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AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board Business Meeting of December 19,2011
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DATE: December 2,2011
FROM: Dave Inbody Administrative Services 322-7697
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Consideration of Board Signature of Order No. 2011-029 providing an exclusion from one month's
health benefits premium for participating in a health risk assessment.
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
Deschutes County will offer employees a Health Risk Assessment (HRA) through the County's
Wellness Program. The HRA includes the completion ofa questionnaire, a blood draw and biometric
measurements. All employees completing an HRA will receive a one-month exclusion from their
Health Benefits premium, up to $65.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None -Use funds budgeted for wellness.
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
Signature of Order No. 2011-029.
ATTENDANCE: Dave Inbody
DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS:
Dave Inbody
For Recording Stamp Only
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
An Order Providing an Exclusion from One ,..
Month's Health Benefits Premium Co-Pay for ,.. ORDER NO. 2011-029
Participating in a Health Risk Assessment ,..
WHEREAS, Deschutes County has committed to the development of a Wellness Program as a means to
address the rising cost of health care and improve the health of County employees; and
WHEREAS, the Employee Benefits Advisory Committee voted unanimously on November 15,2011 in
support of providing an exclusion from one month's Health Benefits Premium as an incentive to encourage
participation in a health risk assessment; and
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for
Health Statistics, 66% of American adults are overweight, 32% are obese, 60% do not exercise regularly, 45%
have a chronic disease and 23% smoke cigarettes; and
WHEREAS, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, employers with worksite
wellness programs reduce healthcare costs by 20% or more, reduce short-term sick leave by 6% to 32%, and
increase productivity by 2% to 52%; and
WHEREAS, according to the Harvard Business Review, the return on a comprehensive, well-run
employee wellness program can be $6 for every $1 spent; now therefore
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, HEREBY
ORDERS as follows:
1. Deschutes County will offer employees a Health Risk Assessment through the County's
Wellness Program. The Health Risk Assessment includes the completion of a lifestyle
questionnaire, a blood draw and biometric measurements.
2. All employees completing a Health Risk Assessment will receive a one-month exclusion from
their Health Benefits Premium, up to $65.
Dated this ___day of December, 2011 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OFDESCHUTESCOUNTY,OREGON
TAMMY BANEY, Chair
ANTHONY DEBONE, Vice Chair
ATTEST:
ALAN UNGER, Commissioner Recording Secretary