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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-9 Collective Bargaining.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-9" heading="Collective Bargaining.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The following are subjects of collective bargaining under &lt;cite data-path="|12"&gt;Article 12&lt;/cite&gt;. {“Municipal Labor Relations”} of the Baltimore City Code and &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="II|55|(a)"&gt;City Charter Article II §§ 55(a)&lt;/cite&gt; and &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="II|55|(b)"&gt;(b)&lt;/cite&gt;:<para num="(1)">health benefit options offered or proposed under the Program;</para>
      <para num="(2)">employer-employee and employer-retiree contributions proposed to sustain health benefit options offered under the Program; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">components of the health benefit plans that, under this subtitle, are available to or proposed for:<para num="(i)">employees and retirees;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">eligible spouses of employees and retirees; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">eligible dependents of employees and retirees.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Timeline.">Collective bargaining concerning the following shall be conducted and completed with all exclusive employee organizations and MAPS at least 90 days prior to the release of plan enrollment documents covering active employees and retirees for a new plan year:<para num="(1)">health benefit options offered under the Program;</para>
      <para num="(2)">employer-employee and employer-retiree contributions to health benefit options offered under the Program; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">components of the health benefit plans.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Premiums and premium-equivalent charges.">After the date of a retiree’s permanent separation from City employment, no premium or premium-equivalent charges, nor the retiree’s respective share thereof under the Graduated Retiree Contribution Schedule, may be changed for the following individuals:<para num="(1)">a retiree;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the spouse of a retiree; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the dependent of a retiree.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Program information: unreasonable denial and delay.">The City and each of its constituent units may not unreasonably deny or delay disclosure of information, data, and documents requested about the Program before and during collective bargaining over:<para num="(1)">plan subsidies;</para>
      <para num="(2)">plan benefit options; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">any other components of any:<para num="(i)">health benefit plans;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">prescription drug plans; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">plans for other services.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
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</baltimore-city-law>
