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Understand When and How You Can Make Changes to Your Benefits

For Immediate Release: 04/30/2008

Changes to your PEBB medical and dental plans or enrollment can be done once a year during our annual open enrollment.

PEBB also recognizes certain life events that allow you to make changes midyear. Below are some of the events that allow you to change your or your family's enrollment or health plan selection:

• When there is a marriage or qualifying domestic partnership.
• After a birth or adopting a child.
• When you acquire an eligible dependent through marriage, domestic partnership or legal guardianship.
• When there has been a change in yours or a dependent's employment status that could affect the cost of your coverage.
• When you or a dependent loses comprehensive group insurance coverage.

If these events occur, you are required to update or change your benefits:

• When there is a divorce, annulment or dissolution of a domestic partnership.
• When you lose a dependent or your dependent's eligibility changes.
• When you move and your health plan is not available in your new location.
• When you or an eligible dependent becomes entitled to Medicare.

When one of these events occurs, you must act within 60 days to make a change to your benefits. If you are working, contact your personnel, payroll, or benefits office to get and submit the correct form. If you are retired, you must contact PEBB.