September 9, 2010
The Trustees have the authority under Section 3.02 and Section 6.01 of the St. Louis Graphic Arts Joint Health & Welfare Fund Trust Agreement of August 1, 1979, to amend the Plan. Under this authority, the Trustees amend the Summary Plan Description of November 1, 2006 to count for retiree eligibility coverage in the PISTL 502P Welfare Plan.
AMENDMENT
Section 1.1.10.A.2, Continuation Coverage for Retirees is amended as follows:
A. Definition of "Retired Participant"
A "Retired Participant" is an individual who satisfies the requirements of both (1) and (2) below.
1. The individual satisfies one of the following three tests, 1(a) through 1(c):
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2. In the case of Employee, his surviving spouse, and his surviving children, the Employee satisfied one of the following two tests, 2(a) or 2(b):
a. The Employee had at least 60 total, non-continuous months of coverage under the Welfare Plan and at least 12 months of continuous coverage under the Welfare Plan immediately prior to retirement. The 12-month requirement must be satisfied by participation as an active Participant. COBRA coverage may not be used to satisfy this test; or
b. The Employee satisfies each of the following three conditions:
i. The Employee had been covered under the Welfare Plan (including the Welfare Plan's three predecessor group medical Plans and the 502P Welfare Plan) for at least 120 total, non-consecutive months of coverage; and
ii. The Employee had been covered under the Welfare Plan (including the Welfare Plan's three predecessor group medical Plans and the 502P Welfare Plan) and/or under another group medical plan provided for in a collective bargaining agreement with GCC Local 6-505M as an active Participant for at least 12 of the 36 months immediately preceding retirement; and
iii. The Employee had been covered under the Welfare Plan or under a group medical plan provided for in a collective bargaining agreement with GCC Local 6-505M either as an active Participant or as a COBRA Participant at the time of his cessation of employment in the graphic arts industry. In the case of an employee on COBRA or eligible to elect COBRA, if such an employee cannot maintain COBRA continuation coverage because his employer has ceased to maintain any group medical plan, then such employee may satisfy this condition (iii) by enrolling for retiree medical within the period that he would have been eligible for COBRA continuation coverage not to exceed six months after COBRA continuation coverage ceased due to the employer's termination of all group medical plans.
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