OSPS E-News ~ FW: PEBB - Notice of Temporary Rulemaking (COVID-19)

[Announcements from OSPS to the users of the Oregon State Payroll Application]

Hello,

Forwarding this on behalf of PEBB.  It especially affects payroll shops since it removes the 80 hour rule until October 2020.

Thanks,

Matthew Riley, CPA
Sr. OSPS Application Analyst
DAS | Oregon Statewide Payroll Services
(503) 373-0254 – direct
(503) 378-3518 – fax
http://oregon.gov/DAS/Financial/payroll/Pages/index.aspx

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From: Sierra Miriam <MIRIAM.Sierra at dhsoha.state.or.us<mailto:MIRIAM.Sierra at dhsoha.state.or.us>>
Date: April 9, 2020 at 1:24:16 PM PDT
To: PEBB - PDB Administration <PDB.Administration at dhsoha.state.or.us<mailto:PDB.Administration at dhsoha.state.or.us>>
Cc: PEBB Inquiries <Inquiries.PEBB at dhsoha.state.or.us<mailto:Inquiries.PEBB at dhsoha.state.or.us>>, Kelly April <APRIL.R.KELLY at dhsoha.state.or.us<mailto:APRIL.R.KELLY at dhsoha.state.or.us>>, Freeze Linda <LINDA.FREEZE at dhsoha.state.or.us<mailto:LINDA.FREEZE at dhsoha.state.or.us>>
Subject: PEBB - Notice of Temporary Rulemaking (COVID-19)


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Date:              April 9, 2020

TO:                 Interested Parties

FROM:           April Kelly, PEBB Rules Coordinator

RE:                 Notice of Temporary Rulemaking for OAR 101-015-0055, "All Benefit-Eligible Employees Not Included in Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act during the COVID-19 pandemic” and OAR 101-015-0060 “All current PEBB ASIFlex Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Subscribers”
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The Oregon Health Authority, Public Employees’ Benefit Board (PEBB) is temporarily adopting OAR 101-015-0055 to implement the Governor’s Executive Order 20-03. The Executive Order is the result of a declaration of an emergency due to the public health threat posed by the novel infectious coronavirus (COVID-19). Executive Order 20-03, in part, addresses filing temporary rules to provide services and support during the Emergency Declaration. This temporary rule provides protection to PEBB members in the event they fall below the minimum number of working hours in a month to maintain core health benefit coverage and who are not in a current stability period under the Affordable Care Act or on approved FMLA, CBIW or any other protected leave.



PEBB is temporarily adopting OAR 101-015-0060 to allow PEBB members more time to submit their Flexible Spending Account (FSA) claims from plan year 2019. The claims runout period usually ends March 31. Due to the timing of the pandemic, PEBB is extending this deadline to June 30.



This rulemaking is effective April 9, 2020 – October 5, 2020.



For more details, please see the attached Statement of Need and Justification and the full text of the temporary rules. In addition, the temporary rules are posted to the PEBB website<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lnks.gd_l_eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA0MDguMTk5NDAwNDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5vcmVnb24uZ292L29oYS9QRUJCL1BhZ2VzL0FkbWluLVJ1bGVzLmFzcHgifQ.6vMCXgWOneQKFlmNkjx54PzQvxpVxpGHB5708de7R48_br_77211464647-2Dl&d=DwMFAA&c=7gilq_oJKU2hnacFUWFTuYqjMQ111TRstgx6WoATdXo&r=Ye2TJcKmajaH7i0GohgeT4Srp5hHhiLykSmuLOnXcPQ&m=kf5K9E6_r3ejoeamF2NsIMVBKboR8IXU9iVg-x0gHW4&s=tktFC4aovnDpKzmEQg3K-LMixykm_Ue5TPuvmu8lMww&e=>.

If you have any questions, please contact PEBB Member Services at pebb.inquiries at dhsoha.state.or.us<mailto:pebb.inquiries at dhsoha.state.or.us>

Thank you,

April Kelly
Program Benefits and Services Coordinator
Oregon Educators Benefit Board / Public Employees’ Benefit Board
Oregon Health Authority – Health Policy and Analytics
Phone: 503-378-6588
Email: April.R.Kelly at state.or.us<mailto:April.R.Kelly at state.or.us>

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