JLMBC Monthly Meeting
December 9, 2014
Minutes
Joint Labor/Management Benefits Committee – *Paulina Palomino, Chair, JLMBC
MEMBERS
ALTERNATES
RESOURCES TO THE JLMBC
Jim Adams, LA/OC Building
Dorothy Bates, AFT College
*Nancy Carson, Retiree
& Construction, Trades
Staff Guild
Phyllis Eckler, Adjunct
Council
Diva Sanchez, SEIU Local
*Barbara Harmon, Retiree
Galen Bullock, SEIU Local
99
*Ethel McClatchey, Retiree
721
Dr. Armida Ornelas, L.A.
*Leila Menzies, District Office,
*Velma J. Butler, President
College Faculty Guild
Business Services
AFT College Staff Guild, Local
Ken Takeda, Administrative
Stacey Allen, District Office,
1521A
Representative
Business Services
*Laurence B. Frank,
Sandra Lepore, AFT College
*Amy Roberts, Adjunct
LATTC/President
Staff Guild
Katrelia Walker, District Office,
*James Bradley, SEIU Local
Human Resources
99
Adriana D. Barrera, Deputy
Joanne Waddell, President,
Chancellor, District Office
L.A. College Faculty Guild,
Local 1521
VISITORS/SUBSTITUTES - Kathleen Beckett, Alternate SEIU Local 99, Kenadi Le, AFT 1521
Program Coordinator, DHU; Kevin Booth, AFT 1521; Isael Hermosillo; Cristina Jarvis, Managed
Health Network (MHN); Jorge Mata, District Office, Information Technology; *Andy Duran, District
Office, Information Technology; Ernesto Medrano
WELLS FARGO INSURANCE SERVICES - *Gary Delaney, Robyn Miller, Kristin Yokoyama, *Liliana
Salazar
*Indicates “Present”
The Benefits Committee meeting convened at 9:18 a.m.
Location: Educational Services Center – 6th Floor Conference Room, 770 Wilshire
Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Meeting called to order by the Chair, Ms. Paulina Palomino, and a quorum
was declared present.
Amy participated via conference call.
Approval of Agenda – 12-9-2014
Motion made by Velma Butler, seconded by Laurence Frank, passed with
unanimous approval.
Approval of Minutes – 11-18-2014
Motion made by Velma Butler, seconded by Laurence Frank, passed with
unanimous approval.
Discussion
Affordable Care Act Employer shared responsibility 95% 2016
A document entitled “Overview of the Affordable Care Act” was distributed.
Liliana gave a presentation and discussed the document with respect to two
Affordable Care Act (ACA) related court cases, the ACA timeline for 2013-2018, the
play or pay mandate, definition of a full-time employee, identifying full-time
employees, ACA rules to identify full-time employees, measurement periods, ACA
reporting requirements, and the Cadillac Plan Tax.
With respect to the play or pay mandate, Liliana stated that a penalty will not apply
if minimum essential coverage (MEC) is offered to 70 percent of the full-time
employees in 2015 and 95 percent of the full-time employees in 2016.
A question and answer session was conducted regarding the presentation.
Velma requested that the Cadillac Plan Tax be a standing agenda item for
discussion at the JLMBC meetings.
Paulina indicated that this would be done.
Paulina indicated that she would invite Dr. Albert Román, Vice Chancellor, Human
Resources, to the next JLMBC meeting to report on the Affordable Care Act
timeline.
Task Force Work Group Process
A document entitled “JLMBC Task Force Process” was distributed.
Paulina indicated that she developed a task force process that would enable the
JLMBC to perform some of its work outside the regular meetings. She stated that
there will be three work groups to perform this process—Wellness, Adjunct Health
Benefits, and Opt Out.
Based on the discussion, the work groups were formed as follows:
Wellness
Velma Butler and Larry Frank
Katrelia Walker
Nancy Carson
Barbara Harmon
Adjunct Health Benefits
Joanne Waddell
Amy Roberts
Phyllis Eckler
Leila Menzies
Opt Out
Ken Takeda
James Bradley
Galen Bullock
Paulina indicated that she would participate in all three work groups.
Paulina indicated that she would send an email with a link to the Federal Mediation
& Conciliation Service (FMCS) Fac Pro site in which the JLMBC members and
resources will have an opportunity to provide ideas for questions for the Consultant
and the District to gather for the JLMBC.
Velma inquired as to why “we are not creating a Fac Pro Link for this discussion
when we have Liliana today as a placeholder as we start moving forward.”
Paulina responded that she thought “employer shared responsibility” is a
combination imbedded as far as in the Task Force classifications that are being
reviewed.
Web Update Request Form
A document entitled “Web Page Update Request” was distributed.
Paulina indicated that the JLMBC web page has been updated. She stated that the
Web Page Update Request form will be used to request web updates and to make
sure these updates are completed in a timely manner.
Velma requested that the JLMBC have an opportunity to discuss and review any
updates before they are posted on the web page.
Paulina indicated that Leila would be the individual to receive the web page update
requests.
Velma requested that the form include a signature line for the Chair of the JLMBC
for the purpose of confirmation.
Instead of a signature line, Larry recommended that a line be inserted stating “c:
Paulina Palomino” under the “To:” line.
Paulina concurred with this recommendation.
The form with the recommended revisions was accepted by the Committee by
consensus.
Status Update
GASB Account
A document entitled “Medicare Part D subsidy (sometimes called the GASB
update)” was distributed.
Leila indicated that there are two sources of funding for health benefits for retirees.
One is the 1.92 percent of the total full-time salary expenditures in the District and
the other is the Federal Medicare Part D subsidy. She also distributed and
discussed a document entitled “Retiree’s Health Benefits (GASB 45)” with respect
to the investment in the CalPERS Irrevocable Trust for fiscal year 2014-15 and a
document entitled “GASB 45 Funding and Interest Income.”
Communication
•
Web Page Improvement
•
JLMBC Web Page Updates
Velma reported that Paulina, Katrelia, and she met and are developing a budget to
bring back to the Committee on issues with respect to updating the website and
obtaining a health risk assessment for the employees. She indicated that she will
contact the consultants’ wellness person to provide some guidance.
Velma requested that this topic be left on the agenda for the next JLMBC meeting
so that the budget can be discussed.
Laurence indicated that Mr. Patrick Reed, the individual who updated the LATTC
website, is willing to work on updating the JLMBC website, but that this would have
to be done during evening hours using overtime.
Open Enrollment Report
A document entitled “LACCD Open Enrollment 2015” was distributed.
Andy Duran discussed the document with respect to enrollment counts, 2015 plan
counts for active and adjunct participants, medical plan 2015 (actives), medical
plan 2015 (adjuncts), dental plan 2015 (actives and adjuncts), vision plan 2015
(actives and adjuncts), year over year plan changes, dental plan changes, medical
plan changes, vision plan changes, dental coverage changes, medical coverage
changes, and vision coverage changes.
EAP Wellness Report
Tabled until the next JLMBC meeting.
Retiree Update
Ethel discussed the importance of being aware of the symptoms associated with
dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Velma indicated that President Ronald Reagan designated November as National
Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month in 1983.
Paulina indicated that the issues of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease would be
incorporated into the JLMBC wellness calendar.
Public Comments
None.
Velma requested that an item regarding the possible inclusion of dental deep
cleaning in the District’s insurance plan be placed on the next JLMBC agenda for
discussion.
Velma also requested that whenever an RFP is written for the EAP, it include a
performance measure.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 11:28 a.m.