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Hunt County approves switch to Pacific Life for dental and vision coverage
Summary
Hunt County Commissioners Court voted June 16 to switch the county's dental and vision product to Pacific Life, a change officials said will increase the per-person benefit while lowering the monthly per-employee premium.
Hunt County Commissioners Court approved switching the county's dental and vision product to Pacific Life at a special meeting on June 16, 2020. Court members voted to adopt the new product after staff presented cost and benefit figures.
County staff told the court the Pacific Life plan would raise the total dental and vision benefit to $3,000 per person while reducing the monthly per-employee premium from $41.84 under the current renewal to $39.13. Commissioners were told the change would increase benefit levels while slightly lowering the monthly cost to the county for the product.
Judge Stovall opened discussion on the item and invited questions from commissioners. Commissioners moved and seconded approval of the Pacific Life dental and vision product; the motion carried on a voice vote with no recorded roll-call tally.
Court staff said the change represents a straight product switch rather than an increase in employee rates, and that other options staff reviewed would have been considerably more expensive. The court did not set a public effective date during the meeting; staff indicated the contract would follow normal renewal timing and implementation steps.
The action was limited to approving the product change; no changes to the county's overall benefits policy or employee contribution levels were adopted at the meeting.
