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| January 30 |
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August 5 Special meeting |
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| June 27 | |
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| February 1 |
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| July 12 | |
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| February 2 |
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| July 14 | |
| June 30 | |
| June 9 | |
| May 12 | |
| April 14 | |
| March 10 | |
| January 26 |
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| July 14 | |
| June 30 | |
| June 9 | |
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| April 14 | |
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January 27 |
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| July 22, 2020 | |
| July 15, 2020 | |
| June 17, 2020 | |
| May 28, 2020 | |
| April 15, 2020 | |
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January 30, 2020 |
| Date | Title | Description | Number |
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| 07/17/25 | Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) non-Medicare premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) employee and non-Medicare retiree 2026 plan premiums. | 2025-15 |
| 07/17/25 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of WA (KPWA) non-Medicare premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington employee and non-Medicare retiree 2026 plan premiums. | 2025-14 |
| 07/17/25 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (KPNW) non-Medicare premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest employee and non-Medicare retiree 2026 plan premiums. | 2025-13 |
| 07/17/25 | UMP Hearing Instruments |
Beginning January 1, 2026, prescribed hearing instruments in all Uniform Coverage for members enrolled in UMP Consumer-Directed Health Plan (CDHP) is subject to the member meeting the plan deductible. |
2025-06 |
| 07/17/25 | Rescinding resolution PEBB 2023-03 UMP Hearing Instruments | Effective January 1, 2026, Resolution PEBB 2023-03, as adopted on June 8, 2023, is rescinded. | 2025-05 |
| 07/10/25 | UMP Medicare Premium |
The PEB Board authorizes the 2026 Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) Classic Medicare with Part D (PDP) 2026 plan premium. Consistent with open enrollment operational timelines, HCA has the authority to lower the 2026 premium if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues the Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration. |
2025-12 |
| 07/10/25 | Premera Medicare Premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Premera Medicare Supplement 2026 plan premiums. | 2025-11 |
| 07/10/25 | UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Medicare Premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the UnitedHealthcare Medicare 2026 plan premiums. | 2025-10 |
| 07/10/25 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (KPWA) Medicare Premium | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Medicare 2026 plan premium. | 2025-09 |
| 07/10/25 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (KPNW) Medicare Premium | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest Medicare 2026 plan premium. | 2025-08 |
| 07/10/25 | Medicare Explicit Subsidy | The PEB Board authorizes the Health Care Authority each calendar year to apply the monthly Medicare Explicit Subsidy for each plan up to the maximum amount established by the legislature and in compliance with RCW 41.05.085. | 2025-07 |
| 06/12/25 | Amending resolution PEBB 2021-13 Employer-paid long-term disability (LTD) |
Amending resolution PEBB 2021-13 to read: Effective January 1, 2026, the benefit design of the employer-paid (basic) long-term disability benefit included prior Board policy decisions and resolutions is rescinded and replaced with the following employer-paid LTD benefit design:
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2025-03 |
| 05/15/25 | Amending resolution PEBB 2024-23 UMP diagnostic and supplemental breast exam coverage |
Amending resolution PEBB 2024-23 to read: Beginning January 1, 2025, diagnostic and supplemental breast exams are to be covered at no cost share to Uniform Medical Plan |
2025-04 |
| 05/15/25 | PEBB retiree insurance coverage when the subscriber's dependent becomes eligible | When a subscriber’s dependent becomes eligible for the employer contribution toward PEBB or SEBB benefits, the subscriber’s dependent will be auto disenrolled from PEBB retiree insurance coverage. | 2025-02 |
| 01/30/25 | Automatic deferral - PEBB retiree insurance coverage for subscribers who permanently live in a location outside of the United States |
Effective January 30, 2025, retirees and survivors who are not on Medicare and enrolled in PEBB retiree insurance coverage and permanently live outside of the United States, become eligible for Medicare Parts A and B, and do not respond to HCA within the Evidence of continuous enrollment in a qualified coverage is waived while a retiree or survivor enrolled in Medicare lives outside of the United States. A retiree or survivor enrolled in Medicare whose enrollment is |
2025-01 |
| Date | Title | Description | Number |
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| 08/05/24 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2024-36 UMP 2025 Medicare premium |
Amending PEBB 2024-36 to read: The PEB Board authorizes the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) Classic Medicare with Part D (PDP) premium as presented at the August 5, 2024 Board meeting. |
2024-37 |
| 07/11/24 | Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) 2025 Medicare Premium |
The PEB Board authorizes the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) Classic Medicare with Part D (PDP) premium. On August 5, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2024-36. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-37 for new language. |
2024-36 |
| 07/11/24 | Premera 2025 Medicare Premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Premera Medicare Supplement premiums. | 2024-35 |
| 07/11/24 | UnitedHealthcare (UHC) 2025 Medicare Premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage with Part D premiums. | 2024-34 |
| 07/11/24 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (KPWA) 2025 Medicare Premium | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Medicare Advantage with Part D premium. | 2024-33 |
| 07/11/24 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (KPNW) 2025 Medicare Premium | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest Senior Advantage with Part D premium. | 2024-32 |
| 07/11/24 | 2025 Medicare Explicit Subsidy | The PEB Board authorizes the calendar year 2025 monthly Medicare Explicit Subsidy of $183 or 50% of premium, whichever is less. | 2024-31 |
| 07/11/24 | Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) Non-Medicare 2025 Premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) employee and Non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2024-30 |
| 07/11/24 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of WA (KPWA) Non-Medicare 2025 Premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington employee and Non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2024-29 |
| 07/11/24 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (KPNW) Non-Medicare 2025 Premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest employee and Non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2024-28 |
| 06/27/24 | Automatic Deferral - PEBB retiree insurance coverage for Medicare subscribers who permanently live in a location outside of the United States | All Medicare enrollees who are enrolled in UMP Classic Medicare with creditable drug coverage as of December 31, 2024 and permanently live outside of the United States, where the subscribers did not make an election during the PEBB annual open enrollment period held in 2024, will be automatically deferred from PEBB retiree insurance coverage with an effective date of January 1, 2025. These subscribers will be exempt from the deferral form requirement. | 2024-27 |
| 06/27/24 | PEBB retiree insurance coverage deferral - permanently live in a location outside of the United States | Effective January 1, 2025, retirees and survivors who are enrolled in Medicare may defer enrollment in PEBB retiree insurance coverage when they permanently live in a location outside of the United States. Evidence of continuous enrollment in a qualified coverage is waived while a retiree or survivor enrolled in Medicare lives outside of the United States. A retiree or survivor enrolled in Medicare who defers enrollment while permanently living outside of the United States will have the opportunity to enroll in a PEBB health plan when they return to the United States by submitting the required forms and proof of enrollment in Medicare Parts A and B within the HCA required enrollment timeframe. |
2024-26 |
| 06/27/24 | Evaluation criteria for contracts under RCW 41.05.065(9) |
The provision of property, casualty, and accident insurance plans and any related evaluation criteria included in prior Board policy decisions and resolutions is rescinded and replaced with the following: The Board adopts the evaluation criteria as presented at the June 27, 2024 Board meeting by which it shall evaluate contracts considered under RCW 41.05.065(9), as applicable. |
2024-25 |
| 05/09/24 | UMP diabetes management program | Beginning January 1, 2025, the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) will implement a Diabetes Management Program. | 2024-24 |
| 05/09/24 | UMP diagnostic and supplemental breast exam coverage |
Beginning January 1, 2025, diagnostic and supplemental breast exams to be covered at no cost share to Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) members. UMP CDHP members need to meet their deductible before the plan will pay any portion of the claim. On May 15, 2025, the PEB Board amended 2024-23. Please see resolution PEBB 2025-04 for new language. |
2024-23 |
| 04/11/24 | When a subscriber is involuntarily terminated by a Medicare Part D plan | When a subscriber or their dependent must be disenrolled by a Medicare Part D plan as required by federal law, the subscriber and their enrolled dependents will be enrolled in a PEBB medical plan as designated by the director or designee. The new medical plan coverage will begin the first day of the month following the date the UMP Classic Medicare plan is terminated. | 2024-22 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending PEBB 2022-03 Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan enrollment during gap months |
Amending PEBB 2022-03 to read: 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 transitional coverage as designated by the director or designee during the gap months prior to when the MAPD coverage begins. |
2024-21 |
| 04/11/24 | UMP Classic Medicare enrollment during gap months | If a subscriber elects to enroll in the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) Classic Medicare 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 transitional UMP coverage during the gap months prior to when the UMP Classic Medicare plan begins. | 2024-20 |
| 04/11/24 | UMP Classic Medicare enrollment | If a subscriber selects the UMP Classic Medicare plan, any non-Medicare enrollees on the account will be enrolled in the UMP Classic. | 2024-19 |
| 04/11/24 | Automatic enrollment - UMP Classic Medicare - Annual open enrollment 2024 | All Medicare enrollees who are enrolled in UMP Classic Medicare with creditable drug coverage as of December 31, 2024, where the subscriber did not make an election during the PEBB annual open enrollment period held in 2024, will be auto-enrolled in the UMP Classic Medicare with Medicare Part D drug coverage with an effective date of January 1, 2025. | 2024-18 |
| 04/11/24 | UMP Classic Medicare Part D coverage | The UMP Classic Medicare prescription drug benefit will change from creditable drug coverage to Part D Medicare drug coverage effective January 1, 2025. | 2024-17 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending PEBB Policy Resolution "Error Correction" adopted on July 16, 2014 |
Amending PEBB Policy Resolution "Error Correction" to read: If an employing agency fails to enroll an employee in benefits, medical, dental, and vision enrollment will be effective the first day of the month following the date the enrollment error is identified, unless the Health Care Authority determines additional recourse is warranted. If the enrollment error is identified on the first day of the month, enrollment is effective that day. |
2024-16 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending PEBB 2021-12 (amending PEBB 2020-04 Relating to default enrollments for an employee who fails to make a timely decision) | Amending PEBB 2021-12 to read: The default election for an eligible employee who fails to timely elect coverage will be as follows:
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2024-15 |
| 04/11/24 | Non-Medicare retiree enrollment requirement | Non-Medicare retiree must enroll in PEBB medical to be able to enroll in PEBB dental, in PEBB vision, or in both PEBB dental and PEBB vision. | 2024-14 |
| 04/11/24 | Default enrollment if an employee did not enroll in a PEBB vision plan during the annual open enrollment in 2024 | All employees who are eligible for the employer contribution towards PEBB benefits as of December 31, 2024 and did not make an election during an enrollment period established by the Health Care Authority in 2024, will be auto-enrolled in a PEBB vision plan as designated by the director or designee with an effective date of January 1, 2025. Any dependents on the account that are enrolled in PEBB medical will be enrolled in the same PEBB vision plan as the subscriber. | 2024-13 |
| 04/11/24 | Fully insured vision plans |
The benefit design for the embedded refraction vision exam and hardware coverage for Employees and non-Medicare Retirees included in prior Board Policy decisions and resolutions is rescinded and replaced with the following: Beginning January 1, 2025, the PEBB Program will offer standalone fully-insured vision plans by EyeMed Vision, Davis Vision, and MetLife Vision as presented at the March 21, 2024, Board meeting. |
2024-12 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending PEBB 2022-04 Deferring PEBB retiree insurance coverage when the subscriber becomes eligible |
Amending PEBB 2022-04 to read: PEBB retiree insurance coverage will be automatically deferred when the subscriber becomes eligible for the employer contribution towards PEBB or SEBB benefits. The subscriber will be exempt from the deferral form requirement. |
2024-11 |
| 04/11/24 | Rescinding Resolution PEBB 2022-02 Employees may waive enrollment in dental | Effective January 1, 2025, Resolution PEBB 2022-02, as adopted on April 14, 2022 is rescinded. | 2024-10 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2021-25 PEBB Continuation Coverage eligibility for employees' dependents |
Amending PEBB 2021-25 to read: If an employee's dependent was auto disenrolled from PEBB dental and PEBB vision because the employee was auto disenrolled from PEBB benefits to remain in SEBB benefits, the dependent may elect to enroll in PEBB dental and PEBB vision. These benefits will be provided for a maximum of 36 months on a self-pay basis. |
2024-09 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2021-09 Enrollment requirements when an employee loses dependent coverage in SEBB benefits |
Amending PEBB 2021-09 to read: 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, PEBB dental, and PEBB vision. If the employee's employing agency does not receive the employee's required forms indicating their medical, dental, and vision elections within sixty days of the employee losing SEBB benefits, they will be defaulted into employee-only PEBB medical, PEBB dental, and PEBB vision. |
2024-08 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2021-08 PEBB benefit automatic enrollments when SEBB benefits are auto-disenrolled |
Amending PEBB 2021-08 to read: If an employee's dependent, who is also a school employee, was auto-disenrolled from their SEBB dental and SEBB vision as a result of SEB Board Resolution 2021-04, the employee's dependent will be automatically enrolled in the employee's PEBB dental plan and PEBB vision plan, if they are not already enrolled. |
2024-07 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending resolution PEBB 2021-07 Resolving dual enrollment involving a member with multiple medical enrollments as a dependent |
Amending PEBB 2021-07 to read: 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, dental, and/or vision plans if they are enrolled. If an employee's dependent is not enrolled in any medical but is enrolled in both a PEBB and SEBB dental and/or vision plan as a dependent, the dependent will be kept in SEBB benefits and auto-disenrolled from PEBB benefits. Exception: If there is a National Medical Support Order or a court order in place, enrollment will be in accordance with the order. |
2024-06 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2021-06 Resolving dual enrollments involving a PEBB dependent with multiple medical enrollments |
Amending PEBB 2021-06 to read: 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, dental, and/or vision plans in which they are enrolled. |
2024-05 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2021-05 Resolving dual enrollment involving dual subscriber eligibility |
Amending PEBB 2021-05 to read: 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, PEBB dental, and PEBB vision 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 in PEBB dental, PEBB vision, SEBB dental, and SEBB vision, the employee will be kept in SEBB benefits and auto-disenrolled from PEBB benefits. |
2024-04 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2021-04 Resolving dual enrollment when an employee's only medical enrollment is in SEBB |
Amending PEBB 2021-04 to read: If the employee is enrolled only in PEBB dental and PEBB vision, 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 and PEBB vision plan in which they are enrolled. The employee's enrollments in PEBB life, AD&D, and LTD will remain. |
2024-03 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2021-03 PEBB benefit enrollment requirements when SEBB benefits are waived |
Amending PEBB 2021-03 to read: A school employee who waives SEBB medical, SEBB dental, and SEBB vision for PEBB medical must be enrolled in a PEBB dental plan and a PEBB vision plan. If necessary, they will be automatically enrolled in the associated subscriber's PEBB dental plan and PEBB vision plan. |
2024-02 |
| 04/11/24 | Amending Resolution PEBB 2021-02 Employees may waive enrollment in medical |
Amending PEBB 2021-02 to read: 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 and PEBB vision. |
2024-01 |
| Meeting date | Title | Description | Number |
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| 07/19/23 | Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) non-Medicare 2024 | The PEB Board authorizes the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) employee and Non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2023-14 |
| 07/19/23 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (KPWA) non-Medicare 2024 premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington employee and Non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2023-13 |
| 07/19/23 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (KPNW) non-Medicare 2024 premiums | The PEB Board authorizes the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest employee and Non-Medicare retiree premiums as presented on July 19. | 2023-12 |
| 07/12/23 | Uniform Medical Plan Medicare 2024 premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Uniform Medical Plan Classic Medicare plan premiums. | 2023-11 |
| 07/12/23 | Premera Medicare 2024 premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Premera Medicare Supplement plan premiums. | 2023-10 |
| 07/12/23 | UnitedHealthcare Medicare 2024 premiums | The PEB Board endorses the UnitedHealthcare Medicare plan premiums. | 2023-09 |
| 07/12/23 | Kaiser Permanente Washington Medicare 2024 premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Medicare plan premiums. | 2023-08 |
| 07/12/23 | Kaiser Permanente Northwest Medicare 2024 premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest Medicare plan premiums. | 2023-07 |
| 07/12/23 | Medicare Explicit Subsidy | The PEB Board endorses the calendar year 2024 monthly Medicare Explicit Subsidy of $183 or 50% of the premium, whichever is less. | 2023-06 |
| 06/29/23 | UMP COVID-19 over-the-counter test coverage | Beginning July 1, 2023, all Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) plans will cover up to two over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic tests per member per month, up to $12 per test, without member cost-share. If the IRS issues future guidance that requires the deductible to be met prior to plan payment for over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic tests in high deductible health plans, the UMP Consumer-Directed Health Plan shall be amended to comply with IRS guidance. | 2023-05 |
| 06/29/23 | UMP CDHP IRS minimum deductible | For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, HCA shall set the annual deductible for the UMP Consumer-Directed Health Plan (CDHP) at the minimum annual deductible level established by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to qualify the plan as a high deductible health plan. | 2023-04 |
| 6/8/23 | UMP hearing instruments |
Beginning January 1, 2024, prescribed hearing instruments in all Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) plans will be covered up to $3,000 per ear with hearing loss, at least every 36 months, without member cost share.
On July 17, 2025, the PEB Board rescinded 2023-03. Please see resolution PEBB 2025-06 for new language. |
2023-03 |
| 4/13/23 | When a subscriber is involuntarily terminated by a MA or MAPD plan | When a subscriber or their dependent must be disenrolled by a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan or Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MAPD) plan as required by federal law, the subscriber and their enrolled dependents will be enrolled in a PEBB medical plan as designated by the director or designee. The new medical plan coverage will begin the first day of the month following the date the MA or MAPD plan is terminated. | 2023-02 |
| 4/13/23 | When a subscriber has a change in residence that affects medical plan availability | After a change in residence, the subscriber must elect a new medical plan if a subscriber’s current medical plan is no longer available based on residence. If they do not elect a new medical plan within the time period allowed by special open enrollment rules, the subscriber will be enrolled in a PEBB medical plan as designated by the director or designee. | 2023-01 |
| Meeting date | Title | Description | Number |
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| 7/20/22 | UMP Non-Medicare Premium | The PEB Board endorses the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) employee and non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2022-19 |
| 7/20/22 | KPWA non-Medicare premium | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington employee and non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2022-18 |
| 7/20/22 | KPNW non-Medicare premium | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest employee and non-Medicare retiree premiums. | 2022-17 |
| 07/14/22 | UMP accumulators | Beginning January 1, 2023, when a subscriber enrolled in a SEBB Program Uniform Medical Plan changes their enrollment to a PEBB Program Uniform Medical Plan during the plan year (excluding Open Enrollment), accumulated deductibles and out-of-pocket maximum expenses (medical and pharmacy) will transfer. | 2022-14 |
| 06/30/22 | Postpone action on closure of UMP Classic Medicare | Resolved that the PEB Board postpone action on closure of the UMP Classic Medicare plan until at least January 2024 to allow staff to interact in earnest with stakeholders. | 2022-16 |
| 06/30/22 | UMP Medicare premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Uniform Medical Plan (UMP) Classic Medicare plan premium for plan year 2023. | 2022-15 |
| 06/30/22 | Premera Medicare premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Premera Medicare Supplement plan premiums. | 2022-11 |
| 06/30/22 | UnitedHealthcare premiums | The PEB Board endorses the UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plus Prescription Drug (MAPD) plan premiums. | 2022-10 |
| 06/30/22 | KPWA Medicare premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Medicare plan premiums. | 2022-09 |
| 06/30/22 | KPNW Medicare premiums | The PEB Board endorses the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest Medicare plan premium. | 2022-08 |
| 06/30/22 | Medicare premium - Explicit subsidy | The PEB Board endorses the calendar year 2023 monthly Medicare Explicit Subsidy of $183 or 50 percent of premium, whichever is less. | 2022-07 |
| 06/30/22 | UMP CDHP pharmacy preventive care | Beginning January 1, 2023, the UMP Consumer Directed Health Plan (CDHP) will cover the drug list presented to the Board on June 9, 2022, prior to meeting the plan deductible. Thereafter, HCA may alter this drug list to allow for pre-deductible coverage based on clinical evaluation and in accordance with IRS guidance. | 2022-06 |
| 06/30/22 | IRS minimum deductible for consumer directed health plan | Beginning January 1, 2023, the deductible in the UMP Consumer Directed Health Plan (CDHP) will be increased to $1,500 for single subscribers and $3,000 for all other tiers. | 2022-05 |
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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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2022-04. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-11 for new language. |
2022-04 |
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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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2022-03. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-21 for new language. |
2022-03 |
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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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board Rescinded 2022-02. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-10. |
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 | 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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-25. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-09 for new language. |
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:
On June 12, 2025, the PEB Board amended 2021-13. Please see resolution PEBB 2025-03 for new language. |
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:
On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-12. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-15 for new language. |
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 |
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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-09. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-08 for new language. |
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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-08. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-07 for new language. |
2021-08 |
| 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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-07. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-06 for new language. |
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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-06. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-05 for new language. |
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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-05. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-04 for new language. |
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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-04. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-03 for new language. |
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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-03. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-02 for new language. |
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. On April 11, 2024, the PEB Board amended 2021-02. Please see resolution PEBB 2024-01 for new language. |
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 |
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