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5 <br />Attachment 1 <br />Article IV -Employee Benefits <br />6.2 Using Sick Leave <br />Sick Leave may be used far: <br />-Physical or mental illness or injury which prevents the employee from <br />performing the usual duties, including apregnancy-related disability, <br />-Care of an ill member of the employee's immediate family, For this purpose, <br />immediate family is defined as the employee's spouse, parent, er child, or <br />domestic partner as defined in policy, <br />-Medical or dental appointments, including those necessary for the care of a <br />member of the employee's immediate family. <br />-Appointments with the Employee Assistance Program provider, <br />7,0 Health Insurance <br />It is the policy of Orange County to provide permanent employees both full-time <br />and part-time (regularly scheduled at least 20 hours each workweek) with group <br />health insurance, The cost to the employee for group health insurance is <br />determined each year. Employees also have the option, at additional expense, to <br />cover the employee's spouse, dependent child(ren), domestic partner as <br />defined in policy and/or family. <br />7.3 COBRA Coverage <br />Under the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA), Orange County <br />continues health care coverage to persons whc would otherwise lose coverage <br />under a health care plan due to specific events provided the employee, covered <br />spouse, domestic partner as defined in policy, and/or dependent child agrees <br />to pay, and pays, the cost of this coverage, <br />7.3,1 When coverage ceases due to termination ar reduction in hours of <br />employment, the employee, covered spouse, domestic partner, and/or <br />dependent child is entitled to up to 18 months of coverage. <br />7,3.2 If the employee, covered spouse, domestic partner, or dependent child <br />is determined disabled under Social Security at the time of termination or <br />reduction in hours, he or she is entitled to purchase coverage for up to 29 <br />months. <br />7.3,3 The spouse, domestic partner, ar dependent child of an employee is <br />entitled to up to 36 months of coverage if any of the following occurs: <br />-Death of the covered employee <br />