Health care coverage for retirees on disability pensions.
Omaha Municipal Code § 23-465
in effectSec. 23-465. - Health care coverage for retirees on disability pensions.
The city shall provide CMPTEC employees health care coverage substantially the same as provided for all full-time CMPTEC employees, when CMPTEC employees are granted either a service-connected or non-service connected disability pension. The provision of this benefit is contingent upon the CMPTEC employee paying, on a monthly basis, 50 percent of the COBRA rates. Such employees shall be required to apply for Medicare as part of their request for Social Security Disability. The city shall continue to provide for and pay the city's health insurance until the pensioner is granted Medicare insurance. When the employee is granted Medicare insurance, the city shall cease such health insurance on the first day of the month in which such Medicare insurance is granted. The city shall provide any pensioner granted such Medicare insurance with prescription drug coverage pursuant to the current plan. Additionally, employees with family health insurance coverage, even though they lose such coverage for themselves because of Medicare eligibility, will retain coverage for eligible family members until the first day of the month in which the retiree turns 65 years of age, or reaches the age of entitlement to Medicare as set by federal law, whichever event comes later, or dies.
(Ord. No. 35625, § 1, 6-19-01; Ord. No. 37444, § 10, 7-25-06)
Source: City of Omaha, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ne/omaha/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIMUCO_CH23PE_ARTVIEMGR_DIV2CIMAPRTEEMCOCM_S23-465HECACOREDIPEFetched: 10/28/2026