Benefits for HIV/AIDS, TB, Hepatitis or other contagious diseases

TWU Local 100 members who contracted the HIV virus, TB, or hepatitis or have developed AIDS, or any other blood borne pathogens or other contagious diseases as a result of a work-related incident or during the course of his or her assigned duty and discontinues working as a result of such illness will be eligible for continuation of medical benefits without interruption without a time limitation. MTA will assume all the medical expenses and costs associated with covering diagnosis as well as treatment or to the new prescription drugs being developed or new medicine procedures under developing stages associated with clinical research. In addition TWU Local 100 members will have no out-of-pocket expense for such diagnosis and treatment.

It is known that TWU Local 100 members are being spat at a rate more frequently than any other public employees - it is a fact that saliva carries numerous bacteria and contagious diseases. Thus saliva as a host and transmitting agent can affect the health and well being of the members of TWU Local 100.

In the event that a member of TWU Local 100 is spat at regardless of the circumstances that arose to such incident the MTA will be liable to the well being of the TWU Local 100 member.

Supplemental long term disability MTA will provide the supplemental long term disability plan for TWU Local 100 members and that plan will be administered by TWU Local 100. The cost of this plan will be the sole responsibility of the MTA. TWU Local 100 may invite members of the management from the MTA, other people, groups, or individuals to offer their advisory to the committee from time to time.