Brief

Councilmember Tim McOsker introduced a motion on the LAwell Program's Plan Year 2026 implementation, focused on transitioning city employee health benefits from prior medical plans. The Personnel and Hiring Committee approved the item on January 23, 2026. City Council adopted it on February 3 with a 12-0-3 vote, becoming final on February 4, 2026.

Full summary

Councilmember Tim McOsker, seconded by Councilmember Adrin Nazarian, introduced this motion on January 9, 2026, directing the Personnel Department to report back within 90 days on how the City's LAwell health benefits program for Plan Year 2026 is rolling out. The motion responds to what the City describes as the most significant overhaul of its employee health benefits in many years, approved by Council in September 2025 through a separate action (Council File 25-0816). That earlier decision — recommended by the Joint Labor Management Benefits Committee — brought new medical providers, premium adjustments, and the end of Anthem as a City health plan provider. The changes affect roughly 27,000 active civilian employees and 32,000 dependents. Because the scale of the transition is so large, and because the Personnel Department conducted extensive outreach specifically to Anthem enrollees who needed to switch plans, McOsker argued the Council should be formally briefed on how the switchover is going. The motion instructs the Personnel Department to cover two specific areas in its report: how smoothly the transition from prior medical plans has gone and what problems have emerged, and an analysis of the three-part health care model now available to employees and their dependents under the new structure. The Personnel and Hiring Committee took up the motion on January 23, 2026, voting unanimously to recommend it to the full Council. The full Council adopted the motion on February 3, 2026, by a 12-0-3 vote, with the action becoming final the following day. The file is now closed, with the Personnel Department's report due within 90 days of adoption.

Activity (6)

• 2026-02-04 Council action final.
• 2026-02-03 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
• 2026-01-30 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on February 3, 2026.
• 2026-01-23 Personnel and Hiring Committee approved item(s) .
• 2026-01-16 Personnel and Hiring Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on January 23, 2026.
• 2026-01-09 Motion referred to Personnel and Hiring Committee.

Documents (4)

• 2026-02-04 Council Action · council_action
• 2026-01-23 Report from Personnel and Hiring Committee · report
• 2026-01-23 Speaker Card(s) · speaker_card
• 2026-01-09 Motion · motion