In the final days of session, the Legislature passed a bill that they referred to as a “Cost Containment” bill. The bill had many provisions but, one that received very little scrutiny and no public hearing was a provision to no longer allow two public employees that are covered under either the state healthcare benefit plan, PEBB, or the school district health plans, OEBB, to both be covered as dependents of each other. While the bill had several good things and some that caused concerns, we opposed it due to the elimination of double coverage for members. As soon as we heard rumo
