---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 407.15"
title: "42"
number: "407.15"
heading: "General enrollment period."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/407.15"
---

# §407.15. General enrollment period.

- (a) Except as specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the general enrollment period is January through March of each calendar year.
- (b) **An unlimited general enrollment period existed between April 1 and September 30, 1981.** Any eligible individual whose initial enrollment period had ended, or whose previous period of entitlement had terminated, could have enrolled or reenrolled during any month of that 6-month period.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395p, 1395q, and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 47204, Nov. 22, 1988, unless otherwise noted.