TASK FORCE TO STUDY COOPERATIVE PURCHASING FOR HEALTH INSURANCE

Chair: Gabriel Gnall, Procurement Advisor

Appointed by Governor: Catherine Mae Alfree, Ed.D.; Mary Jo Childs, Esq.; Kimberly L. Frock; Sarah E. Hemminger, Ph.D.; Wanda Ruffo Twigg; Sanford K. Walters; one vacancy.

Appointed by President, AFT-Maryland: one vacancy

Appointed by President, American Federation for State, County, & Municipal Employees Council 3: one vacancy

Appointed by President, American Federation for State, County, & Municipal Employees Council 67: one vacancy

Appointed by President, Maryland State & D.C. AFL-CIO: one vacancy

Ex officio: David R. Brinkley, Secretary of Budget & Management.


[photo, 45 Calvert St., Annapolis, Maryland] Staff: Cynthia A. Kollner
c/o Office of Personnel Services & Benefits
Department of Budget & Management
45 Calvert St., Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1907
(410) 767-4716
e-mail: cindy.kollner@maryland.gov


45 Calvert St., Annapolis, Maryland, July 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


Report to Governor & General Assembly due Jan. 1, 2020 (Chapter 307, Acts of 2018).

In October 2018, the Task Force to Study Cooperative Purchasing for Health Insurance was formed (Chapter 307, Acts of 2018).

The Task Force is to study models of cooperative purchasing of health insurance. Further, the Task Force is to recommend what health insurance benefit options should be offered to satellite organizations, such as nonprofit organizations, county governments, municipal corporations, and retirees. Finally, the Task Force will make recommendations on minimizing and combining administrative costs, and any other ways to control health insurance costs while providing a variety of options.

Authorization for the Task Force ends September 30, 2022.

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