Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 2, § 599.503 - Effective Date of Enrollment
(a) Normal Effective Date. The effective date
of enrollment, re-enrollment, or change of enrollment shall be the first of the
month following the date the employee or annuitant's Health Benefits Plan
Enrollment Form is received in the employing office, subject to deferral under
subsection (b) of this section. An enrollment shall not become effective if
payroll deduction is not accomplished within six months following the date on
which such enrollment would normally have become effective.
(b) Deferred Effective Date. The effective
date of enrollment of an employee or annuitant who, in the month preceding that
in which his or her enrollment would otherwise be effective, has insufficient
earnings after all other mandatory deductions to permit deduction of his or her
full contributions, shall be the first day of the month following that in which
his or her earnings after other mandatory deductions are sufficient to permit
such deduction. This applies to an employee hired on the last day of the month
which is also the first day of a pay period.
(c) Effective Date of Enrollment of a Newborn
Child or Adopted Child of an Employee or Annuitant Enrolled for Self and One or
More Family Members. Notwithstanding the effective date of enrollment as
otherwise specified in this section, and without requirement of any prior
enrolling action, enrollment of a newborn child or adopted child of an employee
or annuitant who has enrolled family members shall be effective on the date of
birth or the date physical custody is obtained, and any increase in premium
because of the addition of such family member shall be effective on the first
of the following month.
(d)
Effective Date of Enrollment of an Annuitant on Approval of Retirement. The
effective date of enrollment of an annuitant under Section
599.502(c)(3) is
the first of the month following the month in which retirement is approved, but
in no event earlier than the first day of the month following the effective
date of retirement.
(e) Effective
Date of Enrollment of an Eligible Family Member (other than an adopted or
newborn child). The effective date of a change of enrollment adding an eligible
family member, other than an adopted or a newborn child, shall be the first of
the month following the date the Health Benefits Plan Enrollment Form is
received in the employing office. Enrollment of an eligible family member may
not be earlier than the first day of the month following the acquisition of the
family member.
(f) Contracting
Agency Employees and Annuitants. Enrollments of a contracting agency's
employees and annuitants which are received in the office of the Board on or
before the last day of the month immediately preceding the effective date of
the agency's participation under the Act shall be effective on the effective
date of such agency participation.
(g) Effective Date of Enrollment of a Newborn
Child or Adopted Child of an Employee or Annuitant Enrolled for Self Only. The
effective date of enrollment of a newborn or adopted child of an employee or
annuitant enrolled for self only shall be the first day of the month following
the date of birth or the date physical custody is obtained. Any premium
increase resulting from the enrollment of such child shall be due from the
effective date of enrollment.
(h)
Effective Date in Open Enrollment Period. The effective date of enrollment in
special or limited open enrollment period shall be fixed by the Board in its
action providing such open enrollment period.
Notes
2. Amendment filed 6-27-80; designated effective 8-1-80 (Register 80, No. 26).
3. Amendment of subsections (e) and (g)-(j) filed 6-9-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 24).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d) and NOTE filed 10-31-2006 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2006, No. 44).
5. Repealer of subsection (c), subsection relettering, amendment of newly designated subsection (d) and amendment of NOTE filed 2-28-2020; operative 4-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 22794, 22796, 22846 and 22860, Government Code. Reference: Section 22846, Government Code.
2. Amendment filed 6-27-80; designated effective 8-1-80 (Register 80, No. 26).
3. Amendment of subsections (e) and (g)-(j) filed 6-9-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 24).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d) and Note filed 10-31-2006 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2006, No. 44).
5. Repealer of subsection (c), subsection relettering, amendment of newly designated subsection (d) and amendment of Note filed 2-28-2020; operative
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