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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Partners,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">The Oregon Commission for the Blind is revising and updating rules that will supplement the governing law of the Randolph-Sheppard Act*. These updated rules reflect changes made to Oregon law
by the 2017 Oregon legislature (HB 3253), and include new incentives for Blind Enterprise Program vendors to offer “healthy” items for sale at cafeterias, snack bars, and vending machines located in state and local public buildings.
<b><i>Proposed rules expand the definition of public building or property to include property owned, leased or occupied by city or county government and community colleges.
<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">Creating environments where healthy foods and beverages are available is an effective way to ensure government employees, visitors and clients have the opportunity to make choices that support
their health. <b><i>The Public Health Division supports use of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as the standard for defining foods and beverages as “healthy”.
<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">The proposed rules define two categories of items that could be labeled “healthy”:<span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i>HEALTHY ITEMS (OTHER): These are products offered at cafeterias and snack bars. These items
<u>meet</u> the guidelines specified in the USDA Health and Sustainability Guidelines for Federal Concessions and Vending Operations which are aligned with the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<b><i>and<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<b><i>HEALTHY VENDING ITEM: These are products offered in vending machines. These items
<u>meet</u> the guidelines specified in the USDA Health and Sustainability Guidelines for Federal Concessions and Vending Operations which are aligned with the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
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<b><i><u>Please connect with your local leadership to determine your organization, coalition or
<o:p></o:p></u></i></b></p>
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<b><i><u>community strategy for providing public comment on proposed rules.<o:p></o:p></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, including draft rules, can be found on the Oregon Commission for the Blind website:</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/blind/Pages/OCB%20News%20and%20Information.aspx"><span style="font-weight:normal">http://www.oregon.gov/blind/Pages/OCB%20News%20and%20Information.aspx</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><b>Public Health Partners who wish to comment on the proposed rules can do so in two ways:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1) </span></b><![endif]><b>Submit comments in-person or by phone at a hearing on Monday, October 23 at 1:00 p.m. at the Oregon Commission for the Blind offices, 535 SE 12<sup>th</sup> Avenue in Portland
Oregon, 97214; 404-443-6397 (participant code 943611)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><b><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2) </span></b><![endif]><b>Email written comments to
<a href="mailto:Dee.Bucellato@state.or.us">Dee.Bucellato@state.or.us</a> no later than 5:00 p.m., October 23, 2017.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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<b><i>Please consider sharing with your community partners working to improve health outcomes.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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Questions can be directed to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Jennifer Chandler at <a href="mailto:jennifer.j.chandler@dhsoha.state.or.us">jennifer.j.chandler@dhsoha.state.or.us</a> or Theresa Cross at
<a href="mailto:THERESA.E.CROSS@dhsoha.state.or.us">THERESA.E.CROSS@dhsoha.state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Jennifer Chandler
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Community Program Liaison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Coordinator<br>
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY <br>
Public Health Division <br>
Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention Section <br>
Desk: 971-673-3183<br>
Cell: 971-804-5604<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><i>* The Randolph-Sheppard Act is federal legislation that regulates the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program, which provides persons who are blind with remunerative employment and self-support
through operation of vending facilities on federal and other property. In Oregon, the Business Enterprise Program is administered by the Oregon Commission for the Blind under the Randolph-Sheppard Act, which covers federal properties and any building, land
or other real property owned, leased or occupied by any department or agency of the State of Oregon.
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