HomeMy WebLinkAboutMO # 1531MUNICIPAL ORDER NO. 1531
A MUNICIPAL ORDER AMENDING THE CITY OF PADUCAH' S HEALTH
INSURANCE SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION WITH HUMANA, FOR FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES TO INCLUDE COVERAGE OF ROUTINE COLONOSCOPIES, EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2010
WHEREAS, Municipal Order No. 1384 adopted the Summary Plan Description
effective May 13, 2008, administered by Humana for full time employees of the City of Paducah
which summarizes the City's health insurance plan and applicable federal guidelines necessary to
keep the City's plan in compliance; and,
WHEREAS, Municipal Order No. 1471 adopted on July 14, 2009, amended the
Plan to change the minimum hours worked by an employee to be covered by the City's health
insurance, removed Paducah Area Transit Systems from under the City's health insurance plan,
and added a prescription drug co -pay benefit to the Elite Plan option; and
WHEREAS, Municipal Order No. 1503 amended the Summary Plan Description
for the Elite and Investor Plans to reflect that the vision insurance will no longer be embedded in
the medical insurance plan but will be an optional benefit; and
WHEREAS, the City is promoting wellness and desires to amend the full-time
employee health insurance plan to provide coverage for routine colonoscopies, effective for the
plan year beginning January 1, 2010.
BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah hereby approves the amendments to the
Summary Plan Description for the Elite Plan and Investor Plan of the City's Health Insurance
Plan for full-time employees. The amendment will provide coverage at 100% for a routine
colonoscopy, regardless of diagnosis, limited to one per year and subject to age limit according to
the American Cancer Association guidelines.
SECTION 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the amendments to the
Elite Plan and Investor Plan approved in Section 1 above.
SECTION 3. This Order will be in full force and effect from and after the date of
its adoption.
ATTEST:
Jo 4vLA S-Bnloch,
Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, April 13, 2010
Recorded by Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk, April 13, 2010
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