VSP Vision Benefits
The VSP Vision plan is provided by the Trust to accompany the Trust Medical plan as well as the HMO Oregon and Regence Blue Advantage Plans. If you select the Kaiser plan, Kaiser provides vision benefits with that plan.
Safety Eye Wear Benefit
For Employees Only

Since many employers now require safety eye wear on the job, the Trust now offers you the opportunity to get prescription safety glasses at no cost.

Through your VSP network doctor, you will receive prescription lenses and a frame certified as safe for a work environment by meeting the test requirements of the American National Standards Institute and OSHA. All you do is make a $15 copay that will be reimbursed by your employer if the job you are working on requires safety glasses.
What Are Safety Glasses?
Safety glasses feature a frame constructed so that, if impacted from the front, the lens will not come out the back of the frame. Safety lenses are three millimeters thick at the thinnest point. The lens must be impact-tested and monogrammed by the fabricating laboratory indicating that it is a safety lens. Contacts do not meet the test requirements and therefore are not included in this safety eyewear benefit.
Here's How to Receive Your Safety Glasses
  1. Before you make an appointment for vision care services, call VSP at 800-877-7195 to find a VSP network doctor and VSP eyewear dispensers close to your home or work.
  2. Make an appointment and identify yourself as a VSP member and indicate to the VSP doctor you are requesting safety glasses. Your doctor will handle the rest.
  3. You pay a $15 copay to that doctor. You will receive a receipt from the doctor for the copay of your safety glasses.
  4. Present the copay receipt to your employer and you will be reimbursed for the copay. You will be reimbursed only if the job you are working on requires safety glasses.
Things to Remember About Your Safety Eyewear Benefit
  1. This benefit applies to safety glasses only. For regular eye examinations, lenses, and frames, go through the regular VSP program.
  2. If you are a Kaiser participant, contact the Plan Administrator for specific instructions.
What Is Covered And What Is Not Covered For Safety Eyewear
Eyewear Covered
  1. Basic safety frames and basic safety lenses (single vision, lined bifocal and lined trifocal) are covered in full by this benefit.
  2. You are eligible to receive safety lenses every 12 months and a safety frame every 24 months from the last date of service.

Services Covered

  1. Safety glasses must be obtained from a VSP network doctor. Eye exams are covered under your regular VSP program.
  2. The Plan usually requires a six-month waiting period for new employees before VSP benefits apply. However, if your employer requires safety glasses on the job, the six-month waiting period will be waived for this safety glasses benefit only.

Eyewear Not Covered

  1. Eyewear obtained from a non-VSP provider will not be reimbursed.
  2. Optional items (including, but not limited to, blended or oversize lenses, tinted or Photochromatic lenses, coated or laminated lenses, no-line multifocal lenses, polycarbonate lenses, and a frame that exceeds the basic plan allowance) are not covered by this benefit.
  3. Cosmetic eyewear or dress wear lenses are not covered by this benefit.
  4. Plano lenses.

Services Not Covered

  1. Services obtained from a non-VSP provider will not be reimbursed.
  2. Dependents are not covered by this benefit.
  3. If you are not covered under the Harrison Electrical Workers Trust Fund, this benefit does not apply. There is no reciprocity available. If you have traveled from another area and your employer requires safety glasses on the job, please contact your employer for instructions.
All information provided on this web site is in summary and intended to provide highlights of your plans. We strongly recommend referring to the Plan booklet for complete details before making any decisions related to your eligibility, benefits and coverage.