Special Enrollment Period.  Enroll Year Round if you qualify with one of these Special Exceptions.

Open Enrollment is November 1st to January 31st.
Special Enrollment is the rest of the year.  
The new norm is to buy health insurance during Open Enrollment.  But what happens if you need health insurance during other times of the year?  There are specific Qualifying Events that allow individuals to purchase health insurance throughout the year. 

Review the list of Qualifying Event Reasons below and please identify the type of Qualifying Event (QE) you have encountered. You must also provide documentation to verify that your qualifying event occurred within the past 60 days. Each qualifying event below indicates the required documentation that you must provide in order for your application to be complete. Please print a copy of the required documentation and attach to your online application.  

Qualifying event reasons:

Gains or becomes a dependent through:

1.   Newborn child / adoption
2.  Marriage / domestic partnership
3.  Court order
4.  New foster child

Loss of coverage due to:

1.  Change in job status / Job loss
2.  Group contributions ended
3.  Child reaches age 26
4.  COBRA ended
5.  Divorce / separation
6.  Loss of Medicaid / Medi-Cal
7.  Moved out of service area
8.  Medicare
9.  Death

Other event:

1.  Permanent move and/or new resident of CA
2.  End of military service
3.  Release from incarceration
4.  Change in eligibility for financial help
5.  Completion of covered services
6.  Contract violation