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covered spouse/domestic partner and $1,875 for one or all dependent

            children.  The coinsurance maximums will include out-of-pocket expenses

            for covered hospital, medical, mental health and substance abuse services.
            The coinsurance maximums will not include out-of-pocket expenses for

            covered home care advocacy program services as set forth in Section 9.8
            of this Agreement nor covered managed physical medicine services as set

            forth in Section 9.9 of this Agreement.
               (c) If there are no participating providers available within the GeoAccess

            standards established under Article 9.30, access to network benefits will be
            made available to enrollees for primary care physicians and core provider

            specialties as agreed under Article 9.30.
               (d)Employees 50 years of  age or older and  their  covered

            spouses/domestic partners 50 years of age or older will be eligible for
            reimbursement of up to 100% of reasonable and customary charges toward

            the cost of a routine physical examination provided by a non-participating
            physician.  These benefits shall not be subject to deductible or coinsurance.

               (e) The cost of certain injectable adult immunizations shall be a covered
            expense, subject to copayment(s), if any, under the participating provider

            portion of the Empire Plan.  As established by the 2010 Federal Patient
            Protection and Affordable Care Act, no copayment shall be required for the

            following: Influenza, Pneumococcal, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella,
            Meningoccocal  (meningitis), Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis  (Td/Tdap),

            Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Human Papilloma Virus and Herpes  Zoster
            Shingles (for age 60 or older) and shall be subject to protocols developed

            by the medical program carrier.

               (f)  Routine pediatric care,  including well child  office visits, physical
            examinations and pediatric immunizations, for children up to age 19 will
            be covered  under  the basic medical program, subject  to deductible  or

            coinsurance. Influenza vaccine  is  included on the list of pediatric

            immunizations, subject to appropriate protocols, under the participating
            provider and basic medical components of the Empire Plan.  Preventive
            care services as established by the 2010 Federal Patient Protection and

            Affordable Care Act will be covered in full when an individual utilizes a

            Participating Provider.
               (g)  Routine newborn services covered under the  basic medical

            component shall not be subject to deductible or coinsurance.


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