Present: Grace Aranda, Kathy Bell, Peg Davis, Noel Dreher, Carolyn Eaton, Barbara Foster, Melissa Fritz, Kathi Hart, Rebecca Hindman, Barb Lancaster, Anne Lopez, Barbara Pickard, Ana Rodriquez, Lisa Wakefield, Jean Mason, Terri Rice, Laura Esham, Robb Carlisle (Staff Guest)

Excused: Michele Hintz, Emily Boyd, Karen Stanley, Alicia Velasquez, Ruth Sabo

Unexcused: Rolf Averill, Lupita Cruz, Lew Tenney and Gilbert Maldonado

Guests: Marcia Chatalas and Terri Lucas from HR

Opening:

1. Meeting called to order at 3:05pm.

2. Guests Marcia Chatalas and Terri Lucas from Human Resources attended to discuss the upcoming Open Enrollment for Health Care Benefits.

▪ Have until Sept 10th to enroll. New year begins October 1st.
▪ Lots of changes but the “structure” remains the same
▪ State is now self-insured and we have 4 networks to choose from
▪ Since we have many physician & facility options, we might not have to change physicians. Updates are being made daily on participating physicians.
▪ EPO is similar to HMO, POS plan has disappeared due to lack of participation
▪ Website provides excellent tools to find doctors, hospitals, etc. Must have
physician ID# for the plan you choose as they differ per plan
▪ Discussed Transition of Care and best way to ensure a smooth transition.
▪ RX list has not yet been completed
▪ Appeal Process – Does not fall under ARISA but your plan administrator
▪ Dental and Vision plans remain the same, but you must select them
▪ State officials wanted to provide the best plan possible - these plans are better than current Cigna coverage
▪ HR has worked w/ Dept reps to assist with enrollment and its not too late to have a Dept rep request HR training. Also there are several Fairs to help with the enrollment process. August 11th, August 30th and Sept 1st. Check website for additional info.
▪ If you make selections now and wish to change them, you may up to Sept 10th.
▪ Quality of service was an important issue in choosing these plans, not cost.

General discussion followed. Encouraged us to visit the HR website and to make use of email for answers to specific questions. The Legislature passed the self-insurance plan at the last minute so there are still a few glitches to work out but its gone well and issues are being resolved quickly. The ladies were very generous with their time and stayed until after 4:00.

3. Ice Breaker – the Activities Committee hosted this month. A handful of M&Ms in paper coffee filters were passed around to everyone. Based on color/category we each addressed the group as a “get to know you better” activity. Brown – hobbies, Orange – work, Red – pet peeve, Green – dream vacation, Yellow – family.

ER Committee will host next month’s Ice Breaker.

4. Barb – Since it was 4:45 we decided to wait until Sept. meeting to discuss goals for upcoming year. We can have a dialog on email. Lisa will type up & distribute the notes from our Retreat.

Issues and Announcements:

Can we change our General Meeting time?

Committee Chairs need to update their listserve

UA Cares – starting up soon. Oct. 9th will be home improvement for low income Families. Everyone encourage to participate in some UA Cares activity.

College of Science – American Diabetes Walk on Oct. 3rd. Would like to get
university teams from various groups to participate in these events

Voter Registration coming up. Sept. 18th is Legislative Advocacy Training at UA

SAC Newsletter will be out mid September. Please send announcements.

CSW Conference Intersections 2004 is Sept. 23rd. We will have a booth and need ideas on what to include and how to present materials. All welcome to participate.

Wildcat Welcome still needs volunteers.

Grace will be updating our website.


5. Meeting adjourned at 5:05pm.

Respectfully submitted by Melissa Fritz