Aetna Life Insurance Company & Aetna Health, Inc. Health Benefits Contract Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Plain English Breakdown

The exact terms of health benefits and consequences of non-compliance by Aetna are not detailed in the provided official summary.

Health Benefits Emergency Declaration for Aetna

This resolution declares an emergency to allow the District of Columbia to enter into a multi-year contract with Aetna Life Insurance Company and Aetna Health, Inc., to provide health benefits in accordance with the rules of the D.C. Employees Health Benefits Program.

What This Bill Does

• Declares that there is an emergency situation requiring approval for a multi-year contract between the District of Columbia and Aetna.
• Allows the Office of Contracting and Procurement to enter into a $1,576,229,125.75 contract with Aetna over five years.
• States that this contract is necessary to provide health benefits in accordance with the rules of the D.C. Employees Health Benefits Program.

Who It Names or Affects

• District of Columbia employees, their dependents, and retirees who will receive health benefits through Aetna.
• Aetna Life Insurance Company & Aetna Health, Inc., which will provide these health benefits under the contract.

Terms To Know

Emergency Declaration

A statement that declares a situation to be an emergency and allows for special actions to address it.

Multiyear Contract

An agreement between two parties that lasts for more than one year, often several years.

Limits and Unknowns

• The resolution does not specify the exact terms of the health benefits provided by Aetna.
• It is unclear what would happen if Aetna fails to fulfill its obligations under the contract.

Official Summary Text

Aetna Life Insurance Company & Aetna Health, Inc. Health Benefits Contract Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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A RESOLUTION

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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

November 4, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve multiyear
Contract Nos. CW130182 with Aetna Life Insurance Company & Aetna Health,
Inc. to provide and administer fully insured health benefits to District employees,
their dependents, and retirees in accordance with the rules of the D.C. Employees
Health Benefits Program.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That
this resolution may be cited as the “Aetna Life Insurance Company & Aetna Health, Inc.
Health Benefits Contract Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) The Office of Contracting and Procurement, on behalf of the
Department of Human Resources, proposes to enter into the following multiyear contract
to provide and administer fully insured health benefits to District employees, their
dependents, and retirees, in accordance with the rules of the D.C. Employees Health
Benefits Program: Contract No. CW130182 with Aetna Life Insurance Company &
Aetna Health, Inc. (“Aetna”).
(b) The estimated price for the 5-year term of the contract is $1,576,229,125.75.
(c) Council Approval is necessary to allow the District to receive the benefit of
these vital goods and services in a timely manner.
(d) These critical goods can only be obtained through an award of the multiyear
contract with Aetna.

Sec 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Aetna Life Insurance Company & Aetna Health, Inc. Health Benefits Contract
Emergency Approval Resolution of 2025 be adopted on an emergency basis.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.