The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will allow certain enrollment changes to be made during a special enrollment period that will run from February 1, 2016 until February 29, 2016. This Limited Enrollment Period is intended to allow individuals who missed the opportunity during Open Season and want to change their enrollment from Self and Family to Self Plus One.  For purposes of this special enrollment period, there will be no increases in enrollment or changes in policies or coverages, except for changes to Self Plus One coverage.  The Limited Enrollment Period is not an extension of Open Season.

The following limitations apply to changes made during this Limited Enrollment Period:

• It is only for employees enrolled in Self and Family.
• Only those who participate in premium conversion will be allowed to decrease enrollment to Self Plus One (as others, including annuitants, may decrease enrollment at any time) using the Limited Enrollment Period QLE code.
• Decreases in enrollment to Self Plus One will be the only allowed enrollment changes.
• No changes in plans, no option changes, no increases or other decreases in enrollment will be allowed.
• All enrollment changes will be prospective to the first day of the first pay period following the one in which the change is requested.
• QLE code 1Z should be utilized to initiate a change during the Limited Enrollment Period.

If any mail handler has questions about this Limited Enrollment Period, please look for more information that will be released closer to February.