This may affect member groups. The Committee asked the Senate for guidance. They didn t feel there was a reason for their existence. Employees Benefit Committee EBC met on December 16. Chair Theta Dempsey reported that she and EBC member Dr. Tom Coury have been serving on the working committee that reviewed the dental RFP before it went out to about 30 potential bidders.
Primary criteria are plan design, cost, and ability to provide the services requested.
EBC will also consider renewals of existing insurance, other than dental. In other business, personnel services reported that the RFP to hire a benefits consultant for the university is on track and that a member of EBC will serve on the committee that evaluates the RFP responses. Sherwood Washington indicated that applicants for the position of Benefits Manager for the Norman campus will be interviewed in early January. Gerry Moore from the HSC campus reported that the state legislature has moved the George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute from Oklahoma Veterans Affairs to the Health Sciences Center, and Connie Gould from the Tulsa campus said that the University has purchased a new facility for the Tulsa campus. They presented a list of goals for the committee and a suggested list of criteria.