Partial federal government shutdown
HCA does not anticipate any immediate impacts to our services or disruption to provider payments at this time. We will continue to monitor the situation and share updates if anything changes.
HCA does not anticipate any immediate impacts to our services or disruption to provider payments at this time. We will continue to monitor the situation and share updates if anything changes.
Find information on the open enrollment page that’s right for you: PEBB retirees, PEBB employees and PEBB continuation coverage subscribers, and SEBB employees and SEBB continuation coverage subscribers.
In the event of your death, your dependents may be eligible to enroll in or defer (postpone) enrollment in PEBB retiree insurance coverage as your survivors. Learn about their options.
As an eligible employee or a retiree, your surviving spouse, state-registered domestic partner, or child who:
When an employee or retiree passes away, their dependents who lose eligibility due to the death may enroll in or defer PEBB retiree insurance coverage as a survivor.
An enrolled dependent of a retiree who passed away, will need to notify the PEBB Program of your loved one's death. We will automatically move you to your own account.
Note: If you are a survivor of a retiree who deferred PEBB retiree insurance coverage, you must also provide proof of continuous enrollment in qualifying medical coverage from the most recent open enrollment for which you were not enrolled in a PEBB medical plan before the retiree's death. If you are a survivor of a retiree who deferred PEBB retiree insurance coverage due to enrollment in Medicare and permanently living outside of the United States, you must provide proof of enrollment in Medicare Parts A and B.
The PEBB Program must receive your forms and documents within the following timelines. For survivors of an:
Exception: If you select a Medicare Advantage with Part D plan or UMP Classic Medicare with Part D (PDP), enrollment may not be retroactive. If the required forms are received after the date the PEBB retiree insurance coverage is to begin, you and your enrolled dependents will be enrolled in another medical plan during the gap months prior to when the Medicare Advantage with Part D plan or UMP Classic Medicare with Part D (PDP) begins.
Your dependent will be enrolled under their own account. In most cases, there will be no gap in coverage.
Paying premiums and surcharges: Your survivor must pay monthly premiums and applicable premium surcharges as they become due. For survivor payment details, visit the Paying for benefits webpage or call the PEBB Program at 1-800-200-1004 (TRS: 711).
WAC 182-12-265: What options for continuing health plan enrollment are available to a surviving spouse, state registered domestic partner, or child, if an employee, a school employee, or a retiree dies?
WAC 182-12-180: When is an elected and full-time appointed official of the legislative and executive branch of state government, or their survivor eligible to continue enrollment in public employees benefits board (PEBB) retiree insurance coverage?
WAC 182-12-250: Public employees benefits board (PEBB) insurance coverage eligibility for survivors of emergency service personnel killed in the line of duty.
WAC 182-12-205: May a retiree or a survivor defer enrollment or voluntarily terminate enrollment under public employees benefits board (PEBB) retiree insurance coverage?
WAC 182-12-200: May a retiring employee, a retiring school employee, or a retiree enrolled as a dependent in a health plan sponsored by public employees benefits board (PEBB) or school employees benefits board (SEBB) defer enrollment under PEBB retiree insurance coverage?
The PEBB Program
Phone: 1-800-200-1004
TRS: 711
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
HCA Support (secure, login portal with your personal account)
Send us a secure message through HCA Support, a secure website that allows you to log into your own account to communicate with us. You will need to set up a SecureAccess Washington (SAW) account to use this option.