Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › SCHOOL EMPLOYEES BENEFITS BOARD (SEBB) PROGRAM › Chapter 182-30 - Procedures › Section 182-30-080 - When must a newly eligible school employee, or a school employee who regains eligibility for the employer contribution, elect school employees benefits board (SEBB) benefits and complete required forms?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
A school employee who is newly eligible or who regains
				  eligibility for the employer contribution toward school employees benefits
				  board (SEBB) benefits enrolls as described in this section.
(1) When a school employee is newly eligible
				for SEBB benefits:
(a) A school employee must
				complete the required forms indicating their enrollment elections, including an
				election to waive enrollment provided the school employee is eligible to waive
				as described in WAC
				182-31-080.
				The required forms must be returned to the school employee's SEBB organization
				or contracted vendor. Their SEBB organization or contracted vendor must receive
				the forms no later than 31 days after the school employee becomes eligible for
				SEBB benefits under WAC
				182-31-040.
(i) The school employee may enroll in
				supplemental life insurance up to the guaranteed issue coverage amount without
				evidence of insurability if the required forms are returned to the school
				employee's SEBB organization or contracted vendor as required. A school
				employee may apply for enrollment in supplemental life insurance over the
				guaranteed issue coverage amount at any time during the calendar year by
				submitting the required form to the contracted vendor for approval. For a
				school employee who requests a change in their supplemental life insurance
				after the election period described in this subsection, the change begins the
				first day of the month following the date the contracted vendor approves the
				request. A school employee may enroll in supplemental accidental death and
				dismemberment (AD&D) insurance at anytime without evidence of insurability
				by submitting the required form to the contracted vendor.
(ii) School employees are enrolled in
				employee-paid long-term disability (LTD) insurance automatically. A school
				employee may elect to reduce their employee-paid LTD insurance or decline their
				employee-paid LTD insurance by returning the form to their SEBB organization. A
				school employee may apply for a change in their employee-paid LTD insurance at
				any time during the calendar year by submitting the required form to their SEBB
				organization or the contracted vendor. For a school employee who requests a
				change in their employee-paid LTD insurance after the election period described
				in this subsection, the change begins the first day of the month following the
				date the SEBB organization receives the required form requesting to reduce or
				decline the employee-paid LTD insurance, or the day of the month the contracted
				vendor approves the required form to increase the employee-paid LTD
				insurance.
(iii) If the school
				employee is eligible to participate in the salary reduction plan (see WAC
				182-31-060)
				, the school employee will automatically enroll in the premium payment plan
				upon enrollment in SEBB medical allowing medical premiums to be taken on a
				pretax basis. To opt out of the premium payment plan, a new school employee
				must complete the required form and return it to their SEBB organization. The
				form must be received by their SEBB organization no later than 31 days after
				the employee becomes eligible for SEBB benefits.
(iv) If a school employee is eligible to
				participate in the salary reduction plan (see WAC
				182-31-060)
				, the school employee may enroll in the state's medical flexible spending
				arrangement (FSA) , limited purpose FSA, dependent care assistance program
				(DCAP), or both an FSA and DCAP, except as limited by subsection (4) of this
				section. To enroll in these SEBB benefits, the school employee must return the
				required form to their SEBB organization. The form must be received by the SEBB
				organization no later than 31 days after the school employee becomes eligible
				for SEBB benefits.