RES-1995-050 Resolution to Adopt the Interlocal Agreement and to Join the Health Insurance Trust Group Self Insurance Fund for Health, Dental, Life and Disability Risk Sharing

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-2- Shield plan)to its employees as a health insurance plan option and may continue to do so on a "grandfather" basis when it joins the NCACC Trust, without regard to the number or percentage of employees participating in HealthSource. Orange County would be expected to comply with any future minimum participation requirements as might be adopted by the NCACC Trust Board of Trustees in the following circumstances: If Orange County discontinued offering a Trust(Blue Cross and Blue Shield) health maintenance organization product while continuing to offer a competitor's health maintenance organization product; or If Orange County discontinued its HealthSource option; or If Orange County offered additional health insurance carriers. 5. Orange County's health insurance plan reserves held by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina as of December 31, 1995 will continue to be held by Blue Cross when Orange County joins the NCACC Trust and accounted for and distributed by Blue Cross, as provided for by the contract between Blue Cross and Orange County. 6. The underwriting, eligibility and benefit provisions of Orange County's existing contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield as of December 31, 1995 are hereby incorporated in this Agreement with the NCACC Trust with the following exceptions: 1) that Orange County's existing Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional Plan will change to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Preferred Provider Plan(PPO Select Plan S3) effective January 1, 1996 and 2)that the monthly contributions for coverage will be as designated by the NCACC Trust. Among other things,this means Orange County employee eligibility for health insurance will remain the same as in the referenced contract with Blue Cross. 7. Orange County has two sub-groups on its Blue Cross health insurance coverage for the Orange Community Housing Corporation and the Orange County Visitors Bureau. The NCACC Trust agrees to continue coverage for these in-the Orange County group on the same basis as Blue Cross and Blue Shield has done. 8. Orange County is entering into the NCACC Trust only for coverage as to health insurance and is not entering into life, dental, disability or other insurance programs through the NCACC Trust. 9. The NCACC Trust may only cancel Orange County's contract for health insurance coverage through the Trust for refusing or failing to comply with a loss prevention recommendation submitted to Orange County by the Trust with Orange County's written consent. 10. To the extent that the NCACC Trust can cancel the Agreement under Article VIII,