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¥ LOGIS GROUP HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 4. COBRA-eligible employees may be covered to the extent the corresponding active employee is eligible for coverage. COBRA continuees are treated the same as employees who are actively at work. 5. Elected officials of any Member are not to be considered eligible for ps^icipation unless the elected official’s coverage was in effect April 15,1991 or prior. Coverage for these elected officials will terminate upon completion of the term of office. Non-benefit eligible employees may not be covered.6. C. The Member must honor the LOGIS Health and Life Insurance policies regarding enrollment in the health insurance, which is as follows: 1. At a minimum, 100% of its benefit-earning employees who are not covered elsewhere through a spouse’s employer sponsored group insurance must be enrolled in one of the single health insurance plans. All benefit earning employees must be enrolled in the group term life insurance plan. Members must pay at least 50% of the lowest single premium for benefit-eligible employees. This does not apply to early retirees eligible under Minnesota § Statutes 471.61, subdivision 2a - 2b (“chapter 488”). 2. The Member may opt, based on its bargaining agreements or personnel policy, not to provide coverage for benefit-eligible employees. 3. Each Member participating in the Group, at its own discretion, may establish a more liberal contribution policy, but not a more conservative policy. 4. Each Member must follow established contribution/paiticipation rules regarding benefit-earning and benefit-eligible employees. 5. Each Member must treat benefit-earning married employees where both are employees of the same Member as they would any other benefit-earning employee. D. The Member may allow, at its discretion, benefit-earning employees to waive health coverage provided that the employee shows proof of group coverage elsewhere. E. If the Member allows its employees to waive health coverage, a maximum credit of $50 per month may be given to employees in lieu of covt rage. F. The Member may not, for any reason, al’.ow any of its non-benefit eligible employees to purchase health coverage regardless of who pays the premium. G. Tlie Member must accept the LOGIS Health and Life Insurance Program’s policy regarding the effective date of coverage for newly hired employees. The effective date of coverage can be no sooner than the first day of the calendar month coinciding with or next following one full month of employment and no longer than the first day of the month coinciding with or next following six months of continuous employment. Any such arrangement as to the waiting period of coverage must be consistently applied to all eligible employees of the member. PROCEDURES A. Eligibility for participation in the following plan year ’s insurance program is based on the following procedures: 1. If the entity is a current Member of the LOGIS Health and Life Insurance Program: