[MyOEBB] OEBB - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

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Date:             August 21, 2020

TO:                Interested Parties

FROM:           April Kelly, OEBB Rules Coordinator

RE:                Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for OAR 111-015-0005, Eligibility Rules related to COVID
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The Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB), is proposing to permanently adopt an administrative rule that protects member benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. These proposed permanent rules will replace the temporary rules set to expire on October 10, 2020. The temporary rules currently in effect implement the Governor's Executive Order 20-03. The Executive Order is the result of a declaration of an emergency due to the public health threat posed by the novel infectious coronavirus (COVID-19). Executive Order 20-03, in part, addresses filing temporary rules to provide services and support during the Emergency Declaration. The current temporary rules and the proposed permanent rules provide protection to OEBB members in the event they do not meet current eligibility (due to their furlough or layoff directly related to COVID-19) for benefit coverage and who are not in a current stability period under the Affordable Care Act or on approved FMLA or any other protected leave.

You are being invited to review these proposed rules and to comment on them. If you wish to present oral testimony, a public hearing will be held via conference call on September 22, 2020 at 11:00 am. To provide oral testimony at the hearing, please dial 1-888-398-2342 access code: 537268#. You may also file written comments before 5pm on September 30, 2020 by submitting them to the OEBB Rules Coordinator at the following address:

OHA, OEBB
April Kelly, Administrative Rules Coordinator
500 Summer Street NE, E-88
Salem, Oregon 97301

Written comments may be e-mailed to: April.R.Kelly at state.or.us<mailto:April.R.Kelly at state.or.us> or you may FAX comments to (503) 378-5832.

Final rules will be filed after consideration of all comments and after Board approval. Any comments received after September 30 will not be reviewed or considered by OEBB unless OEBB decides to extend the public comment period to everyone.

For more details, please see the attached Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which includes the full text of these proposed rules.

If you have any questions or would prefer a hardcopy be sent, please contact me at April.R.Kelly at state.or.us<mailto:April.R.Kelly at state.or.us> or (503) 378-6588.

Thank you,
April Kelly
Program Benefits and Services Coordinator
Oregon Educators Benefit Board / Public Employees' Benefit Board
Oregon Health Authority - Health Policy and Analytics
Phone: 503-378-6588
Email: April.R.Kelly at state.or.us


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