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Board approves routine minutes, cafeteria plan updates and cancels October meeting; requests counsel review on Sutter resolution
Summary
The Health Service Board approved minutes, adopted updates to the Section 125 cafeteria plan for 2016, voted to cancel its Oct. 8 meeting and to replace Nov. 12 with a strategic forum, and voted to enter closed session to consider a member appeal. The board also asked counsel to analyze legal precedent and costs related to the Sutter Health resolution.
At its September meeting the Health Service Board took several formal actions on administrative and scheduling items while deferring a decision on the PEC's request about joining the Sutter Health litigation.
- Minutes: The board moved and seconded approval of minutes for a special meeting in August and the regular meeting; the chair called a voice vote and approved the minutes.
- Section 125 cafeteria plan updates (Item 10): Chief Operating Officer Mitchell Griggs presented changes to the 2016 plan, including updated flexible-credit dollar amounts, replacement of the third-party administrator with PNA Group effective Jan. 1, 2016, insurer name updates and the addition of a voluntary LifeLock identity-theft benefit. A motion to approve the updates was moved, seconded and passed by voice vote.
- Meeting schedule: The board voted to cancel the Oct. 8, 2015 regular meeting to allow staff to focus on a complex open-enrollment cycle, and it voted to cancel the Nov. 12 regular meeting and replace it with a public strategic update/forum to address topics such as specialty drugs and compliance.
- Closed session: The board voted to go into closed session to discuss a member appeal.
Where votes were taken, outcomes were recorded by voice as "Aye" and the chair declared the motions passed. The transcript did not record roll-call tallies or individual recorded votes for these motions. For the PEC request on Sutter Health the board did not take a formal vote to join litigation; instead the board asked its counsel to prepare a precedent and cost review so members could decide in a future public meeting.
Provenance: minutes approval (Item 1) appears at the start of the transcript; cafeteria plan updates and vote are recorded beginning at SEG 3105; cancellation votes at SEG 3211 and SEG 3238; closed-session motion at SEG 3420.
