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MEMORANDUM
T0: MMIA Employee Benefit Program Member Entities
FROM: Amanda Clark
MMIA EB Program Manager
DATE: January 19, 2010
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Per the Employee Benefits Program Agreements, each participating member commits to
participating in the program for five years. After that initial commitment, a member entity
automatically renews their participation in the program for each succeeding coverage year,
unless the member provides at least 120 days notice prior to the start of the next coverage year
of their desire to withdraw from the program. This means that a member that has participated
for five years and wishes to withdraw from the program as of June 30 needs to send written
notice to the MMIA Board of Directors by March 15t. Any member that does withdraw from the
program will not be eligible to apply to rejoin the program for a period of three years.
Preliminary rates for the program will be sent out April 1 st, with.final rates being set May 15`h.
This is after any notifications of withdrawal have been received, so that the actuary can rate
appropriately including any considerations of changed participation levels. We will, however,
send out an early rate indication in mid-February. Although this will still be premature to provide
definite rate information, we will provide a range of potential rate adjustments given the
information we have at that time. This indication is non-binding and is meant to provide
preliminary information for early decision making.
Also, Open Enrollment for the program will be from May 15th to June 15th. This time period is
the opportunity for employees to elect coverage changes, such as adding or dropping a
dependent. If your entity allows individuals to choose between plan options, employees may
also change their plan elections at this time. Prior to the start of Open Enrollment, your entity
may also elect different group options to your employees. You may choose to open up the
medical plans to individual selection, or perhaps change the dental plan offered to the group.
will send out group election forms in the coming months. Please feel free to contact me if you
should have any questions regarding group options available to your entity.
The Employee Benefits Program Agreement can be found on our website at www.mmia.net,
then under the Employee Benefits tab and then the Program Documents tab. Please let me
know if you have any further questions regarding program participation, the 2010-2011
coverage year, or open enrollment.
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