Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 53882 - Member Enrollment
(a)
Enrollment in a plan in a designated region shall be mandatory for those
eligible beneficiaries specified in section
53845(a), and
voluntary for those specified in section
53845(b).
(b) Enrollment shall be limited to eligible
beneficiaries who reside within the designated region, except as provided in
section 53845(d).
(c) The department or the Health Care Options
Program shall mail an enrollment form and plan information to each eligible
beneficiary described in section
53845(a) who does
not attend a health care options presentation as described in section
53886. The mailing shall include
health care options information and instructions to enroll in a plan within
thirty days of the postmark date on the mailing envelope. At a minimum, the
mailing shall include instructions on how to enroll, how to request an
exemption from mandatory enrollment for medical or nonmedical reasons, and how
to request a medical exemption certification form.
(d) Each eligible beneficiary described in
section 53845(a) shall
select a plan within thirty days of receipt of an enrollment form unless
requesting an exemption to plan enrollment is submitted to the Health Care
Options Program within 30 days of receipt as prescribed in section
53887(b), or
within thirty days of the postmark date of the health care options information
if mailed, with instructions from the department or the Health Care Options
Program to select a plan.
(1) In the event an
eligible beneficiary described in section
53845(a) does not
select a plan within thirty days, the Health Care Options Program shall assign
the eligible beneficiary to a plan, in accordance with section
53883.
(2) For purposes of selecting a plan:
(A) In the case of a family group, eligible
beneficiary means the individual or entity with legal authority to make a
choice on behalf of dependent family members.
(e) An eligible beneficiary shall not be
enrolled in more than one plan at any one time.
(f) The Health Care Options Program shall
process all enrollments.
(g) An
eligible beneficiary is enrolled upon completion of all of the following
events:
(1) Either of the following enrollment
activities:
(A) The voluntary signing and
dating by the eligible beneficiary of an enrollment form, except as provided
under section
53845(c), and
departmental validation of the beneficiary's enrollment form; or
(B) The assignment, as specified in section
53883, of an eligible beneficiary
to a plan.
(2)
Departmental verification of the beneficiary's Medi-Cal eligibility.
(3) Addition of the beneficiary's name to the
approved list of members, which is effective the first day of any given month
and which is furnished monthly to the plan by the
department.
Notes
2. Repealer of section and NOTE and new section and NOTE filed 3-4-97; operative 3-4-97. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Section 147, SB 485 (Ch. 722/92) (Register 97, No. 10).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 10725, 14105, 14124.5 and 14312, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 14087.3 and 14087.4, Welfare and Institutions Code.
2. Repealer of section and Note and new section and Note filed 3-4-97; operative 3-4-97. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Section 147, SB 485 (Ch. 722/92) (Register 97, No. 10).
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