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RENEWAL OF GROUP INSURANCE PROGRAMS
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WHEREAS, DuPage County provides medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits for all eligible County Employees; and
WHEREAS, the County has several current contracts with certain benefit providers and third-party administrators which will continue in the absence of action to terminate; and
WHEREAS, the Human Resources Department annually reviews the benefits programs to identify opportunities to provide the most competitive, well-planned benefits programs; and
WHEREAS, this year, Marsh McLennan Agency conducted a review and assessment of the insurance programs; and
WHEREAS, this review indicates that it is in the best interest of the County for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois to continue as the Claims Administrator for our self-insured PPO and HMO medical programs; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County for Delta Dental of Illinois to continue as the Claims Administrator for our self-insured dental program; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County for Superior Vision to continue as the Administrator for our fully-insured vision program; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County for Discovery Benefits (A Wex Company) to continue as the Administrator for our flexible spending account program; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County for Dearborn Life (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Company) to continue as the Administrator for basic life, basic accidental death and dismemberment and voluntary life insurance programs; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County for Dearborn Life (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Company) to continue as the Administrator for group accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness; and
WHEREAS, continuing to provide other voluntary supplemental benefits such as group legal plan (Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.), and legal plan for law enforcement officers, would enhance the employee benefit program at no additional cost to DuPage County; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the County to continue to provide optional voluntary 457 plan provider as determined by County Board administrative staff to be in the best interest of employees; and
WHEREAS, continuing to provide psychiatric Case Management and Employee Assistance services to control the cost of psychiatric care and allow the County to comply with the Drug Free Workplace Act and the Omnibus Act, it is in the best interest of the County to contract with Workplace Solutions for these services.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the DuPage County Board accepts the rates as presented in Attachment I, effective January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the DuPage County Board does hereby approve that amount be paid by the County for each insurance class for the term of these contracts; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amounts paid by the County for each insurance class are based on projected costs and are subject to change if costs are higher than estimated; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois is authorized to continue to act as Claims Administrator for our self-insured health insurance PPO and HMO programs, providing services under the Administrative Services Agreement on file in the Human Resources Department; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Delta Dental of Illinois is authorized to continue as claims administrator for our self-insured dental insurance program providing services under the Agreement on file in the Human Resources Department; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Superior Vision is authorized to continue as claims administrator for our fully-insured vision insurance program providing services under the Agreement on file in the Human Resources Department; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Dearborn Life is authorized to continue as the Basic Life, Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment, and Voluntary Life insurance program administrator and program administrator for Group Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness, providing services under the Agreement on file in the Human Resources Department; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., are authorized to continue to provide optional voluntary benefits for DuPage County employees as described in the Agreements on file in the Human Resources Department and that employee payroll deductions be paid to these companies as collected; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Workplace Solutions is authorized to provide psychiatric case management and employee assistance services as described in the attached statement to be paid from the self-insurance fund; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that DuPage County reserves the right to alter our benefit program at any time in order to comply with the changes in federal and state laws and IRS regulations which affect employee benefit programs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Human Resources is hereby directed to sign any necessary documents to effect said employee benefits and to authorize payment to health care providers, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois, Delta Dental of Illinois, Superior Vision, Dearborn Life, Pre-Paid Legal Service, Inc. and Workplace Solutions; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the DuPage County Clerk transmit certified copies of this resolution to the Auditor, Treasurer, Finance Department, Human Resources Department, Health Department, Rebecca Schenkel, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois, 1020 W. 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515, Darren Avant, Delta Dental of Illinois, 111 Shuman Boulevard, Naperville, IL 60563, Lucius Robinson, Superior Vision, 11101 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670, Doug Roberts, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., 2510 Boomer Lane, Yorkville, IL 60560, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, Suite 500, 2211 York Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523-2337, Elizabeth Hathaway, Workplace Solutions, 1100 E. Woodfield Rd, Suite 433, Schaumburg, IL 60173.
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Enacted and approved this 27th day of October, 2026 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK