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l ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 5, 1990 Action Agenda Item # )16-E SUBJECT: Employee Assistance Program Contract DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No Personnel ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Executive Summary Proposal Addie Wright Turner Human Affairs International Personnel Director 2 . Existing medical coverage from current benefit providers TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough -732-8181 Durham -688-7331 Mebane -227-2031 Chapel Hill-967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To provide an Employee Assistance Program to Orange County employees, dependents and retirees through contract with Human Affairs International. The primary purposes of the EAP will be 1 ) to enhance existing health and safety programs to Orange County employees, 2 ) to strengthen Orange County's compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 and 3) to position Orange County for more vigorous management of health care costs as we move into the 1990 's . BACKGROUND: Research on existing EAP's have shown employers will get a return on 3 times their cost. The Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Cary, Northern Telecom, IBM, Honeywell and Mitsibushi are included in the list of organizations which currently contract with Human Affairs to provide Employee Assistance Programs to their employees. Employee Assistance Programs strive to reduce health care costs by assisting employees in 1) more effective use of their health care benefits, and 2) more cost-effective use of health care benefits. In addition, EAP's provide a further benefit to employees, thereby improving employee morale. The current health providers benefit provisions are attached to document present mental health coverage for our existing policies . RECOMMENDATION: Approve contract with Human Affairs International for period beginning February 6, 1990 through June 30, 1990 . The Personnel Department currently has funds available for this contract period.