Title
Request Authorization of Payment for Cancer Insurance for Police Sworn Personnel (Ordinance S-43618)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to make payment to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System to purchase cancer insurance for sworn personnel of the Phoenix Police Department. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse the funds.
Report
Summary
The Fire Fighter Cancer Insurance Policy Program (FFCIPP) was established in 1997. The FFCIPP offers supplemental cancer insurance for fire fighters, helping to offset additional costs if a fire fighter is diagnosed with cancer after enrollment. The insurance is administered under the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System. In 2007, HB2268 changed the name of the Fire Fighter Cancer Insurance Policy Program to the Fire Fighter and Peace Officer Cancer Insurance Policy Program and extended coverage to certified peace officers under this program.
Contract Term
This payment will provide cancer insurance coverage for police sworn personnel for fiscal year 2017-18.
Financial Impact
The cost for fiscal year 2017-18 is $50.00 per peace officer; this item requests authorization to pay up to $164,000.00. Funds are available in the Police Department's budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Police Department.