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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: .tune 13, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. 5 B w SUBJECT: Employee Assistance Program Contract Renewal DEPARTMENT: Personnel PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 2006-2008 EAP Renewal Contract Tyrone Jackson, 245-2550 PURPOSE: To approve renewal of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) contract with Magellan Behavioral Health for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008, BACKGROUND: The EAP provides Orange County employees and their dependents with confidential face-to-face assessment and counseling services, 24-hours a day emergency service, referral to community resources as needed, coverage for any personal problems and follow-upon all cases. The types of problems which may be addressed through the EAP include drug and alcohol abuse, mental health including depression, parent/child issues, marital issues and jab stress. The EAP also provides supervisory consultation far dealing with employee personal problems, and provides consultation on a variety of mental health topics such as stress management, depression and conflict management. The EAP currently serves as Orange County's referral agency for any employee problems related to substance abuse. The County's Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy, which complies with the Federal government's drug and alcohol testing requirements, requires the County to have a referral agency for an employee who tests positive for substance abuse. The EAP is the required referral service for drug and alcohol treatment under the Drug and Alcohol Testing requirements. The EAP also serves as the County's referral source when dealing with post- traumatic incident debriefings, and employees utilized these services during the contract period. The total service EAP projected employee utilization rate for employees directly contacting the EAP for assistance average around 17.8 percent. In addition the EAP has provided legal consultation and referral services to employees. Employees have utilized MagellanAssist online services to access counseling services, and for self-referrals to participating area providers. The EAP also has provided training for supervisors and department heads through its supervisory assistance program. Also, as noted earlier, the EAP provides individual consultative assistance to supervisors in dealing with specific problem employee situations such as depression.. The number of such supervisory contacts is not available. Attached is the contract for the EAP for 2006-2008.. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The contract renewal is at a rate of $1,54 per employee per month with no change from the previous plan year. The estimated annual cost for the EAP for 2006-2008 is $14,784 and funds are included in the 2006-2007 budget.