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POLICY: Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has established a comprehensive benefit program for eligible employees, retirees, and COBRA continuants. This program is extended to eligible employees, retirees, and COBRA continuants of Indian River County constitutional officers to include the Sheriff's Office, Tax Collector, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and Clerk of the Court. The benefits include but are not limited to: • Group health insurance (self-funded plan) • Group life insurance (basic, optional dependent life for employees, spouse & dependent children) • Employee Assistance Program • COBRA Administration Stop loss and administrative fees are a component of the group health insurance plan cost. Indian River County BOCC Human Resources is responsible for administering the benefits program, coordinating with the constitutional officers, reviewing utilization and plan design, coordinating the receipt of bids and proposals, administering service agreements, and making recommendations. The cost of benefits is allocated to the appropriate office. Each constitutional officer is responsible for the payment of premiums for eligible employees, retirees, and COBRA continuants enrolled in the benefits program. The Indian River County BOCC Human Resource Department will provide each constitutional officer with the monthly cost for benefits and the constitutional officers will implement necessary procedures to collect premiums from employees, retirees and COBRA continuants and remit premium payments to the BOCC by the 10th of each month. The BOCC Human Resources Department will develop administrative self -billing procedures for the payment of premium and applicable fees in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget and the participating constitutional officers to assist in prompt payment and allocation of payments to the appropriate funds. P68 SECTION NUMBER EFFECTIVE DATE ADMINISTRATIVE Personnel AM -504.1 01-01-17 POLICY SUBJECT PAGE MANUAL Administration and Allocation 1 OF 2 of Cost of Group Insurance Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has established a comprehensive benefit program for eligible employees, retirees, and COBRA continuants. This program is extended to eligible employees, retirees, and COBRA continuants of Indian River County constitutional officers to include the Sheriff's Office, Tax Collector, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and Clerk of the Court. The benefits include but are not limited to: • Group health insurance (self-funded plan) • Group life insurance (basic, optional dependent life for employees, spouse & dependent children) • Employee Assistance Program • COBRA Administration Stop loss and administrative fees are a component of the group health insurance plan cost. Indian River County BOCC Human Resources is responsible for administering the benefits program, coordinating with the constitutional officers, reviewing utilization and plan design, coordinating the receipt of bids and proposals, administering service agreements, and making recommendations. The cost of benefits is allocated to the appropriate office. Each constitutional officer is responsible for the payment of premiums for eligible employees, retirees, and COBRA continuants enrolled in the benefits program. The Indian River County BOCC Human Resource Department will provide each constitutional officer with the monthly cost for benefits and the constitutional officers will implement necessary procedures to collect premiums from employees, retirees and COBRA continuants and remit premium payments to the BOCC by the 10th of each month. The BOCC Human Resources Department will develop administrative self -billing procedures for the payment of premium and applicable fees in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget and the participating constitutional officers to assist in prompt payment and allocation of payments to the appropriate funds. P68