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7 This includes disabilities resulting from pregnancy. Sick leave may also be used for absences due to medical and dental appointments or to care for an ill family member. For the latter purpose, a family member is defined as spouse, parents, and children. 7 .2 An employee who retires from Orange County with ten ( 10) or more years of service, and whose last employer providing major medical coverage was Orange County, will be covered, upon request, by the County's group health insurance plan. When a retiree becomes eligible for Medicare, Medicare will become the primary insurer and the County will become the secondary insurer. The retiree will continue paying premiums at the current rates. An employee with less than ten ( 10) years of service with Orange County may continue coverage on the County's group plan at their own cost for an eighteen (18) month period. 7 .3 Under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, Orange County will continue health care coverage to persons who would otherwise lose coverage under a health care plan due to specific events provided the employee agrees to pay, and pays, the cost of this coverage. The employee is entitled to 18 months of coverage due to termination or reduction of workforce. The spouse or dependent child of an employee is entitled to 36 months of coverage for the following reasons: — death of the covered employee- termination of employee parent/spouse - reduction in employee parent/spouse's working hours - divorce or legal separation - an employee parent/spouse is entitled to Medicare benefits - a dependent is no longer a dependent 4.0 Family Leave 14.1 Three (3) consecutive days of paid family leave may be taken by a full-time or part-time permanent or proba- tionary employee upon the birth of the employee's child. This leave must be taken during the child's first week of life.