Health Insurance & Benefits — Stanford Health Care RNs

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -19- 9.2 Changes in Employer Provided Benefits. The Employer shall have the right to alter the benefits or carrier of any of the plans enumerated in this Section. Sixty (60) days prior to the implementation of any such changes the Employer shall notify CRONA of any such proposed changes and shall provide, in Excel or a similar electronic format, to CRONA relevant information that is not confidential or privileged upon which the Employer has based its decision to make the proposed changes. Upon CRONA’s request, the Employer shall meet with CRONA to review the proposed changes in an attempt to reach mutual agreement regarding modifications. If mutual agreement is not reached, the Employer shall maintain substantially equivalent benefits and plans as enumerated hereunder during the term of this Agreement. In the event the Employer makes changes which inc …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -22- the supplemental short term disability plan will increase from $0.410 per $10 weekly benefit to $0.416 per $10 weekly benefit for the rest of the 2024 plan year. Premiums may change for subsequent plan years based on insurance company renewal. The pre-existing condition exclusion clause will continue to apply to claims for which the date of disability is on or before May 31, 2024. No pre-existing condition exclusion will apply to any claims with a disability start date on or after June 1, 2024. Claims will be approved by the insurance provider subject to the terms of the policy and applicable law. 9.11 Supplemental Group Life Insurance. Eligible Regular Nurses and eligible Relief Nurses may purchase Supplemental Group Life Insurance in accordance with the applicable plan provisions contained in the Staff Benefits Handbook and/or on file in the Be …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -20- d. For all medical plans, coverage shall remain in effect until the last day of the month in which employment terminates or in which the employee is no longer eligible for coverage. e. Hospitalization: Hospital charges (excluding physician charges) for employees covered by the PPO will be waived if a plan participant is hospitalized at SHC and/or LPCH. Hospitalization includes same day surgery and ATU. This does not include charges when the plan participant is not hospitalized, e.g., outpatient charges for MRI. 9.3.2 Dental Plan. Eligible Nurses and their dependents will be covered by a dental plan in accordance with the following. When both parents are employed by Stanford Health Care, dependent children may be covered under each parent’s dental plan. a. Limits. (1) Orthodontic services are provided only to eligible dependent children and limite …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -21- The plan pays fifty percent (50%) of the eligible Nurse’s monthly base wage (to a limit of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000)), reduced by other available income benefits, commencing at the end of a six (6) month qualifying period of continuous disability. Benefit payments continue for the duration of total disability to age 65. 9.5 Basic Life Insurance. The Employer pays the total premium cost to provide all Regular Nurses and eligible Relief Nurses as specified in Section 15 with one (1) times annual salary to a maximum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) of Group Life Insurance. If the Nurse enrolls at the time of hire or when newly eligible, coverage becomes effective on the first (1st) day of the month following that date. 9.6 Retiree Medical Insurance. Benefit eligible Nurses will be able to participate in the Employer’s Retiree Medical Pla …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -53- 19.10 Subject to the terms and conditions established by the Employer’s insurance plans, Regular Nurses on authorized Medical leave of absence or on State and Federal Family and Medical leaves of absence and who have Employer-paid premiums under the Employer’s Group Medical, Dental, and Basic Life Insurance, described in Section 9, will continue to have such group coverage premiums paid by the Employer if they continue to pay employee contributions. Regular Nurses on any other authorized leave do not receive Employer contributions but may pay the entire required premium for continuous group coverage for themselves, their spouse/domestic partner and dependents. The Regular Nurse may arrange for continued coverage by making monthly premium payments through the Benefits Office, subject to the terms and conditions established by the Employer’s insura …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 all accrued PTO and ESL. Effective on the Second Implementation date, Transfer Center Nurses will begin to accrue and may use ATO, PTO and ESL in accordance with the Agreement. 6. Benefits. Current Transfer Center Nurses will maintain their current medical, dental, vision, and other annual benefits plans for the remainder of the 2021 benefits plan year. Beginning in the 2022 benefits plan year, Transfer Center Nurses will have the same annual benefits as other CRONA Nurses, pursuant to Sections 9 and 11 of the Agreement. Transfer Center Nurses will receive the same information and participate in open enrollment on the same terms as other CRONA-represented Nurses for 2022 benefits. 7. Educational Assistance. As of the First Implementation Date, Section 14, Educational Assistance and Professional Development will apply to all Transfer Center Nurses. Rei …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -23- Employer’s summary plan document, applicable law, and IRS regulations for these programs: 1. Premiums for health benefits. 2. Dependent day care expenses. 3. IRS allowed medical spending account (effective beginning of 1999 plan year). 4. Health Savings Account Programs (if Employee is eligible to contribute under Internal Revenue Code and IRS guidance, the maximum allowable annual Employee contributions will be reduced by any Employer contributions). 9.16 Employee Assistance Program. 9.16.1 The Employer shall provide Nurses access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offered to the Employer’s nonrepresented employees. The EAP shall include confidential mental health counseling appointments at no cost to Nurses and the availability of crisis counseling. 9.16.2 Nurses shall have access to the Stanford Faculty Staff Help Center to seek mental h …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -50- c. Educational leave must be approved by the Nurse’s supervisor and the Vice President of Patient Care. d. If an educational leave of absence exceeds one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days, the Regular Nurse’s hire and review dates will be adjusted forward for the entire period of unpaid time off which exceeds one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days. 19.3.2 State and Federal Family and Medical Leave. Nurses who have been employed by Stanford Health Care for at least twelve (12) months and have worked for the Employer at least twelve hundred fifty (1250) hours during the previous twelve (12) months are eligible for Family/Medical Leave in accordance with State and Federal laws: • birth of the employee’s child; • the placement of a child with the employee as a result of adoption or foster care; • the care of a spouse, domestic partner, child or pare …