedure within the first ninety (90) days of employment. Short- Hour, Temporary and Per diem Registered Nurses may be discharged without recourse to the grievance procedure until such Nurse has been employed for six (6) months or worked three hundred (300) hours, whichever comes first. Section B – Regular Nurses A Regula …

APPENDIX Q – Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefit Enhancement Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefit Enhancement January 16, 2015 Ms. Debra Grabelle California Nurses Association 2000 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94612 Re: Letter of Understanding – Tentative Agreement Union Proposal 38 Dear Debra: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (hereinafter, the Employer) provides this Letter of Understanding (LOU) to the California Nurses Association (CNA) (hereinafter, the Union). The Employer and the Union agree to the following: The Union made a proposal for an enhanced Accidental Death and Dismemberment ("AD&D") benefit, and proposed a vendor who offered a potential plan. Provision of this benefit is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). To provide an employee benefit plan governed by ERISA, an employer must have plan fiduciar …

A “Post-2016 Retiree” means a Nurse who terminates employment on or after January 1, 2017, after meeting the eligibility requirements for retiree health plan coverage, under the qualifications listed above (paragraphs 3213 – 3220). The retiree medical coverage for a Post-2016 Retiree and his/her spouse or domestic partner and eligible children will be equivalent to the KFHP Plan for active Nurses, currently described in Article XXXII, Section A, as the post-2016 PID 10 EU7 plan, effective 1/1/17, with a schedule of co- payments referenced in Appendix O, except this coverage will not include optical for Nurses hired on or after January 1, 1988, or equivalent to the Alternate Medical Plan currently described as KP2RX. Any changes to the cost-sharing features of the KFHP Plan for active Nurses or to the Alternate Medical Plan will also be implemented for the Retiree and his/her spouse/domes …

Through December 31, 2016, the Employer agrees to provide Kaiser Foundation Health Plan benefits currently described in the Evidence of Coverage identified as PID 10 EU 7 for Regular Nurses and their eligible dependents or to pay the premium required to the Alternate Medical Plan currently described as KP2RX. Effective January 1, 2017, the Employer agrees to provide the post-2016 PID 10 EU7 (hereinafter “The Post-2016 PID Plan”) or the Alternate Medical Plan currently described as KP2RX to all Regular Nurses, and their eligible dependents. A detailed list of deductibles, co-payments, and out-of-pocket maximum for The Post-2016 PID Plan is in Appendix O. Such coverage shall become effective the first day of the month following assignment as a Regular Nurse. The Employer agrees to pay any additional premium payments required to maintain the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan benefits described …