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Votes at a glance: HSS board approves minutes, investment policy, education plan, infertility benefit, annual report and moves to closed session
Summary
The Health Service System board recorded unanimous approval for routine minutes, a finance committee investment policy recommendation (subject to legal review), an education plan, expanded infertility and ART benefits for 2018, and the 2016 annual report; it also voted to enter closed session on a member appeal and not to report closed-session actions.
The Health Service System took several recorded actions during the meeting. Key decisions and motions included:
- Approval of minutes for the regular meeting of Dec. 8, 2016: motion moved (speaker 3) and seconded (speaker 5); board approved by voice vote.
- Finance committee recommendation to accept a draft investment policy statement and to continue utilizing the City treasury pool with quarterly and annual reporting and a triennial review: motion carried unanimously; final policy to return after legal review.
- Adoption of an education plan for February 2016–2019 with edits requested by staff; motion carried unanimously. The board noted a $10,000 education budget that remains unspent and urged encumbrance of funds where appropriate.
- Approval of a package to rename and expand the infertility benefit to "infertility and assisted reproductive technology," removing eligibility barriers for same-sex couples, adding assisted hatching and ICSI, harmonizing egg-storage rules to 12 months and setting the enhancements for the 2018 benefit cycle: motion moved and seconded; vote unanimous.
- Acceptance of the HSS 2016 annual report and infographic highlighting membership growth and wellness investments: vote unanimous.
- Motion to go into closed session for a member appeal and the executive director performance evaluation carried; after closed session the board voted not to report actions taken in closed session and recorded that vote.
Where motions recorded a mover or seconder in the transcript, those names are noted; several votes were taken by voice and recorded as unanimous by the chair.
