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Health Service Board approves routine changes, lifts transgender benefit lifetime cap
Summary
The Health Service Board approved several administrative items including adopting membership-rule edits, changes to Section 125 of the cafeteria plan, election of officers and committee appointments, and unanimously removed a lifetime limit on gender-reassignment benefits for covered plans.
The San Francisco Health Service Board on a unanimous vote approved multiple administrative and benefits items and removed a lifetime cap on gender-reassignment benefits for active and early-retiree plans.
The board approved editorial changes to membership rules and regulations to align eligibility with the Affordable Care Act, clarify retiree eligibility for hires after Jan. 10, 2009, set standards for surviving dependents of safety officers, allow termination of benefits when members are unreachable for over one year, clarify Medicare enrollment rules for…
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