Notification of Benefit Exchange Template
(b) Stacking. Faculty may establish eligibility and maintain the employer contribution toward PEBB
benefits by working as faculty for more than one institution of higher education. Faculty workloads may
only be stacked with other faculty workloads to establish eligibility under this section or maintain
eligibility as described in WAC 182-12-131(3). A faculty becomes eligible through stacking when they
meet the requirements as described in (a) of this subsection. When a faculty works for more than one
institution of higher education, the faculty must notify their employing agencies that they work at more
than one institution and may be eligible through stacking.
(c) When PEBB benefits begin.
(i) Medical, dental, basic life insurance, basic AD&D insurance, basic LTD insurance, and if eligible,
benefits under the salary reduction plan begin on the first day of the month following the day the faculty
becomes eligible. If the faculty becomes eligible on the first working day of a month, then coverage
begins on that date. Supplemental life insurance, supplemental AD&D insurance, and supplemental LTD
insurance begin on the first day of the month following the date the contracted vendor receives the
required form or approves the enrollment.
(ii) For faculty hired on a quarter/semester to quarter/semester basis under (a)(ii) of this subsection,
medical, dental, basic life insurance, basic AD&D insurance, basic LTD insurance, and if eligible, benefits
under the salary reduction plan begin the first day of the month following the beginning of the second
consecutive quarter/semester of half-time or more employment. If the first day of the second
consecutive quarter/semester is the first working day of the month, then coverage begins at the
beginning of the second consecutive quarter/semester. Supplemental life insurance, supplemental
AD&D insurance, and supplemental LTD insurance begin on the first day of the month following the date
the contracted vendor receives the required form or approves the enrollment.
(4) Elected and full-time appointed officials of the legislative and executive branches of state
government are eligible as follows:
(a) Eligibility. A legislator is eligible for PEBB benefits on the date their term begins. All other elected and
full-time appointed officials of the legislative and executive branches of state government are eligible on
the date their terms begin or the date they take the oath of office, whichever occurs first.
(b) When PEBB benefits begin. Medical, dental, basic life insurance, basic AD&D insurance, basic LTD
insurance, and if eligible, benefits under the salary reduction plan begin on the first day of the month
following the day the employee becomes eligible. If the employee becomes eligible on the first working
day of a month, then coverage begins on that date. Supplemental life insurance, supplemental AD&D
insurance, and supplemental LTD insurance begin on the first day of the month following the date the
contracted vendor receives the required form or approves the enrollment.
(5) Justices and judges are eligible as follows:
(a) Eligibility. A justice of the supreme court and judges of the court of appeals and the superior courts
become eligible for PEBB benefits on the date they take the oath of office.
(b) When PEBB benefits begin. Medical, dental, basic life insurance, basic AD&D insurance, basic LTD
insurance, and if eligible, benefits under the salary reduction plan begin on the first day of the month