We were told that going forward, we need to change the way we administer our health benefits. We used to always use the effective date of coverage as the qualifying event date as long as the form was received by us within 30 days. Now we are told that we would use the effective date of the date the form is received by us, not the qualifying event date. This doesn't seem to make sense to us, does anyone know where this new legislation is written? Is this a governmental thing?

Who is telling you that and did they offer any proof?

I was told by our Benefits Director who stated that it was per regulation.. I haven't been able to find this 'regulation' anywhere yet.. any thoughts?