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Oregon Educators Benefit Board
Meeting Minutes
June 11, 2009
The Oregon Educators Benefit Board held a regular meeting on June 11, 2009, at the DAS General Services Building, 1225 Ferry Street SE in Salem, Oregon. Chair Steve McNannay called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
Attendees
Board Members:
Steve McNannay, Chair
Brett Yancey, Vice Chair
Michael Cannarella
Tom Husted
Alison Little
Victor Musial
Peter Tarzian
Board Members Absent:
Mylia Christensen
Ron Gallinat
OEBB Staff:
Joan Kapowich, Administrator
Denise Hall, OEBB Deputy Administrator
Heidi Williams, Director of Operations
Scott Rupp, Communications Coordinator
Rose Mann, Executive Assistant
Watson Wyatt:
Geoff Brown
Guests:
Jean Poling, Kaiser Permanente
Diane Skutack, BHS
Robert Lemke, The Standard
Megan Myrick, Willamette Dental
Steve Norman, OSBA
Greg O’Hanlon, Wells Fargo
Debbie Johnson, Beaverton School District
Diane Skutack, Benefit Help Solutions
Terry Burton, Portland Public Schools
Shelia Jameson, Providence
Gordon Hoberg, ODS
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I. Welcome & Approval of May 28, 2009, meeting synopsis (Attachment 1)
MOTION – Video Stream 0:34: Tom Husted moved to approve the May 28, 2009, Board meeting minutes as written. Victor Musial seconded the motion. The motion carried 6 – 0.
Joan Kapowich, Administrator
III. Oregon Prescription Drug Program (OPDP) -- Overview of Recent Legislative Change (Attachment 6a) – Video Stream 5:51:
Joan Kapowich, Administrator
IV. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Survey Participation (Returning from May 28, 2009, meeting) (Attachments 2a, 2b & 2c) – Video Stream 9:59
Joan Kapowich, Administrator
MOTION – Video Stream 30:45: Victor Musial moved that the Board authorize OEBB move forward with BRFSS participation with an expenditure of up to $75,000. Brett Yancey seconded the motion. Alison Little recommended that the additional questions for BRFSS be approved through the SEOW. The motion was amended to reflect this recommendation and the motion carried 6 – 0.
V. Preliminary Review of Data in New Data Warehouse (First Six Months) - Video Stream 32:45
VI. Data’s Role in Future Benefit Plan Design Considerations and Decisions – Video Stream 1:51:31
Joan Kapowich, Administrator
LUNCH
VII. Optional Benefits for 2009 (Attachments 3a, 3b and 3c) – Video Stream 2:26:10
- Additional Basic Life Plan and increased maximum benefit (Returning from May 28, 2009, meeting)
- Addition of 8 Long-term Disability Plans
Denise Hall, Deputy Administrator
Heidi Williams, Director of Operations
Geoff Brown, Watson Wyatt
MOTION – Video Stream 2:30:56 : Michael Cannarella moved to accept the recommendation of staff to add Plan 17 Basic Life for all employee groups. Tom Husted seconded the motion. The motion carried 6 – 0.
2:43:42 Temporary loss of audio portion
Michael Cannarella clarified that offering a composite rate would be a disadvantage to people at both ends but more lower salaried employees.
Heidi Williams explained that this is the reason OEBB is recommending that this be limited to people who already have long-term disability composite rates at this time.
Peter Tarzian stated that he would like to see OEBB offer individual rates as well as composite rates.
Steve McNannay restated that OEBB will offer long-term disability composite rates for a period of time only to employee groups who are currently offering composite rates and move toward offering individual rate long-term disability in 2 to 3 years.
Michael Cannarella asked how much money would be saved by going into these plans. Heidi Williams explained that it varies.
Geoff Brown recommended that OEBB provide benefits that are perceived to align with what the educational entities now offer, accommodate the way they are used to paying for them and embark on a course of education to show that they are not paying that much more.
Audio portion restored at 2:48:51
MOTION – Video Stream 2:59:36: Brett Yancey moved to accept the recommendation of staff to add eight additional long-term disability plans (Plans 19 through 26). Victor Musial seconded the motion. The motion carried 6 – 0.
MOTION- Video Stream 3:00:29: Peter Tarzian moved to phase in the new long-term disability plans with composite rates only available to educational entities who currently have long-term disability composite rates over a two-year period, and at the end of that two-year period transition to step rate based on further review and study by the OEBB staff. Victor Musial seconded the motion. The motion carried 5 – 1. Alison Little voted nay.
VIII. Board Bylaws (Attachment 4) – Video Stream 3:07:50
Denise Hall presented draft Board by laws and explained that most of it is taken directly from statute.
Victor Musial clarified that the Board would reaffirm the officers at the meeting in July. Denise explained that the Board can either reaffirm the current officers or move the vice chair into the position of chair and elect a new vice chair.
Peter Tarzian asked for a clarification of committees and workgroups. Denise explained that members of a committee can make decisions on their own, where a workgroup works on issues and makes recommendations to the Board
MOTION – Video Stream - temporary loss of audio: Victor Musial moved to adopt the Board By-laws as written. Peter Tarzian seconded the motion. The motion carried 6 – 0.
IX. Long Term Care (Attachments 5a and 5b) – Video Stream - temporary loss of audio
- Review of project plan for October 1, 2010, implementation
- Selection of plan design and/or selection committee
Heidi Williams
Geoff Brown
Heidi Williams explained that staff has been working on a plan and timelines for implementing long-term care benefits. Watson Wyatt has developed a long-term care plan design elements (Attachment 5b). She also asked if the Board wanted to develop an RFP workgroup for long-term care benefits.
OEBB staff is currently surveying educational entities to ask if they offer long-term care benefits. This information will be compiled in July for plan design recommendations.
OEBB staff proposes to post the RFP in early September, conduct interviews in early October, schedule interviews in November and award the Apparent Successful Proposer (ASP) in December.
Geoff Brown explained that Watson Wyatt is recommending long-term care benefits be paid by employees. Competitive plan designs of long-term disability benefits center around the elements contained in attachment 5b and the law requires that OEBB make references to plans that are already being offered primarily by PERS and also PEBB.
Watson Wyatt collected information on benefits offered through American Fidelity and AFLAC.
Watson Wyatt will present the Board with plan designs in July.
The Board came to consensus to form a long-term disability RFP committee at the meeting in July.
X. Updates – Roundtable – Video Stream 3:27:54
- Legislative Update – Denise Hall
- Administrative Business and Follow-up Items – Denise Hall
XI. Other Business
General Public Comment – there was no public comment.
There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
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