Minnesota Administrative Rules

4685.3100 NOTICE.

All health plans offering group plans shall provide for reasonable and timely notice of open enrollment provisions to prospective group enrollees or their representatives, including the dates of annual open enrollment and the manner in which to enroll. Such notice shall be given at least 15 days and not more than 45 days prior to the commencement of each annual open enrollment period. All health plans offering individual enrollments shall advertise the dates of their open enrollment and the manner in which to enroll in at least one newspaper of general distribution in the geographical area served by the plan. The advertisement shall run on at least two occasions at least 15 days and at most 45 days before the beginning of the open enrollment period. The advertisement shall be of sufficient size to reasonably apprise readers of the availability of the open enrollment period.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 62D.10

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007