Require open enrollment periods for all employer-sponsored health insurance plans to be at the same time each year.

This petition would require that all employer-sponsored health insurance plans schedule annual open enrollment periods for the same time each year (e.g., October 15 - November 15), permitting working families to make informed and intelligent decisions about available coverage options. Under current law, open enrollment periods are determined by each employer and occur at various times throughout the year. As a result, in a typical dual-income family, it is possible that one employer's open enrollment period will end before the other employer's begins, forcing families to make insurance decisions without full information. By mandating that all employer-sponsored he alt insurance plans take effect on the same date, with open enrollment at the same tie, such absurd results can be avoided.