Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Subtitle 5 - STATE OF HAWAII CAFETERIA PLAN
Chapter 51 - PREMIUM CONVERSION PLAN
Subchapter 3 - BENEFIT ELECTIONS
Section 14-51-22 - Periods during which elections may be made; effective date of coverage
Current through August, 2024
Subject to the conditions and limitations of this plan and the component plans, an employee may elect to have compensation reduced and to have the employer pay eligible expenses by submitting the benefit election form(s) required under section 14-51-21 to the plan administrator, or the delegated representative(s), as follows:
(1) During an enrollment period designated by the plan administrator held prior to the beginning of the plan year to which the benefit election form applies, in which case coverage shall become effective on the first day of the plan year; or
(2) In the case of a newly eligible employee, within ninety days of the date such employee is eligible under a component plan. Coverage shall become effective as soon as administratively possible thereafter, but in no event shall it be later than the first day of the month following the date the employee files the benefit election form(s) with the plan administrator, or the delegated representatives.
