9-3-207. Eligibility for membership in plan; state employees; 31 day period to elect enrollment; new employees; later enrollment.

(a) Any state employee eligible for membership in the group insurance plan at the time the plan becomes effective shall have thirty-one (31) days to either elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the plan. The department shall establish the procedure by which eligible employees shall notify the department of their decision within the prescribed thirty-one (31) day period.

(b) An eligible employee who enters state service or service of a voluntary participating employer has thirty-one (31) days from the initial date of employment to elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the group insurance plan.

(c) Employees who elect not to be enrolled within the time prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) of this section may be enrolled at a later date upon conditions the department may impose, such as a physical examination or the exclusion of preexisting conditions from coverage.

(d) A retiree is eligible for coverage under the group insurance plan subject to the provisions of W.S. 9-3-218.

(e) An eligible employee of a voluntary participating employer shall have thirty-one (31) days from the date the employer becomes a participating employer and the employees thereof are eligible for participation in the state plan, to elect to be enrolled or not be enrolled in the group insurance plan. A voluntary participating employer's employees shall become eligible on the date the employer's election is effective under W.S. 9-3-201(c).