Chapter 16 — OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY›Article XI — D:
San Francisco Administrative Code § 16.700 Participation
San Francisco Administrative Code · 2026-08 edition · updated 2026-09-24 · San Francisco
Cite as: San Francisco Administrative Code § 16.700 · Text as of 2026-09-24
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Publisher's Note: This section has been AMENDED by new legislation (Proposition N, adopted 11/8/2022, effective 12/23/2023, oper. conditional (See section 8 of the proposition)). The text of the section will be included below when the new legislation is effective.
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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