§ 894.504 When is my enrollment effective?

5 CFR 894.504(a)(a) Open season enrollments are effective on the date set by OPM.

5 CFR 894.504(b)(b) If you enroll when you first become eligible your enrollment is effective the 1st day of the pay period following the one in which the Administrator receives your enrollment, but no earlier than December 31, 2006.

5 CFR 894.504(c)(c) If you are a TEI and enroll or are enrolled during the open season, your enrollment is effective no earlier than January 1, 2019.

5 CFR 894.504(d)(d) Outside of open season, if you are an active duty service member who becomes a uniformed services retiree (TEI) and enroll or are enrolled 31 days before you lose other dental or vision coverage, your enrollment is effective no earlier than the date you lost other coverage.

5 CFR 894.504(e)(e) A QLE enrollment or change is effective the 1st day of the pay period following the date of your QLE. )

5 CFR 894.504(f)(1)(f)(1) A belated open season enrollment or change is effective retroactive to the date it would have been effective if you had made a timely enrollment or request for a change.

5 CFR 894.504(f)(2)(2) Any belated enrollment or change outside of open season that goes beyond the allowable 60-day enrollment timeframe is effective retroactive to the 1st day of the pay period following the one in which you became newly eligible or the date of your QLE.

5 CFR 894.504(f)(3)(3) You must pay any retroactive premiums due to a belated enrollment or request for a change.