REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
May 20, 2025
FROM
LEONARDO GONZALEZ, Director, Human Resources Department
SUBJECT
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Medical Premium Rates for Plan Year 2025-26
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Approve medical premium rates for Blue Shield of California for active employees, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act participants, and their eligible dependents, for plan year 2025-26, as shown in Attachment A.
2. Approve medical premium rates for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. for active employees, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act participants, and their eligible dependents, for plan year 2025-26, as shown in Attachment A.
(Presenter: Leonardo Gonzalez, Director, 387-5565)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). There is no additional cost associated with the approval of this item as the increase to the County's contribution to employee medical insurance premiums pursuant to ordinances, compensation plans, and negotiated Memoranda of Understanding with individual labor unions is not greater than what has already been approved by the Board of Supervisors (Board). Additionally, the County does not contribute to the cost of premiums for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) participants.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On May 21, 2024 (Item No. 35), the Board approved the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (Kaiser) and Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield) active medical premium rates for plan year 2024-25, including Blue Shield's not-to-exceed rate cap of 6.9% for plan year 2025-26 and 8.9% for plan year 2026-27. Kaiser did not provide rate caps for plan years 2025-26 and 2026-27.
In November 2024, Human Resources (HR) b...
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