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Commissioners refer Globe Life Liberty insurance offer to health insurance trustees for review
Summary
A Globe Life/Liberty National representative presented an elective employee life-insurance offering; the Greene County commissioners voted to refer the proposal to the county's health insurance board of trustees for review and to authorize the commissioners' president to sign an agreement if the board recommends approval.
The Greene County Board of Commissioners voted to refer a voluntary life-insurance offering from Globe Life/Liberty National to the county's Health Insurance Board of Trustees for review and recommendation and authorized the commissioners' president to execute an agreement if the trustees approve.
Mackenzie Barnes, an insurance representative with Globe Life/Liberty National, told the commissioners the program would be offered at no cost to the county and would be elective for employees. "It is a pretax program, so you guys do get to save some money on the back end too," Barnes said. She also said the company would provide two free benefits to employees as a gift: an accidental death policy of $3,000 and a discount card offering "about 10 to 85% discounts." Barnes said the employer-facing paperwork "is not a legal binding contract" and was intended for corporate submission.
Nicole, a county staff member who presented the opioid fund report earlier in the meeting, asked whether the plan would compete with current elective coverages; commissioners and staff discussed how similar elective plans had been handled in the past. A commissioner suggested the health trustees normally approve health-care plan matters and that the trustees should review the elective benefits before countywide adoption. "The motion should be a motion to refer the matter to the Health Insurance Board of Trustees for review and recommendation back to the commissioners, and on favorable review authorize the president to enter into the agreement," one commissioner said before making the motion.
The board passed the referral motion and a second; commissioners asked that copies of the plan paperwork be distributed to the trustees in advance of their meeting. One commissioner asked staff to provide eight copies of the materials so trustees and designated staff could review them before the trustees' meeting.
The referral is a review step; the trustees will consider the elective coverage and return a recommendation to the commissioners. The commission did not approve enrollment or adopt the benefit at the meeting; final authority was left to the trustees' review and a favorable recommendation to the commissioners.
No cost to the county was represented by the Globe Life/Liberty National presenter, and the program was described as elective for employees. Commissioners emphasized the need for a transparent trustee meeting and minutes before any adoption.
