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UNOFFICIAL 1720.1-6 (b) Following the enrollment of a newly eligible individual into an auto-assigned health plan by the department, the individual shall be sent an enrollment notice that identifies the auto-assigned health plan and provides the individual the opportunity to select a different health plan, which is available in the service area in which the individual resides and open to new members, within the fifteen (15) calendar days grace period from the date of enrollment into an auto- assigned health plan. (1) If an individual does not select a different health plan within the fifteen (15) calendar days grace period, enrollment shall continue in the health plan to which auto-assigned, and the individual will be informed of the sixty (60) calendar days grace period from the date of initial enrollment to change health plans. (2) If the individual selects a different health plan during the fifteen (15) calendar days grace period, the date of enrollment into the selected health plan shall be the first of the next month following the month in which the selection occurred, and the department shall send an enrollment notice identifying the selected health plan and inform the 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 open to new members. (3) If during the sixty (60) calendar days grace period an individual selects to change health plans, the date of enrollment into the selected health plan shall be the first (1st) of the next month following the month in which the selection occurred, and the department shall send a new enrollment notice identifying the selected health plan. [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)