California Government Code

§ 22844

GOV § 22844 Effective Jun 24, 2015Div. 5 · Title 2 · Part 5 · Ch. 1 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)Employees, annuitants, and family members who become eligible to enroll on or after January 1, 1985, in Part A and Part B of Medicare shall not be enrolled in a basic health benefit plan. If the employee, annuitant, or family member is enrolled in Part A and Part B of Medicare, he or she may enroll in a Medicare health benefit plan.

(b)Employees, annuitants, and family members enrolled in a prescription drug plan under Part D of Medicare shall not be enrolled in a board-approved health benefit plan. This subdivision does not apply to an individual enrolled in a board-approved or offered health benefit plan that provides a prescription drug plan or qualified prescription drug coverage under Part D of Medicare as part of its benefit design.

(c)This section does not apply to employees and family members that are specifically excluded from enrollment in a Medicare health benefit plan by federal law or federal regulation.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 28, Sec. 5. (SB 98) Effective June 24, 2015.