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Bckmore <br />City of Santa Ana OPEB Overview as of June 30, 2016 <br />OPEB provided: The City reported the following OPER: retiree medical, dental, and vision coverage. <br />Access to coverage: Medical coverage is currently provided through CaIPERS as permitted under <br />the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA). This coverage requires the <br />employee to satisfy the requirements for retirement under CaIPERS, which requires attainment of <br />age 50 (age 52, if a new to PERS on or after January 1, 2013) with 5 years of State or public agency <br />service or approved disability retirement. <br />If an eligible employee is not already enrolled in the medical plan, he or she may enroll within 60 <br />days of retirement or during any future open enrollment period. Coverage may be continued at the <br />retiree's option for his or her lifetime. A surviving spouse and other eligible dependents may also <br />continue coverage. <br />The employee must begin his or her retirement warrant (CaIPERS pension benefit) within 120 days <br />of terminating employment with the City to be eligible to continue medical coverage through the <br />City and be entitled to the employer subsidy described below. <br />PEMHCA Benefits provided: As a PEMHCA employer, the City is obligated to contribute toward the <br />cost of medical coverage for a retired employee's lifetime or until coverage is discontinued. The City <br />maintains "unequal contribution" resolutions with CaIPERS (effective in 1998 for the Fire employees <br />and City Council, and in 1999 for all other employee groups). <br />The resolution covering retired City Council members does not provide for a City contribution, but <br />allows the retiree Council members to continue coverage at their own expense. <br />The resolutions covering City employees define the City's contribution toward the active empioyee <br />medical plan premiums to be the PEMHCA minimum employer contribution (MEC). The MEC is $128 <br />per month in 2017. Under the unequal resolutions, the City's contribution toward retiree medical <br />benefits is determined by multiplying together the following three items: <br />5% times <br />The number of prior years the employer has been contracted with PEMHCA times <br />• The contribution the employer makes towards active employee health benefits (i.e., the <br />MEC). <br />PEMHCA contributions for active and retired employees will become equal in 2018 or 2019. <br />25C-7 <br />