Bill Text: OR HB3082 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to benefit plans provided by districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3082 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3082-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 2259

                         House Bill 3082

Sponsored by Representative HUNT

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Authorizes common school district, union high school district
or education service district that is self-insured or that has
independent health insurance trust to provide or contract for
employee benefit plan other than plan provided by Oregon
Educators Benefit Board. Allows other specified district that has
participated in plan provided and administered by board to opt
out of plan.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to benefit plans provided by districts; amending ORS
  243.886.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 243.886 is amended to read:
  243.886. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of
this section:
  (a) A district may not provide or contract for a benefit plan
unless the benefit plan is provided and administered by the
Oregon Educators Benefit Board under ORS 243.860 to 243.886; and
  (b) Eligible employees of a district may participate only in
benefit plans provided and administered by the board.
  (2)(a) Except for community college districts, a district that
 { - was self-insured before January 1, 2007, or a district that
had an independent health insurance trust established and
functioning before January 1, 2007, - }  { +  is self-insured or
has an independent health insurance trust + } may provide or
contract for benefit plans other than benefit plans provided and
administered by the board if the premiums for the benefit plans
provided or contracted for by the district are equal to or less
than the premiums for comparable benefit plans provided and
administered by the board.
  (b) A community college district may provide or contract for
benefit plans other than benefit plans provided and administered
by the board.
  (c) In accordance with procedures adopted by the board to
extend benefit plan coverage under ORS 243.864 to 243.874 to
eligible employees of a self-insured district, a district with an
independent health insurance trust or a community college
district, these districts may choose to offer benefit plans that
are provided and administered by the board.   { - Once employees
of a district participate in benefit plans provided and
administered by the board, the district may not thereafter
provide or contract for benefit plans other than those provided
and administered by the board. - }
  (3)(a) A district that has not offered benefit plans provided
and administered by the board before June 23, 2009, may provide
or contract for benefit plans other than benefit plans provided
and administered by the board if the premiums for the benefit
plans provided or contracted for by the district are equal to or
less than the premiums for comparable benefit plans provided and
administered by the board.   { - Once employees of a district or
an employee group within a district participates in benefit plans
provided and administered by the board, the district may not
thereafter provide or contract for benefit plans for those
employees or employee groups other than those provided and
administered by the board. - }
  (b) To maintain the exception created in this subsection, the
board must perform an actuarial analysis of the district at least
once every two years. If requested by the district or a labor
organization representing eligible employees of the district, the
board shall perform the actuarial analysis annually.
  (c) As used in this subsection, 'district' does not include a
community college district.
  (4) Nothing in ORS 243.860 to 243.886 may be construed to
expand or contract collective bargaining rights or collective
bargaining obligations.
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