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OREGON'S LGBTO N EW S M A G A ZIN E nwnews JU N E 3. 2011 NW News in Brief “As M ayor, it is im portant to m e that w e a ttra c t and retain th e best and brightest e m p lo ye e s to th e C ity of P ortland . O ffering no n-discrim in atory The office o f Mayor Sam Adams an nounced May 31 that the mayor filed an ordinance for City Council that would add trans-inclusive health care benefits, in cluding sexual reassignment surgery, to one o f the plans offered to City o f Port land employees. The mayor’s proposal, if approved by the City Council June 8, would override a decision by a city committee that each year looks at the health benefits the city offers through its self-insurance fund. For the second time this year, the 12-member committee o f union representatives and city managers couldn’t reach a required consensus on sexual reassignment surgery. “As Mayor, it is important to me that we attract and retain the best and bright est employees to the City o f Portland. O f fering non-discriminatory health care benefits— as leading employers like Nike, Google, M icrosoft and IBM do— is one way to accomplish that goal,” Adams said in a press release. “Covering basic, medi cally necessary care is a matter o f fairness, and it’s the right thing to do.” “We all know someone who has been denied medically necessary care by an in surance company,” said Jeana Frazzini, ex ecutive director o f Basic Rights Oregon, via press release. “This proposal would en sure that decisions about health care are made between doctor and patient.” City insurance— established for roughly Í lÉ I W estov I'R H eights Funeral Home C L I N I C Privately Owned an d Operated since 1958 BY RYAN J . 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Under the new plan, the insurance also would pay for op erations to “alter a participant’s physical characteristics to that o f the opposite sex,” the proposal reads, with a maximum ben efit o f $50,000. The additional cost for adding coverage for sexual reassignment surgery would cost the city about $32,000, resulting in a .08 percent increase. I f approved, Portland would become the first city, though not the first government, in Oregon to offer coverage for surgery for transgender em ployees. Multnomah County established a similar policy last year. The City Council is expected to approve the proposal, which would take effect July 1. 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