Medical Coverage
Medical Coverage
Throughout this section, unless otherwise stated, reference to "Company" or "PG&E" means Pacific Gas and Electric Company. For plans sponsored by PG&E Corporation, reference to "Company" or "PG&E" means PG&E Corporation. The plans and benefits described in this section are also applicable to employees of designated subsidiaries and affiliates, but only to the extent that such entities are participating employers with respect to the described plans or programs and such employees meet the eligibility requirements of the plans or programs.
Whether you have just joined the Company and are enrolling in a Company-sponsored medical plan for the first time or you are considering changing your existing medical coverage, you should evaluate the medical plan options based on your needs and experience. Be sure to consider your future as well as your present medical needs when selecting your plan.
When you first begin working at the Company, you will be eligible to enroll in a medical plan (described in the Health Care Participation section) and elect coverage for your Eligible Dependents. Your medical coverage elections for you and your Eligible Dependents begins on the first day of the month following receipt of your elections, provided you complete and return an enrollment form within 31 days of your date of hire or transfer into a Management or Administrative & Technical employee position. For example, if you were hired on February 1 and you return a completed form on February 15, you would be eligible for health care benefits for you and any Eligible Dependents you choose to cover on March 1.
New hires who do not enroll within 31 days will be required to wait until the next Open Enrollment period to enroll, with coverage effective January 1 of the following year.
Depending on where you live, you are eligible to enroll in one of the following two medical plan options: the Health Account Plan (HAP) administered by Anthem Blue Cross (the Anthem HAP) or the Health Account Plan (HAP) administered by Kaiser Permanente Insurance Company (the KPIC HAP). As an alternative, you may elect to decline (opt out of) medical coverage.
You are not eligible for medical coverage if you are an intern, contract worker, agency worker, or hiring hall employee.