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Active Health Summary Plan Description
As of July 1, 2022
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Article 7: Health Reimbursement Arrangement

If required under the terms of a Collective Bargaining Agreement or certain other agreements, an Employer may make pre-tax contributions on behalf of a Participant to this Plan for funding a Health Reimbursement Arrangement (“HRA”). Amounts contributed to an HRA Account, if any, may be used to reimburse a Participant tax-free for certain medical expenses which are not covered by this Plan or any other health plan. If a Participant’s spouse and/or children are eligible under the terms of this Plan, their reimbursable medical expenses qualify for tax-free reimbursement from the HRA Account. All HRA contributions are Fund assets. Participants are not vested in any contributions made on their behalf, and an HRA Account may only be used in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

Claims for HRA qualified reimbursable expenses may be submitted to the Southern California IBEW-NECA Health Trust Fund in care of the Third Party Administrator on or after September 1, 2017 (for participants working under the Inside Wiremen’s Agreement, Inspectors Agreement, Railroad Agreement, and Intelligent Transportation Agreement). Claims for HRA under the 9th District Sound & Communication Agreement may be submitted on or after January 1, 2018.

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