Chapter 16 — OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY›Article XIV — [RESERVED] ARTICLE XV: HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM
SEC. 16.700. PARTICIPATION.
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The following shall be eligible to participate in the Health Service System:
(a) City and County employees.
(1) All permanent employees of the City and County of San Francisco whose normal work week at the time of inclusion is the system in not less than twenty (20) hours;
(2) All regularly scheduled provisional employees of the City and County of San Francisco whose normal work week at the time of inclusion in the system is not less than twenty (20) hours;
(3) All other employees of the City and County of San Francisco, including "as needed" employees, who have worked one thousand and forty hours (1040) in any consecutive twelve (12) month period and whose normal work week at the time of inclusion in the system is not less than twenty (20) hours.
(b) Elected officials.
(c) All members of the following boards and commissions during their time in service to the City and County of San Francisco:
Access Appeals Commission
Airport Commission
Art Commission
Asian Art Commission
Board of Education
Board of Appeals
Building Inspection Commission
Civil Service Commission
Commission on the Environment
Commission on the Status of Women
Community College District Governing Board
Concourse Authority
Disability and Aging Services Commission
Elections Commission
Entertainment Commission
Ethics Commission
Fine Arts Museums Board of Trustees
Fire Commission
Film Commission
First Five Commission
Health Commission
Health Service Board
Homelessness Oversight Commission
Human Rights Commission
Human Services Commission
Juvenile Probation Commission
Law Library Board of Trustees
Library Commission
Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors
Planning Commission
Police Commission
Port Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Public Works Commission
Recreation and Park Commission
Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board
Retiree Health Care Trust Fund Board
Retirement Board
Sanitation and Streets Commission
Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board
Small Business Commission
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force
War Memorial and Performing Arts Center Board of Trustees
Youth Commission
(d) All officers and employees as determined eligible by the Board of Education of the San Francisco Unified School District.
(e) All officers and employees as determined eligible by the Governing Board of the San Francisco Community College District.
(f) All officers and employees as determined eligible by the governing bodies of the San Francisco Transportation Authority, San Francisco Parking Authority, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Treasure Island Development Authority, San Francisco Superior Court and any other em- ployees as determined eligible by ordinance.
(g) All retirees, surviving spouses, surviving domestic partners and resigned employees. For the purposes of this Chapter, resigned employees shall have the same meaning as used in Section A8.425 of the Charter.
(h) All dependents of the foregoing categories as they are determined eligible by the appropriate governing body.
(Amended by Ord. 67-86, App. 3/7/86; Ord. 289-00, File No. 001549, App. 12/22/2000; Ord. 181-04, File No. 040741, App. 7/22/2004; Ord. 46-15, File No. 131122, App. 4/17/2015, Eff. 5/17/2015; Ord. 11-22, File No. 211100, App. 2/4/2022, Eff. 3/7/2022; Ord. 41-23, File No. 230057, App. 3/28/2023, Eff. 4/28/2023)
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