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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Government Code - GOV |
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Title 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
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Division 5. PERSONNEL |
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Part 5. THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT |
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Chapter 1. Public Employees’ Health Benefits |
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ARTICLE 5. Enrollment and Coverage |
Section 22844.
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(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 may 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 may 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 regulation.