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status targets beginning in 2014. Rewards or premium reductions up to 30 percent of the cost of coverage are now permissible. Free Choice Vouchers – Employers offering coverage are required to provide “free choice vouchers” to qualified employees to purchase insurance through the exchanges. To be eligible for a voucher, an employee’s contribution under the employer’s plan would be between 8 percent and 9.8 percent of income, and the employee’s income would be at or below 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) – Contributions to health FSAs would be capped at $2,500 beginning in 2011 and over-the-counter medicines would only qualify for reimbursement with a doctor’s prescription. I have provided an attachment to review a side-by-side chart of the new health care law and the proposed changes to it contained in the budget reconciliation bill. On the State , new autism provisions health insurance front passed as a requirement for health insurance providers. On March 18, the Missouri Senate voted 26-6 to require some health insurance plans to cover treatment for autism. The bill would require group insurance policies regulated by the state to provide up to $55,000 annually for behavioral treatment until age 21. The Senate version of the bill now goes to the House. Similar legislation approved in the House in February would require coverage of up to $36,000 annually until age 18. The two chambers must agree on the same version before the measure can go to Gov. Jay Nixon. Thanks to another successful grant application by Parks and Recreation Director Nancy we have been awarded the $100,000 grant to develop the Ruth Park MacCartney, Woods section of the Centennial Greenway . The City will need to budget $25,000 for the first phase of the project, engineering & design in the FY 11 draft budget. We have two years to complete the project.One aspect of the project is a lease or easement agreement with the school district on the property adjacent to the middle school and the golf course. The trail will connect from Brittany Woods Middle School to the McKnight/Olive intersection. University City Symphony Orchestra(UCSO) Theis currently celebrating their 50th Anniversary. As a community, we are privileged to host and be the home of such a jewel! The UCSO is working on updating their mission and vision for their organization so that they can map out a strategy for the next era. The Board of Directors of the UCSO has charged an independent committee, the Vision Committee, with doing the project. They are asking members of the University City community to fill out a short survey to assist them with that task. A copy of the survey is attached here, please fill out and return to STRATEGICPR1@AOL.COM or contact Paulette Carr with questions at paulette_carr@sbcglobal.net. On that “note”, the USCO presents Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 with Jennifer Lim Judd, Te Deum by Dvorak with the East Central College Chorus and selections from Porgy and Bess by Gershwin, Dr. Leon Burke, III, Music Director and Conductor on Sunday, March 28 at 3:00 PM at COCA, 524 Trinity Ave. Admission is free. Please join them for refreshments immediately following the performance, for more information visit www.UCSO.org .