Alaska Administrative Code
Title 3 - Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Part 2 - Division of Insurance
Chapter 28 - Life, Health, Variable, and Related Insurance
Article 5 - Health Insurance Marketed as Medicare Supplements
3 AAC 28.457 - Open enrollment

(a) An issuer may not deny or condition the issuance or effectiveness of a medicare supplement policy or certificate available for sale in this state or discriminate in the pricing of a policy or certificate because of the health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition of an individual applying, when an application for that policy or certificate is submitted before or during the six-month period beginning with the first day of the first month in which that individual is both 65 years of age or older and is enrolled for benefits under medicare Part B. A medicare supplement policy or certificate currently available from an insurer must be made available at the time of application to all applicants who qualify under this subsection without regard to age of the applicant. Except as provided in (b) of this section, 3 AAC 28.462, and 3 AAC 28.507, this section may not be construed to prevent the exclusion of benefits under a policy during the first six months based on a preexisting condition for which the policyholder or certificate holder received treatment or was otherwise diagnosed during the six months before the coverage became effective.

(b) If an applicant qualifies under (a) of this section, submits an application during the time period referenced in (a) of this section, and, as of the date of the application,

(c) Effective January 1, 2020, an issuer may not make Plans "C," "F," or "F" with high deductible available to a newly eligible Medicare beneficiary.