School employees and their dependents may gain temporary eligibility for school employees benefits board (SEBB) benefits, on a self-pay basis, if they meet the following criteria:

(1) Based on policy resolution SEBB resolution 2019-06 a school employee and their dependents who are enrolled in medical, dental, or vision under a group plan offered by a SEBB organization on December 31, 2019, who lose eligibility because the school employee is not eligible under WAC 182-31-040, may elect to enroll in one or more of the following SEBB benefits: Medical, dental, or vision coverage. These benefits will be provided for a maximum of eighteen months.

(2) Based on SEBB resolution 2018-56 a dependent of a SEBB eligible school employee who is enrolled in medical, dental, or vision under a school employee's account on December 31, 2019, who loses eligibility because they are not an eligible dependent under WAC 182-31-140 may enroll in medical, dental, and vision for a maximum of thirty-six months.

(3) Based on policy resolution SEBB resolution 2019-07 a dependent of a school employee who is continuing medical, dental, or vision coverage through a SEBB organization on December 31, 2019, may elect to finish out their remaining months, up to the maximum number of months authorized by Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for a similar event, by enrolling in a medical, dental, or vision plan offered through the SEBB program.

(4) The school employee's or the dependent's election must be received by the SEBB program no later than sixty days after January 1, 2020. If the school employee's or a dependent's monthly premium or applicable premium surcharges remain unpaid for sixty days from the original due date, the school employee's SEBB benefits will be terminated retroactive to the last day of or the month for which the monthly premium and applicable premium surcharges were paid as described in WAC 182-30-040 (1)(b).