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RESOLUTION NO. 2018-042 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND UNITED HEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY, TO PROVIDE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE FOR FULL-TIME BENEFITED EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, EXCLUDING: EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (POA), INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS (IAFF), AND TEMPORARY AND SEASONAL EMPLOYEES
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Council adopt the resolution.
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SUMMARY
The City of Chula Vista offers a Group Disability Program to provide income replacement and insurance premium continuation for eligible City of Chula Vista employees who are unable to work due to illness or non-occupational injury. The Program includes both Short-Term Disability (STD) benefits and Long-Term Disability (LTD) benefits.
Covered employees are all active benefited-salaried employees directly employed by the City of Chula Vista in a full- or part-time benefited-salaried status classified as: Elected Officials (Mayor, Council Members and City Attorney), City Manager, City Clerk, Executive Management, Senior Management, Middle Management (MM), Professional (PROF), Unclassified and Confidential MM and PROF, Western Council of Engineers, Association of Chula Vista Employees, and Confidential. Employees represented by the Police Officers Association (POA) and International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) are excluded from this benefit, as they maintain their own plans.
From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2017, the City's STD and LTD provider was Cigna Insurance Plan. To ensure the City procures the most competitively priced coverage and services for its employees, a Request for Proposal (RFP) for STD and LTD insurance was issued in July 2017. The contract was awarded to United HealthCare Insurance Company effective January 1, 2018. The policy term is renewable up to three years unless the City chooses no...
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