WSR 15-23-063

WITHDRAWAL OFPREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed November 13, 2015, 2:53 p.m.]

I am withdrawing the CR-101 Preproposal statement of intent for R 2015-10 special enrollment regulations, published by the code reviser in WSR 15-15-133.

When the office of insurance commissioner (OIC) filed the original CR-101 for this rule, the agency had planned to undertake two tasks in this rule process: Add the additional special enrollment rights that the federal government has created since the time that the OIC originally wrote the rule; and clarify some of the language in the existing special enrollment rule to reduce confusion. The OIC wrote the original CR-101 narrowly to encompass only these tasks.

Unfortunately, as the work has proceeded, the agency has discovered that there are some gaps in the existing special enrollment rule. Specifically, the rule is missing some special enrollment rights that already existed at the time the OIC originally wrote the rule, and one of the citations is incorrect.

As a result, we are withdrawing the original CR-101 and are filing a new CR-101 that incorporates broader language so that the agency will have the authority to implement these changes.

Mike Kreidler

Insurance Commissioner