California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 1 - Administrative Personnel › Chapter 2 - Board of Administration of Public Employees' Retirement System › Subchapter 3 - Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act Regulations › Article 1 - Definitions, Coverage, Enrollment, Conversion, Minimum Standards, Alternative Benefit Plans, Contributions, Contingency Reserve Fund, Contracting Agency Participation and Medicare Part B › Section 599.504 - Continuation of Enrollment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Subject to the right of an employee or annuitant to
						cancel his or her enrollment at any time, the enrollment of an employee or
						annuitant continues without change when he or she:
(a) returns to covered employment without a
					 break in service of one or more full monthly pay periods.
(b) is granted a leave of absence without pay
					 under the State Civil Service Act and the rules of the Department of Personnel
					 Administration for a period of one or more full monthly pay periods including
					 leaves of absence for military duty, or other comparable leave, or begins an
					 absence for which he or she has applied for temporary disability compensation,
					 provided he or she files with the Board application for continuation of
					 enrollment prior to the commencement of the leave, or no later than the last
					 day of the month following the month in which the last payroll deduction was
					 taken.
(c) institutes legal
					 proceedings in appealing dismissal from service for cause, provided he or she
					 files with the Board application for continuation of enrollment no later than
					 the last day of the month following the month in which the last payroll
					 deduction was taken.
(d) is
					 suspended from service for one or more full monthly pay periods without pay,
					 provided he or she files with the Board application for continuation of
					 enrollment no later than the last day of the month following the month in which
					 the last payroll deduction was taken.
(e) receives in any monthly pay period
					 insufficient compensation, after all other mandatory deductions, to permit
					 deduction of his or her full contribution providing proper application for
					 continuation of enrollment is filed no later than the last day of the month
					 following the month in which the last payroll deduction was taken.
(f) applies for disability retirement and
					 files an application for continuation of enrollment no later than the last day
					 of the month following the month in which the last payroll deduction was taken.
					 Upon receipt of premiums from the retirement system, the carrier shall refund
					 overpayments to the annuitant.
(g)
					 first attains the status of "annuitant." The Retirement System shall continue
					 the enrollment unchanged and the annuitant contributions required under the
					 plan shall be deducted from the annuitant's retirement allowance.
(h) enters nonpay status as a permanent
					 employee of a State college employed on a less-than-twelve-month basis,
					 provided he or she files application for continuation of enrollment with the
					 Board no later than the last day of the month following the month in which the
					 last payroll deduction was taken.
If an enrolled employee or annuitant is not competent to
						act, the guardian, conservator, or person having special power of attorney of
						such enrolled employee or annuitant may act on his or her behalf to accomplish
						continuation of any enrollment permitted by this section.
Failure to file an application for continuation or
						failure to pay premiums after filing an application will result in loss of
						coverage for any period for which premiums were not paid.
1.
						Amendment of subsection (f) filed 8-5-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						(Register 76, No. 32). For prior history, see Register 71, No. 3.
2.
						Amendment filed 6-15-79; designated effective 8-1-79 (Register 79, No.
						24).
3. Amendment filed 6-27-80; designated effective 8-1-80
						(Register 80, No. 26).
4. Amendment filed 6-9-85; effective
						thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 24).
5. Change without
						regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 10-31-2006 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2006, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  22794,
						  22796 and
						  22846(a),
						  Government Code. Reference: Section
						  22846(a),
						  Government Code.