Section 22844 - Employees, annuitants, family members eligible to enroll in Medicare(a) Employees, annuitants, and family members who become eligible to enroll on or after January 1, 1985, in Part A and Part B of Medicare shall not be enrolled in a basic health benefit plan. If the employee, annuitant, or family member is enrolled in Part A and Part B of Medicare, he or she may enroll in a Medicare health benefit plan.(b) Employees, annuitants, and family members enrolled in a prescription drug plan under Part D of Medicare shall not be enrolled in a board-approved health benefit plan. This subdivision does not apply to an individual enrolled in a board-approved or offered health benefit plan that provides a prescription drug plan or qualified prescription drug coverage under Part D of Medicare as part of its benefit design.(c) This section does not apply to employees and family members that are specifically excluded from enrollment in a Medicare health benefit plan by federal law or federal regulation.(d) The board shall not grant any further exemptions to this section after July 1, 2015.Amended by Stats 2015 ch 28 (SB 98),s 5, eff. 6/24/2015.Amended by Stats 2006 ch 326 (AB 3041),s 1, eff. 1/1/2007.Amended by Stats 2005 ch 527 (AB 587),s 1, eff. 1/1/2006Added by Stats 2004 ch 69 (SB 626),s 22, eff. 6/23/2004.