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