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<p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date: April 15, 2020</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TO: Interested Parties</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FROM: April Kelly, OEBB Rules Coordinator</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RE: Notice of Temporary Rulemaking for OAR 111-015-0005, "All Benefit-Eligible Employees Not Included in Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act during the COVID-19
pandemic” </span><span lang="EN"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) is temporarily adopting OAR 111-015-0005 to 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.
This temporary rule is also consistent with the emergency order issued by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services in March 2020. This temporary rule provides 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 any other protected leave.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This rule is effective April 14, 2020 – October 10, 2020.</span></strong><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more details, please see the attached Statement of Need and Justification and the full text of the temporary rules. In addition, the temporary
rules are posted to the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB/Pages/Admin-Rules.aspx">
OEBB website.</a></span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you have any questions, please contact me at
<a href="mailto:April.R.Kelly@state.or.us">April.R.Kelly@state.or.us</a>.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you,</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Program Benefits and Services Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oregon Educators Benefit Board / Public Employees’ Benefit Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oregon Health Authority – Health Policy and Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phone: 503-378-6588<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email: </span><a href="April.R.Kelly@state.or.us"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April.R.Kelly@state.or.us</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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