WAC 182-08-196   What happens if my health plan becomes unavailable?  (1) Subscribers must select a new health plan within sixty days of their chosen health plan becoming unavailable due to a change in contracting service area or the subscriber or subscriber's dependent ceasing to be eligible because of his or her enrollment in medicare.

     (a) Employees must notify their employing agency of their new health plan choice.

     (b) All other subscribers must notify the PEBB program of their new health plan choice.

     (c) The effective date of the change in health plan will be the first day of the month following the later of the date the health plan becomes unavailable or the date the form is received.

     (2) The PEBB program will change health plan enrollment as follows if the subscriber fails to select a new health plan as required under subsection (1) of this section:

     (a) Employees who fail to select a new health plan within the required time period will be enrolled in a successor plan if one is available or will be enrolled in a plan designated by the director.

     (b) All other subscribers who fail to select a new health plan within the required time period will be enrolled in a successor plan if one is available or a plan designated by the director.

     (3) Any subscriber enrolled in a health plan as described in subsection (2) of this section may not change health plans except as allowed in WAC 182-08-198.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.160 and 2011 c 8. 11-22-036 (Order 11-02), § 182-08-196, filed 10/26/11, effective 1/1/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.160. 10-20-147 (Order 10-02), § 182-08-196, filed 10/6/10, effective 1/1/11; 09-23-102 (Order 09-02), § 182-08-196, filed 11/17/09, effective 1/1/10; 08-20-128 (Order 08-03), § 182-08-196, filed 10/1/08, effective 1/1/09; 07-20-129 (Order 07-01), § 182-08-196, filed 10/3/07, effective 11/3/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.160, 41.05.350, and 41.05.165. 05-16-046 (Order 05-01), § 182-08-196, filed 7/27/05, effective 8/27/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.05.160 and 41.05.165. 04-18-039, § 182-08-196, filed 8/26/04, effective 1/1/05; 03-17-031 (Order 02-07), § 182-08-196, filed 8/14/03, effective 9/14/03.]