ORS 350.355 Health Care Benefits For Part-Time Faculty

• Library: Oregon Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through legislation effective January 1, 2024
• Year: 2023
• Citation: ORS 350.355

(1)

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a part-time faculty member at a public institution of higher education is eligible for the same employee-only health care benefits as full-time faculty members if the part-time faculty member is working at a level equal to at least half of a full-time equivalent employee determined as an average either at a single public institution of higher education or in aggregate at multiple public institutions of higher education during at least three of the four previous academic terms.

(b) The total cost of providing any health benefit plan offered by a public institution of higher education to a part-time faculty member under this section may not increase annually by more than the annual increase in premium amounts paid for contracted health benefit plans that is permitted under ORS 243.135(8)(b) or 243.866(9)(b).

(2)

(a) In order to receive employee-only health care benefits under this section, a part-time faculty member must select a home public institution of higher education for the duration of the benefit year under a process established by each institution. A home public institution of higher education selected under this subsection:

(A) Must be one at which the part-time faculty member is working during the academic term at the time of the application; and

(B) Is responsible for:

(i) Determining whether the part-time faculty member is eligible to receive health care benefits under this section;

(ii) Determining, on [a semiannual] an annual basis, whether a part-time faculty member who was found to be eligible to receive health care benefits under sub-subparagraph (i) of this subparagraph continues to be eligible to receive health care benefits under this section;

(iii) Collecting the premiums for health benefit plans that must be paid by the part-time faculty member under subsection (3) of this section;

(iv) Paying the full cost of the insurance premiums for providing health benefit plans to the part-time faculty member, subject to reimbursement as described in subsection (4) of this section; and

(v) Administering and providing health benefit plans to the part-time faculty member in the manner described in this section.