Wyo. Code R. 006-0004-1
Official Group Insurance
Effective Date: 07/01/2001 to 10/19/2001 Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations Reference Number: 006.0004.1.07012001
For the 120 days the emergency rules are in effect, the following rules shall apply.
These rules shall govern the administration of the State Employees' and Officials' Group Insurance Act, W. S. §§ 9-3-202 through 9-3-218, as amended.
These rules are promulgated pursuant to W. S. §§ 9-3-205(a)(vi) and 9-3-205(b).
If any part of these rules is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applications of these rules. These rules shall be given effect without the invalid part and to this end, the provisions are severable.
These rules apply to the Department of Administration and Information in the administration of the Wyoming State Employees' and Officials' Group Insurance Program, employees of the Department, carriers, Wyoming State Employees' and Officials' Group Insurance Program participants, and applicants for coverage under the Wyoming State Employees' and Officials' Group Insurance Program.
Unless otherwise defined in the State Employees' and Officials' Group Insurance Act or these rules, words shall be given their ordinary meaning.
(a) 'Advisory Panel' means the panel of program participants established by the Director pursuant to W.S. § 9-3-217.
(b) 'Department' means the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information.
(c) 'Director' means the Director of the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information.
(d) 'Carrier' means an entity defined as W.S. § Section 9-3-203(a)(ii), which has contracted with the Department to provide a plan of group insurance coverage for state employees and officials. For the purpose of contested case proceedings under Chapter III of these rules, Carrier shall also include an entity which has contracted with the Department pursuant to W.S. § 9-3-205(a)(xiii) to provide specialized services related to the administration of a self insurance program established pursuant to W.S. § 9-3-201(d).
(e) 'Complainant' means a program participant, a state employee, a state official, or retiree who is seeking review in a contested case proceeding of a decision related to the allowance and payment of claims, eligibility for coverage or other matters.
(f) 'Legal holiday' means the holidays described in W.S. § 8-4-101.
(g) 'Program' means the various benefits provided to State of Wyoming employees, officials and retirees pursuant to the State Employees' and Officials' Group Insurance Act, W.S. §§ 9-3-202 through 9-3-218, as amended.
(h) 'Retiree' means an individual who has terminated his working career as an employee of an employing entity participating in the group insurance plan and who is eligible to receive a retirement benefit under the Wyoming retirement system and who is eligible for coverage under W.S. § 9-3-218.
In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, or, when the act to be done is the filing of a paper, a day on which weather or other conditions have made the office of the Department inaccessible, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not one of the aforementioned days.