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Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />Action Agenda Item Abstract <br />Meeting Date: October 5, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 8.. a <br />Subject: Employee Dental Insurance for 2000 <br />Department: Personnel <br />Attachment(s): <br />Draft Monthly Dental Insurance Rates <br />Public Hearing: Yes No X <br />Budget Amendment <br />Needed: Yes No X <br />Information Contact: <br />Elaine Holmes, Personn el Director <br />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 an increase in rates for employee dental insurance effective <br />January 1, 2000. <br />Background: The County's employee dental insurance program is aself-insured plan and <br />Delta Dental is the County's administrator for the plan. Delta Dental has recommended <br />County rates for the 2000 calendar year (beginning January 1, 2000). <br />In summary, Delta Dental recommends the County increase its rates. The recommended <br />rate increases would increase County cost for 1999-00 by about $4,000 in total for the <br />approximately 680 positions covered in the dental insurance group. Funds are available <br />within the approved dental insurance budget for fiscal year 1999-00. This is the first rate <br />increase in dental insurance since 1993. <br />2000 Dental Insurance Rates <br />Depending on type of coverage, the rate increases effective January 1, 2000 are as follows: <br />Coverage Type Rate Increase Employees Enrolled <br />Employee Only 7.5% 311 <br />Employee/Child(ren) 13.9% 72 <br />Employee/Spouse 44.7% 97 <br />Employee/Family 15.0% 136 <br />