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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01121988 - IO.2 TO.. . BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Contra Costa DATE: January 4, 1988 Co^ SUBJECT. Various Issues Related to B.E. & K, General Contractor for USS-POSCO SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND Aim JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION Remove as referrals to our Committee all remaining referrals relating to B.E. & K and USS-POSCO on the basis that B.E. & K' s refusal to cooperate with our Committee precludes any further substantive discussion of the issues detailed below. BACKGROUND There are three issues .relating to B.E. & K which our Committee has continued to be concerned about. First is the adequacy of B.E. & K' s health plan coverage for its employees and their dependents. Second is the manner in which B.-E. & K does drug testing of its employees and whether the testing procedures are adequate to insure that samples are not misidentified. Third is whether any of B.E. & K' s employees or former employees have been seen in the Health Services Department' s outpatient clinics. In regard to the adequacy of B.E. & K' s health plan coverage, Frank Puglisi, Hospital Administrator, indicated that the coverage for B.E. & K' s employees appears to be fairly standard except that it apparently does not include coverage for outpatient physician visits. Itis above average in that it pays 100% of the premium for employees. However, it pays none of the premium for an employee' s dependents. In terms of the drug testing procedures, Dr. .Wendel Brunner, Director of Public Health, reported that his staff had attempted to obtain information from B.E. & K about the procedures they used in performing drug testing on employees. Dr. Brunner shared a letter he received from B.E. & K in response indicating that all B.E. & K employees are subject to pre-employment drug testing. They also indicated that "the method of the drug testing is considered proprietary to AMK International." In view of this response there appears to be little else we can do to respond to complaints that B.E. & K' s drug testing procedures allow for mixing up samples between employees. . CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: x YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE I 1r �uperv7i N. C. Fanden Supervisor T. Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON JarWiary T2 , T988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AM CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND- ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator ATTESTED /Q 8 Health Services Director HIL BATCHEL R, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF County Counsel SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY — l -2- Third, in regard to the use of County Health Services Department facilities by B.E. & K employees, Mr. Puglisi reported that the Pittsburg Clinic had run a test for six weeks and were aware of only two B.E. & K employees who had been seen. One was coded as having no insurance coverage. The other, who may have had insurance coverage from a spouse, was coded as having private insurance coverage. We believe we have gone about as far as we can go in pursuing . these three issues and therefore must recommend that these issues be removed as referrals to our Committee with no further action to be taken at this time.