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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The Oregon Educators Benefit Board filed the following proposed rules with the Secretary of State on July 12, 2013:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Division 30 – Plan Design Development and Selection –
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Amendments to this rule include<b><i>
</i></b>removing development of benefit plans from rule and updating new plans and plan requirements.</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Division 40 – Enrollment, Active Eligible Employees –
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Amendments to this rule update language regarding eligibility verifications and reviews.</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Division 50 – Continuation of Coverage, Early Retirees –
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Amendments to this rule update and clarify language related to early retirees.</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Division 70 – HB 2557 –
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Amendments to this rule update plans available, open enrollment period and premium payments for HB 2557 members.</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Division 80 – Operations, Eligibility Verifications and Reviews –
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">This new language establishes eligibility verification and reviews language.</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">A public hearing on these rules will be held on August 19, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in the OEBB Boardroom at the DAS General Services
Building, 1225 Ferry Street SE, Salem, Oregon.</span></u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">You can also provide written comments. Written comments can be emailed to April Kelly at
<a href="mailto:april.kelly@state.or.us" target="_blank" title="mailto:april.kelly@state.or.us
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<span style="color:blue">april.kelly@state.or.us</span></a> or mailed in hard copy to: April Kelly, Oregon Educators Benefit Board, 1225 Ferry Street SE, Suite B, Salem, OR 97301.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">All public comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 31, 2013
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> to be considered during the rulemaking process. Any comments received after August 31<sup>st</sup> will not be reviewed or considered by the Oregon Educators Benefit Board unless OEBB decides to extend
the public comment period to everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The notices are attached to this email. The proposed rules are posted to the OEBB website and can be found by clicking: <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/Pages/administrativerules.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/oha/OEBB/Pages/administrativerules.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Thank you,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:navy">April Kelly</span></b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Lead Benefits Analyst/Rules Coordinator</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Oregon Educators Benefit Board</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">P: 503-378-6588; Fax: 503-378-5832<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:gray">PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE<br>
This e-mail is a public record of the state of Oregon and is subject to public disclosure unless exempt from disclosure under Oregon Public Records Law. This email is subject to the State Retention Schedule.</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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