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Meetings and materials
Get the Public Employees Benefits (PEB) Board meeting schedule, along with agendas, briefing books, and minutes.
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2022 meeting schedule
All meetings are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
Note: 2022 PEB Board meetings are held virtually through Zoom. Board members and the public will attend the meetings virtually. The meeting link will be posted with the meeting materials a few days before the meeting.
- January 26, 2022 (Board retreat) 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- March 10, 2022
- April 14, 2022
- May 12, 2022
- June 9, 2022
- June 30, 2022
- July 14, 2022
- July 20, 2022
- July 27, 2022
Meeting materials
2022
Date |
Meeting materials |
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June 9 | |
May 12 | |
April 14 | |
March 10 | |
January 26 |
Date |
Meeting materials |
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July 21 | |
July 14 | |
June 30 | |
June 9 | |
May 12 | |
April 14 | |
March 17 | |
January 27 |
Date |
Materials |
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July 22, 2020 | |
July 15, 2020 | |
June 17, 2020 | |
May 28, 2020 | |
April 15, 2020 | |
April 2, 2020 | |
January 30, 2020 |
Approved resolutions
Meeting date
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Title |
Description |
Number |
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04/14/22 |
Deferring PEBB retiree insurance coverage when the subscriber becomes eligible for the employer contribution |
PEBB retiree insurance coverage will be automatically deferred when the subscriber becomes eligible for the employer contribution towards PEBB benefits. The subscriber will be exempt from the deferral form requirement. |
2022-04 |
04/14/22 |
Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan enrollment during gap month(s) |
If a subscriber elects to enroll in a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug ( MAPD ) plan, and the required forms are received by the PEBB Program after the date the PEBB retiree insurance coverage is to begin, the subscriber and their enrolled dependents will be enrolled in Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) Classic during the gap month(s) prior to when the MAPD coverage begins. |
2022-03 |
04/14/22 |
Employees may waive enrollment in dental |
An employee who is eligible for the employer contribution toward PEBB benefits and who waives enrollment in a PEBB medical plan when they are enrolled in TRICARE, Medicare, or other employer based group medical, and are not enrolled in SEBB medical, may waive their PEBB dental only if they are enrolled in both a SEBB dental plan and SEBB vision plan as a SEBB eligible dependent. |
2022-02 |
04/14/22 | Employees returning to work from active duty | When an employee who is called to active duty in the uniformed services under USERRA loses eligibility for the employer contribution toward PEBB benefits, they regain eligibility for the employer contribution toward PEBB benefits the day they return from active duty. Employer paid PEBB benefits will begin the first day of the month in which they return from active duty. | 2022-01 |
Meeting date
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Title |
Description |
Number |
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7/21/21 | UMP non-Medicare Premium | The PEB Board endorses the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) employee and non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2021-28 |
7/21/21 | KPWA non-Medicare Premium | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington employee and non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2021-27 |
7/21/21 | KPNW non-Medicare Premium | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest employee and non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2021-26 |
7/14/21 | PEBB Continuation Coverage Eligibility for Employees' Dependents | If an employee’s dependent was auto disenrolled from PEBB dental because the employee was auto disenrolled from PEBB benefits to remain in SEBB benefits, the dependent may elect to enroll in PEBB dental. These benefits will be provided for a maximum of 36 months on a self-pay basis. | 2021-25 |
7/14/21 | UMP Chiropractic, Acupuncture, and Massage Benefits |
Effective January 1, 2022, the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) benefit design, for all Medicare and non-Medicare plans, of the Chiropractic, Acupuncture, and Massage (CAM) benefits included in prior Board policy decisions and resolutions is rescinded and replaced with the following CAM benefit design: Treatment limitations will be as follows:
Cost sharing for all UMP plans will be as follows:
Out of network services will not have copays and will have:
UMP CDHP members need to meet their deductible before the plan will pay any portion of the allowed amount for any claim, for both in network and out of network services; and Medicare claims will be processed in accordance with coordination of benefits rules. This benefit design applies only if approved by both the PEB Board and SEB Board. |
2021-24 |
7/14/21 | UMP CDHP Preventive Care | Beginning January 1, 2022, the UMP Consumer Directed Health Plan will allow coverage to treat certain chronic conditions, those presented at the July 14, 2021 PEB Board Meeting, before having to meet the plan deductible. | 2021-23 |
6/30/21 | Premera Medicare Premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Premera Medicare Supplement plan premiums. | 2021-22 |
6/30/21 | UnitedHealthcare Premiums | The PEB Board endorses the UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plus Prescription Drug (MAPD) plan premiums. | 2021-21 |
6/30/21 | UMP Medicare Premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) Medicare plan premiums. | 2021-20 |
6/30/21 | KPWA Medicare Premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Medicare plan premiums. | 2021-19 |
6/30/21 | KPNW Medicare Premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest Medicare plan premiums. | 2021-18 |
6/30/21 | Medicare Premium | The PEB Board endorses the calendar year 2022 monthly Medicare Explicit Subsidy of $183 or 50% of premium, whichever is less. | 2021-17 |
6/30/21 | UMP Accumulators | Beginning January 1, 2022, when a subscriber enrolled in a PEBB Program Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) changes their enrollment to another PEBB Program UMP plan during the plan year (excluding open enrollment), the amounts accrued toward insurance accumulators (such as deductibles, out-of-pocket maximums, and benefit and visit limits) will transfer into their new UMP plan. | 2021-16 |
4/14/21 | Rescinding PEBB Policy Resolution #4 SmartHealth (as adopted on July 12, 2017) | Effective January 1, 2022, PEBB Policy Resolution #4, as adopted on July 12, 2017 is rescinded. | 2021-15 |
4/14/21 | Authorizing a gap of 31 days or less between periods of enrollment in qualified coverages during the deferral period | Effective January 1, 2022, an eligible retiree or survivor who deferred enrollment while enrolled in qualified coverage may later enroll themselves and their dependent in a PEBB health plan by submitting the required form and evidence of continuous enrollment in one or more qualifying coverages, except that a gap of 31 days or less is allowed between the date PEBB retiree insurance coverage is deferred and the start date of a qualified coverage, and between each period of enrollment in qualified coverages, during the deferral period. | 2021-14 |
4/14/21 | Employer-paid long-term disability insurance |
The benefit design of the employer-paid (or basic) long-term disability benefit included in prior Board policy decisions and resolutions is rescinded and replaced with the following employer-paid LTD benefit design:
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2021-13 |
4/14/21 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2020-04: Relating to default enrollments |
Amending PEBB 2020-04 to read: the default election for an eligible employee who fails to timely elect coverage will now be as follows:
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2021-12 |
4/14/21 | Employee-paid long-term disability enrollment procedures |
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2021-11 |
4/14/21 | Employee-paid long-term disability |
the benefit design of the supplemental (or optional) long-term disability benefit included in prior Board policy decisions and resolutions is rescinded and replaced with the following employee-paid LTD benefit design: Two separate employee-paid LTD insurance choices including: (a) coverage at 60% or (b) coverage at 50%. Both choices will have the following features:
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2021-10 |
4/14/21
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Enrollment requirements when an employee loses dependent coverage in SEBB benefits |
If an employee who is eligible for the employer contribution towards PEBB benefits was enrolled as a dependent in SEBB benefits and is dropped by the SEBB subscriber, HCA will notify the employee of their removal from the SEBB subscriber’s account and that they have experienced a special enrollment event. The employee will be required to return from waive status and elect PEBB medical and PEBB dental. If the employee’s employing agency does not receive the school employee's required forms indicating their medical and dental elections within sixty days of the employee losing SEBB benefits, they will be defaulted into employee-only PEBB medical and PEBB dental. |
2021-09
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4/14/21 |
PEBB benefit automatic enrollments when SEBB benefits are auto-disenrolled |
If an employee’s dependent, who is also a school employee who was auto-disenrolled from their SEBB dental and SEBB vision as a result of SEBB Board Resolution 2021- 04, the employee’s dependent will be automatically enrolled in the employee’s dental plan if they are not already enrolled. |
2021-08
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4/14/21 | Resolving dual enrollment involving a member with multiple medical enrollments as a dependent |
If an employee’s dependent is enrolled in both PEBB medical and SEBB medical as a dependent and has been enrolled in SEBB benefits longer than they have been enrolled in PEBB benefits, but no action is taken to resolve the dual enrollment, the dependent will remain in SEBB benefits and will be auto-disenrolled from the employee’s PEBB medical and/or dental plans if they are enrolled. If an employee’s dependent is not enrolled in any medical but is enrolled only in PEBB dental and SEBB vision (with or without SEBB dental) as a dependent, the dependent will be kept in SEBB benefits and auto-disenrolled from PEBB dental. Exception: If there is a National Medical Support Order or a court order in place, enrollment will be in accordance with the order. |
2021-07 |
4/14/21 | Resolving dual enrollment involving a PEBB dependent with multiple medical enrollments | If an employee’s dependent is enrolled in any PEBB benefits and the dependent is also a SEBB eligible school employee who is enrolled in SEBB medical as a school employee, and no action is taken by either the employee or the dependent to resolve the dependent’s dual enrollment, the dependent will remain in SEBB benefits and will be auto-disenrolled from the employee’s PEBB medical and/or dental plans in which they are enrolled. | 2021-06 |
4/14/21 | Resolving dual enrollment involving dual subscriber eligibility | If the employee is enrolled in PEBB medical as an employee and is also enrolled in SEBB medical as a school employee, and the employee has been enrolled in SEBB benefits longer than they’ve been enrolled in PEBB benefits, but no action is taken by the employee to resolve their dual enrollment, they will remain in their SEBB benefits and will be auto-disenrolled from their PEBB medical and PEBB dental plans. The employee’s enrollments in PEBB Life, AD&D, and LTD will remain. If an employee is not enrolled in any medical but is enrolled only in PEBB dental and SEBB vision (with or without SEBB dental), the employee will be kept in SEBB benefits and auto-disenrolled from PEBB dental. | 2021-05 |
4/14/21 | Resolving dual enrollment when an employee’s only medical enrollment is in SEBB | If the employee is enrolled only in PEBB dental, and is also enrolled in SEBB medical, and no action is taken to resolve their dual enrollment, the employee will remain in their SEBB benefits and they will be auto-disenrolled from the PEBB dental plan in which they are enrolled. The employee’s enrollments in PEBB life, AD&D, and LTD will remain. | 2021-04 |
4/14/21 | PEBB benefit enrollment requirements when SEBB benefits are waived | A school employee who waives SEBB medical, SEBB dental, and SEBB vision for PEBB medical must be enrolled in a PEBB dental plan. If necessary, they will be automatically enrolled in the associated subscriber’s PEBB dental plan. | 2021-03 |
4/14/21 | Employees may waive enrollment in medical | Effective January 1, 2022, the “Waiver of Coverage” policy, as adopted in May 1995, is rescinded and is replaced with the following: An employee who is eligible for the employer contribution toward PEBB benefits may waive their enrollment in a medical plan if they are enrolled in other employer-based group medical. Exception: An employee may waive their enrollment in a PEBB medical plan to enroll in a SEBB medical plan only if they are enrolled in a SEBB dental plan and SEBB vision plan. In doing so, the employee also waives their enrollment in PEBB dental. | 2021-02 |
4/14/21 |
Removing the retiree two-year dental enrollment requirement |
The PEBB Program requirement that retiree dental must be maintained for at least two years if a PEBB Program retiree enrolls in a dental plan is rescinded as of January 1, 2022. | 2021-01 |
Location and directions
Note: 2022 PEB Board meetings are held virtually through Zoom.
Washington State Health Care Authority
Cherry Street Plaza
Sue Crystal Center, Conference Rooms 106A and 106B
626 8th Ave. SE
Olympia, WA 98501
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