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Section 6 : Employees retiring in accordance with existing retirement plans or who have died and who have ten or more years service with the County will receive base pay for one-half of medical leave hours accumulated up to a maximum of two hundred and forty hours. Section 7 : Medical leave accumulated in excess of 30 days (360 hours) shall be paid by the middle of the month following the employee ' s date-of--hire month. Employees will be paid compensation at the regular rate for one-half of all medical leave days accumulated over 30 or all additional hours accumulated over the maximum 60 days. The days that are compensated for through this plan will be deducted from their total accumulation. ARTICLE 19 — INSURANCE BENEFITS Section 1 : Hospitalization and medical insurance is provided for all classified employees. The County agrees to pay for the employee and the employee's dependent coverage, except that employee shall pay $ 132 . 50 per month for dependent coverage commencing October 1 , 2003 . Section 2 : The County agrees to bargain over the negotiable impacts, upon proper request, of any reduction in the amount or scope of coverage provided to employees and the family members. The County may, at its option, obtain coverage from a different carrier or provider, without being required to negotiate over the impacts with the Union, provided that the benefits remain similar. Section 3 : The County may, at its option, elect to have any future increase in the cost for dependent coverage absorbed by the employee. Section 4 : If the cost of insurance payable by the employee is proposed to be increased by more than $ 35 . 00 per month in the subsequent years of this agreement, the Union has the right to negotiate over the increase, provided that written notice is given to the Emergency Services Director within ten ( 10) working days after notice of such proposed increase is given to the employees. Section 5 : The County shall maintain in full force and effect, and pay all premiums for, a life insurance policy on the life of each employee, payable to a beneficiary designated by the respective insured employee. Such life insurance policy shall be based on an amount equal to the employee's annual salary to the nearest high thousand as of the month following the payroll change. Section 6 : Separation shall be effective as of the date of death. All compensation and benefits due to the employee as of the effective date of separation shall be paid to the beneficiary, surviving spouse, or estate of the employee as determined by law or by executed forms in the employee 's personnel folder. 9