IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month extension to the term and supply contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, MO, for employee group health insurance under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 26-19.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 20780, October 4, 2021
INTRODUCED BY Jalen Anderson, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Resolution 20271, dated September 30, 2019, the Legislature did award a twelve-month term and supply contract, with two twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of employee group health insurance as an employee benefit for use countywide to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Jackson County), MO, under the terms and condition of Request for Proposals No. 26-19; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 20522, dated October 12, 2020, the Legislature authorized a twelve-moth extension to the contract; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Human Resources recommends the exercise of the final extension of the contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 26-19; and,
WHEREAS, the total monthly premium costs for 2022 by plan type and rate option are as follows:
INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL + 1 FAMILY
Blue Care HMO $837.20 $1,905.48 $2,349.58
Preferred Care
PPO $820.30 $1,872.82 $2,299.48
Blue Select
QHDHP (HSA) $771.08 $1,775.92 $2,155.54
Blue Select EPO
No SPIRA $744.72 $1,697.08 $2.091.08
Blue Select QHDHP (HSA)
With SPIRA $662.70 $1,528.48 $1,853.98
WHEREAS, Blue Cross and Blue Shield will also offer Medicare Advantage Plans to County associates age 65 and older; and,
WHEREAS, this award is made on an as needed basis and does not obligate the County to pay any specific amount, with the availability of funds subject to annual appropriation; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute a twelve-month extension to the term and supply contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, MO, for the furnishing of employee group health insurance and all other documents necessary to the accomplishment of this extension; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments including final payment on the contract, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agencies are contained in the then current Jackson County budget.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20780 of October 4, 2021, was duly passed on October 4, 2021 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays ____0_______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____1_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
This award is made on a need basis and does not obligate Jackson County to pay any specific amount. The availability of funds for specific purchases is subject to annual appropriation.
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Date Chief Administrative Officer