San Francisco Healthy Airport Ordinance

Effective March 21, 2021, employers with employees who are covered by SFO’s Quality Standards Program (QSP) – adopted by the San Francisco Airport Commission – are required to meet a health care spending requirement. It is important to note that the QSP does not apply to all workers employed at SFO, but personnel involved in performing services which directly impact safety and/or security at the Airport, such as checkpoint security screening, skycap baggage check-in, baggage handling, aircraft cleaning and fueling, food preparation for aircraft delivery, grounds maintenance, custodial, and other employees issued an Airport badge with air operations area access.

The employer of such employees must comply with one of the following health care spending options:

1. Offer 90% actuarial value medical coverage to employees and dependents at no cost to the employee. All tiers of coverage must be employer paid. The coverage must provide benefits for all 10 categories of Essential Health Benefits including pediatric dental and vision. This applies to any employee covered by the QSP regardless of the number of hours worked.
2. Pay $9.50 per hour (not to exceed $380 per week) for any QSP employee into the City Option Program.

The coverage for any program eligible employee should be effective before or on March 21, 2021. The employer should have an enrollment or waiver for each employee covered by the QSP. An employee must provide proof of other coverage with the waiver. Going forward, coverage for new employees must be effective on or before the first day following 30 days of employment.

Covered employers must also post the required notice.

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