Health and Welfare Summary Plan Description

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6.1 Benefit Options.

The Plan's medical benefits are offered through three options:

1. the Self-Funded PPO, where the Plan pays a fee to Blue Shield for the use of Blue Shield's Shared Advantage preferred provider network, which includes mental health and substance abuse benefits as described in section 8.6(d) through Magellan and the Plan contracts with Catamaran, for prescription drug benefits as described in Section 8.4.;
   
   
2. the Blue Shield HMO, where the Plan pays a premium to Blue Shield of California for coverage under its health maintenance organization; and
   
   
3. the Kaiser HMO, where the Plan pays a premium to Kaiser Health Plan, Inc. for coverage under its HMO.
   
   The HMO benefits are explained in Article IX. Separately, the Plan offers supplemental dental benefits (Section 10.1), vision care benefits (Section 10.2), long-term disability benefits (Section 10.3) and death benefits (Section 10.4).