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DRAFT <br />J:Wttorney~isa~esolntionsACiJRRENT~AA OpLOntRes2002.wptl <br />March 4, 2002 <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, ELECTING, PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. SEC. 300GG-21, <br />EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HEALTH <br />INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) AND <br />THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES ACT (PHS); AUTHORIZING THE <br />EXECUTION OF THE NECESSARY ELECTION FORMS UNDER 42 U.S.C. <br />SEC. 300GG-21; MAHING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris has a uniform group benefits plan that is administered by the <br />Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool (TML-IEBP); and, <br />WHEREAS, effective with the first plan year following July 1, 1997, the Federal Health <br />Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which establishes a standard <br />definition for what can be considered an existing condition, went into effect, with the effective date <br />for the City of Paris being May 1, 1998; and, <br />WHEREAS, in addition to HIPAA, the Federal Government has amended the Public Health <br />Services Act (PHS) to standardize benefits relating to mothers and newborns and to establish parity <br />in the application of inental health benefits; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City ofParis's employee health benefit plan is a non-Federal governmental <br />plan, and HIPAA allows such plans to elect to be exempt from any or all of this new legislation; and, <br />WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe City ofParis has acted to approved such exemptions in <br />the past and, <br />WHEREAS, because of the severe penalties which are established in the law for non- <br />compliance, the City's plan administrator, TML-IEBP, recommends that the City of Paris continues <br />to exempt itself to avoid the potential of financial penalties, and it is deemed appropriate that such <br />recommendation be taken; and, <br />WHEREAS, the form for the Election Under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-21, attached hereto as <br />Exhibit A, should, in all things, be approved, and the Personnel Director, as plan manager, should be <br />authorized to execute the same; NOW, THEREFORE, <br />