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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
OREGON EDUCATORS BENEFIT BOARD
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
OREGON EDUCATORS BENEFIT BOARD
EMPLOYEE GROUP EFFECTIVE DATES
111-020-0001
Initial Employee Group Phase-in
(1) Any employee group in Subject Districts or Provisional Non-subject Districts may elect to participate in benefit plans provided by the Board beginning on October 1, 2008, October 1, 2009, or October 1, 2010, without having to meet the phase-in requirements outlined under Sections 2, 3 and 4; however:
(a) Eligible employees of a Subject District who are represented under a collective bargaining agreement with an end date of July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, must participate in benefit plans provided by the Board beginning October 1, 2008.
(b) Eligible employees of a Subject District who are represented under a collective bargaining agreement with an end date of July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, must participate in benefit plans provided by the Board beginning October 1, 2009.
(c) Eligible employees of a Subject District who are represented under a collective bargaining agreement with an end date on or after July 1, 2009, must participate in benefit plans provided by the Board beginning October 1, 2010.
(d) Eligible employees of a Subject District who are not represented under a collective bargaining agreement must participate in benefit plans provided by the Board consistent with the requirements governing eligible employees of the Subject District who are represented under a collective bargaining contract as outlined under section 1(a), (b) and (c) above. If more than one collective bargaining contract exists in the Subject District, the earliest collective bargaining contract end date must be applied. If no employee group in the Subject District is represented through a collective bargaining agreement, all eligible employees of the district must participate in benefit plans provided by the Board beginning October 1, 2008.
(2) An employee group electing to participate in benefit plans provided by the Board under section 1 must provide notice of such election not later than May 31 of the year in which they plan to move to the OEBB benefit plans on October 1.
(3) A Provisional Non-subject District wanting to continue providing benefit plans other than those benefit plans provided by the Board must submit an application requesting to be excluded from the requirements of this Section. Beginning in calendar year 2010, applications must be received by OEBB no later than May 31st each year. The application must include the requested plan design, enrollment and premium/cost information for all coverage plans currently available through the OEBB benefits program for purposes of establishing comparability. A Provisional Non-subject District must submit this application to OEBB at least once every two years or on an annual basis if either the District or labor organization representing the District’s employees requests the comparability analysis.
(4) Employee groups in Provisional Non-subject Districts who elect to participate in benefit plans provided by the Board cannot return to benefit plans provided or administered by an entity other than the Board.
(5) Employee groups electing to participate in OEBB benefit plans prior to the date mandated by Senate Bills 426 and 1066 (Chapter 7, Oregon Laws 2007, as amended by Chapter 39, Oregon Laws 2008) must participate in all types of benefit coverage offered by OEBB at the time of plan selection.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 243.860 - 243.886
Stats. Implemented: ORS 243.886
Hist.: OEBB 2-2007(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 9-21-07 thru 3-18-08; OEBB 3-2007(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 11-15-07 thru 3-18-08; OEBB 5-2008, f. & cert. ef. 4-1-08; OEBB 12-2008(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-15-08 thru 2-11-09, OEBB 2-2009, f. & cert. ef. 1-30-09; OEBB 6-2009(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-10-09 thru 9-4-09; OEBB 9-2009, f. & cert. ef. 5-1-09; OEBB 3-2010, f. & cert. ef. 3-15-10
111-020-0005
Employee Group Phase-in for Non-subject Districts
(1) An Employee Group in a Non-subject District may elect to participate in a benefit plan offered by the Board on October 1, 2008, or on October 1 of any following year.
(2) An Employee Group in a Non-subject District electing to participate in benefit plans provided by the Board under section 1 must provide notice of such election not later than June 30, 2008 for the benefit year beginning October 1, 2008, or May 31 of any following year in which they plan to move to the OEBB benefit plans on October 1.
(3) An Employee Group in a Non-subject District who elects to participate in benefit plans provided by the Board cannot return to benefit plans provided or administered by an entity other than the Board.
Stat. Auth.: ch.7, OL 2007
Stats. Implemented: Sec.14, ch. 7, OL 2007, Sec.16, ch. 7, OL 2007
Hist.: OEBB 3-2008, f. & cert. ef. 1-4-08
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