The Governing Board realizes the concern of its employees for the availability of those protective and personally advantageous benefits beyond an individual's basic salary. It is the Board's desire to make available or provide, within the limits of law and sound fiscal management, those which are beneficial to the employee and the Center.

The Board shall provide for its full-time employees - those working under contract a minimum of thirty (30) hours per week:

The Board acknowledges that these group health plans are required to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Fully insured group health plans generally are exempt from many of the requirements imposed upon self-funded group health plans.

Effective January 1, 2000, employees with a salary of less than $30,000 will receive a life insurance policy of $30,000. Employees with a salary of over $30,000 will receive a life insurance policy of $50,000.