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Current law provides adequate avenues and remedies to protect employees from this <br />situation either through BOLI or through the tort claims system. Section 5 could conflict <br />with the Oregon Tort Claims act, which obligates employers to defend and indemnify <br />employees if acting within the course and scope of their employement. <br />We see lots of potential problems with the way this bill is drafted. <br />SB 0734 <br />Relating Clause: Relating to health insurance. <br />Title: Requires certain health insurers to cover tobacco use cessation programs. <br />Sponsored by: Senator MORRISETTE; Senators BATES, TELFER <br />URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0700.dir/sb0734.intro.pdf <br />ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation <br />Myrnie Daut Myrnie Daut CS-HRRS 3/24/2009 No No Monitor <br />Comments: <br />The City's health plans currently do not cover tobacco cessation. This would be a new <br />mandate. The benefit is only $500 but the bill doesn't specify how often a plan member <br />would be eligible for the benefit. <br />SB 0742 <br />Relating Clause: Relating to product stewardship; appropriating money; declaring an emergency. <br />Title: <br /> Makes legislative findings regarding lighting that contains mercury. Requires <br />Department of Environmental Quality to collaborate with certain parties to implement <br />statewide product stewardship system for lighting that contains mercury. Requires <br />producers of lighting that contains mercury to establish product stewardship programs <br />and to submit product stewardship plans to department. Requires department to establish <br />annual performance goals for lighting that contains mercury. <br /> Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules to implement provisions <br />related to lighting that contains mercury. <br /> Allows Department of Environmental Quality to establish schedule of fees to be paid by <br />producers. Establishes Product Stewardship Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in <br />fund to department to pay costs of implementing provisions related to lighting that <br />contains mercury. <br /> Imposes civil penalty for disposal of, or knowingly accepting for disposal, lighting that <br />contains mercury. Imposes civil penalties for other violations of provisions related to <br />lighting that contains mercury. <br /> Declares emergency, effective on passage. <br />Sponsored by: COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES <br />URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0700.dir/sb0742.intro.pdf <br />ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation <br />Eric Wold Eric Wold PW-POS 3/12/2009 Pri 2 Yes YesVII. A4 Support <br />Comments: <br />For the same reasons articulated by Ethan Nelson, I think the City should support SB <br />742. <br />ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation <br />Eric Jones Eric Jones PW-ADM 3/12/2009 Pri 3 Support <br />Comments: <br />If there are no mercury lighting manufacturers in Eugene and if Eugene does not <br />purchase or own mercury lighting fixtures (pending a response by traffic operations), <br />perhaps the appropriate recommendation is 3 support, if there is no local impact. <br />ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation <br />Ethan Nelson PDD-BPS 3/11/2009 Pri 2 Yes YesVII. A4 Support <br />46 <br /> <br />