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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 December 12, 2013:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Division 10 – Definitions, 111-010-0015 –
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Amended to update and include new definitions used by OEBB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Division 40–Enrollment, Active Eligible Employees, 111-040-0001, 111-040-0005, 111-040-0011, 111-040-0015, 111-040-0025, 111-040-0030, 111-040-0040, 111-040-0050–
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Amendments update language when a member returns to a benefit eligible status and other housekeeping amendments.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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"><u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">A public hearing on these rules will be held on January 22, 2014 at 10:30 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.
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<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 January 31, 2014
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> to be considered during the rulemaking process. Any comments received after January 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"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">www.oregon.gov/OHA/OEBB</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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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