California Code of Regulations
Title 10 - Investment
Chapter 5.7 - Voluntary Alliance Uniting Employers Purchasing Pool (the Health Insurance Plan of California)
Article 2 - Participation Requirements, Application and Enrollment
Section 2699.6141 - Open Enrollment Period for Guaranteed Association Members

(a) The program shall provide for an annual open enrollment period which shall last for at least thirty (30) calendar days for guaranteed association members. During this period, enrolled member employees or individual members may transfer from one health benefits plan to another, member employees or individual members may choose to enroll themselves and their dependents in the program and enrolled member employees or individual members may choose to enroll their dependents.

(b) Late applicants may enroll during this period.

(c) If an employee of a qualified member employer or an individual member who applies during open enrollment is determined not to be eligible by the program, or if a person for whom coverage as a dependent has been requested is determined not to be a dependent, the individual member or the member employer shall be notified of the determination. The member employer shall notify the member employees. The notice shall include the reason for the determination of ineligibility and an explanation of the appeal process. The portion of the individual premium covering amounts owed for coverage to persons found either to be ineligible or not a dependent shall be refunded.

(d) For member employees or individual members applying during an open enrollment period, the information required by Section 2699.6139(d) shall be submitted by the employer or individual member. Individual members shall not be required to submit state EDD wage reporting forms.