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1 <br /> Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: October 15, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-G <br /> Subject: Personnel Ordinance Revision - Health Insurance <br /> Department: Personnel Public Hearing: Yes No X <br /> Budget Amendment <br /> Needed: Yes No X <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: <br /> Draft Personnel Ordinance Revision Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br /> Article IV, Section 7.0, Health Insurance Extension 2550 <br /> Telephone Number: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 , <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Purpose: To consider updates to the Orange County Personnel <br /> Ordinance, Article IV, Section 7.0, Health Insurance. <br /> Background: At the September 3, 1996 Board of Commissioners meeting, the <br /> Board considered health insurance options for 1997. As part of <br /> this, the Board decided to adopt the recommendation to change <br /> the effective date of health insurance coverage for new <br /> employees beginning work January 1, 1997 and after. <br /> In the past, health insurance coverage has been effective as of <br /> the first day of employment. For example, if an employee begins <br /> work August 12, coverage is effective August 12. Under the <br /> change adopted, health insurance coverage would be effective <br /> on the first day of the month following the date of employment. <br /> For example, if an employee began work August 12, coverage <br /> would be effective September 1. <br /> The attached revision to the Personnel Ordinance amends the <br /> Ordinance to reflect the Board's decision to make health <br />