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UNOFFICIAL 1720.1-5 (b) In the absence of a choice of health plan open to new members in a service area, an individual who resides in that particular service area shall be auto-assigned to the participating health plan open to new members. (c) If the individual selects a health plan at the time of notification of application approval, the department shall send an enrollment notice identifying the selected health plan and informing the enrolled individual of the sixty (60) calendar days grace period from the date of enrollment to select a different health plan available in the service area in which the individual resides and which is open to new members. (d) If the individual does not select a health plan at the time of notification of application approval, the individual shall be auto-assigned to a health plan by the department to provide the covered services effective the applicable date described in section 17-1720.1-21. [Eff 09/30/13] (Auth: HRS §346-14; 42 C.F.R. §§430.25, 438.50) (Imp: HRS §346- 14; 42 C.F.R. §§430.25, 438.50)

§17-1720.1-17 Assignment to a health plan for a newly eligible individual. (a) An individual meeting one of the following conditions will be auto-assigned to a health plan at the time of determination of eligibility. (1) A newborn of an enrolled individual shall be enrolled into the health plan of the mother, retroactive to the date of birth. The newborn auto-assignment shall be effective for at least the first (1st) thirty (30) calendar days following the birth; (2) An individual who lost eligibility for a period of six (6) months or less shall be re-enrolled into their previous health plan; (3) An enrolled individual who enters into the child welfare system shall remain in their current health plan;