(at the request of Trisha Smith, Oregon School Employees Association)
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Bill Title:
Relating to benefit plans for education district employees; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.
Catchline/Summary:
Establishes Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Establishes Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Requires Governor to appoint members of board for four-year terms. Authorizes board to contract for health, prescription drug and dental benefit plans and other benefits for employees of certain school districts, education service districts and community college districts. Requires board to adopt rules. Permits payroll officers to deduct amounts for benefit plans from employee wages.
Creates Oregon Educators Benefit Account and Oregon Educators Revolving Fund. Requires amount not to exceed two percent of monthly employer and employee contributions for benefit plans to be deposited in account. Appropriates to board moneys to cover administrative expenses.
Prohibits districts, on or after October 1, 2008, from offering benefit plans other than benefit plans provided by board. Provides exceptions.
Requires board, before October 1, 2008, to enter into contracts for health, prescription drug and dental benefit plans. Requires board to offer range of benefit plan designs sufficient to ensure that, when benefit plans are first provided to district, district and district employees can choose benefit plans that are comparable in design to, and are not more expensive than comparable costs of, benefit plans provided by district immediately before purchase of benefit plans provided by board.
Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2007.
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Fiscal Impact:
May Have Fiscal Impact, But No Statement Yet Issued
Revenue Impact:
May Have Revenue Impact, But No Statement Yet Issued
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