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ON THE AGENDAHouston City Council · 2025-10-21

The City Council is considering approving contracts with two insurance companies — KelseyCare Advantage and Humana — to continue providing Medicare health and prescription drug plans for city retirees and their eligible dependents, at a total cost of up to $151,660,000 over up to five years.

What it means for you

This item affects Houston city retirees and their eligible dependents who are enrolled in Medicare — more than 10,000 people — by continuing their access to Medicare Advantage and prescription drug coverage after the current contracts expire at the end of 2025.

Outcome

On the 10/21/2025 council agenda. Outcome recorded in official minutes (minutes integration pending).

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Official sources

Item cover sheet — summary and background ↗Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

The cover sheet is the item's official summary page; supporting attachments (contracts, maps, fiscal notes) are listed at the bottom of it. The minutes show what happened at the meeting.

District A — Amy PeckADistrict B — Tarsha JacksonBDistrict C — Joe PanzarellaCDistrict D — Carolyn Evans-ShabazzDDistrict E — Fred FlickingerEDistrict F — Tiffany ThomasFDistrict G — Mary Nan HuffmanGDistrict H — Mario CastilloHDistrict I — Joaquin MartinezIDistrict J — Edward PollardJDistrict K — Martha Castex-TatumK

Official council district boundaries · City of Houston GIS. Tap a district to see who represents it.

How to weigh in

Where
City Hall, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77002
When
Council meets Tuesdays 1:30 p.m. & Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. Public Session — when you can speak — is Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month).
Speak
Register by 3:00 p.m. the Monday before: call 832.393.1100, email speakers@houstontx.gov, or go in person to the City Secretary (City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby, Room P101). Each speaker gets 1–3 minutes.
Watch
Live on HTV ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record
How much?$151,660,000coversheet ↗
Who's paid?KS Plan Administrators, LLC, DBA Kelseycare Advantage; Emphesys Insurance Company (Humana)coversheet ↗
Which fund?Health Benefits Fundcoversheet ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Human Resources Department brought it forward. Taken up at the October 21, 2025 meeting — outcome pending minutes processing.minutes ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35683 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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