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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 98-023
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<br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris has a uniform group benefits plan that is administered by
<br />the Texas Municipal League Group Benefits Risk Pool (TML-GBRP); and,
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<br />WHEREAS, effective with the first plan year following July 1, 1997, the Federal Health
<br />Insurance Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which establishes a standard definition for what can
<br />be considered an existing condition, will go into effect, with the effective date for the City of Paris
<br />being May 1, 1998; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, in addition to HIPAA, the Federal Government has amended the Public
<br />Health Services Act (PHS) to standardize benefits relating to mothers and newborns and to
<br />establish parity in the application of mental health benefits; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris's employee health benefit plan in a non-Federal
<br />governmental plan, and HIP AA allows such plans to elect to be exempt from any or all of this new
<br />legislation; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, because of the severe penalties which are established in the law for non-
<br />compliance, the City's plan administrator, TML-GBRP, recommends that the City of Paris exempt
<br />itself to avoid the potential of financial penalties, and it is deemed appropriate that such
<br />recommendation be taken; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the form for the Election Under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-21, attached hereto
<br />as Exhibit A, should, in all things, be approved, and the Mayor, Eric S. Clifford, should be
<br />authorized to execute the same; NOW, THEREFORE,
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<br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, that the
<br />form of the Election Under 42 U.S.c. Sec. 300gg-21, which exempts the City of Paris from the
<br />requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIP AA) and the Public
<br />Health Services Act (PHS), attached hereto as Exhibit A, be, and the same is hereby, approved;
<br />and,
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<br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor, Eric S. Clifford, be, and he is hereby,
<br />authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the City of Paris, the Election Under 42 U.S.c.
<br />Sec. 300gg-21, under the terms and conditions and in the form shown in Exhibit A, attached
<br />hereto.
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<br />PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of Febru~
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<br />Eric S. Clifford, Mayor
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<br />ATTEST:
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<br />Mattie Cunningham, City Cler
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