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Changing Employment between Participating Employers and RehiresWhen a covered employee changes employment to another participating employer, both employers must utilize the bswift Enrollment Portal or submit a processing change (termination/new hire transaction) in their Third-Party Enrollment Portal. The Benefits Administrator of the prior employer must submit a termination at the time the employee terminates. The employee%u2019s coverage will terminate at the end of the month. The Benefits Administrator of the current employer will enroll the employee at the beginning of the employment month. Because they are switching employers, their original enrollment information (names, relationships, social security numbers, addresses, etc.) will not automatically populate as it is linked to the original employer for security purposes. As such, the Benefits Administrator will need to enroll as if they were a New Employee as shown in the BA Manager Guide included on the bswift Enrollment Portal.There is no break in coverage if the individual is employed by a new participating employer (or rehired by the same participating employer) no later than the last day of the next calendar month following the month in which employment terminated with the previous employer. The employee must elect coverage within 31 days after his or her actively-at-work date and elect coverage to be effective on the actively-at-work date to ensure no break in coverage.If the employee elects his or her effective date to be the first of the month following the actively-at-work date, there will be a gap in coverage, and no benefits will be available for that period of time (unless the employee elects COBRA/continuation coverage).For example, John Doe terminates with ABC employer on Oct. 15. His coverage continues through Oct. 31. John Doe begins working for XYZ employer on Nov. 12. He elects his actively-at-work date as his effective date of coverage. He is responsible for the entire employee contribution for a full month of coverage. In this example, there is no gap in coverage. However, if John Doe elects Dec. 1 to be his effective date, there will be no coverage for the month of November unless he elects COBRA/continuation coverage.www.bcbstx.com/trsactivecareba 37