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PR26-0368 • 2025

UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company Health Benefits Contract Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company Health Benefits Contract Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Labor
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-11-21
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify that council approval is required, but it implies that without this resolution (emergency declaration), the contract cannot proceed. The exact nature of what happens if the contract cannot be approved remains unclear.

Emergency Declaration for UnitedHealthcare Health Benefits Contract

This resolution declares an emergency to allow the District of Columbia to enter into a multiyear contract with UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company for health benefits.

What This Bill Does

  • Declares that there is an emergency situation requiring approval of a contract between the District and UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company.
  • Allows the Office of Contracting and Procurement to sign a five-year contract with UnitedHealthcare to provide health benefits.
  • States that this contract will cost $595,848,245.34 over its term.

Who It Names or Affects

  • District of Columbia employees
  • Dependents and retirees of District employees

Terms To Know

Emergency Declaration
A statement that says there is an urgent situation requiring quick action.
Multiyear Contract
An agreement between two parties to provide services for more than one year.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify what happens if the contract cannot be approved.
  • It is unclear how this emergency declaration will affect future health benefits contracts with other companies.

Bill History

  1. 2025-11-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0240, Effective from Nov 04, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 012930

  2. 2025-11-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor

  3. 2025-11-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-11-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0240

  5. 2025-10-27 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0368 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company Health Benefits Contract Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

1

A RESOLUTION

26-240

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 No. CW130188 with UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company 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 “UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company 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. CW130188 with UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company
(“UHC”).
(b) The estimated price for the 5-year term of the contract is $595,848,245.34.
(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 UHC.

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
“UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company Health Benefits Contract Emergency Approval
Resolution of 2025” be adopted on an emergency basis.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.