|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ch. 32
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3) THE EMPLOYEE'S OR DEPENDENTS COVERAGE DESCRIBED IN ITEM
(1) OF THIS SUBSECTION:
(I) WAS UNDER A COBRA CONTINUATION PROVISION, AND THE
COVERAGE UNDER THAT PROVISION WAS EXHAUSTED; OR
(II) WAS NOT UNDER A COBRA CONTINUATION PROVISION, AND
EITHER THE COVERAGE WAS TERMINATED AS A RESULT OF LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY
FOR THE COVERAGE, INCLUDING LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY AS A RESULT OF LEGAL
SEPARATION, DIVORCE, DEATH, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, OR REDUCTION IN
THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT, OR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
TOWARDS THE COVERAGE WERE TERMINATED; AND
(4) UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PLAN, THE EMPLOYEE REQUESTS
ENROLLMENT NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER:
(I) THE DATE OF EXHAUSTION OF COVERAGE DESCRIBED IN ITEM
(3)(I) OF THIS SUBSECTION; OR
(II) TERMINATION OF COVERAGE OR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYER
CONTRIBUTIONS DESCRIBED IN ITEM (3)(II) OF THIS SUBSECTION.
(C) ALL SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS SHALL PROVIDE A
SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD DURING WHICH THE FOLLOWING PERSONS
INDIVIDUALS MAY BE ENROLLED UNDER THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN:
(1) A PERSON AN INDIVIDUAL WHO BECOMES A DEPENDENT OF THE
ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE THROUGH MARRIAGE, BIRTH, ADOPTION, OR PLACEMENT FOR
ADOPTION;
(2) AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE WHO ACQUIRES A NEW DEPENDENT
THROUGH MARRIAGE, BIRTH, ADOPTION, OR PLACEMENT FOR ADOPTION; AND
(3) THE SPOUSE OF AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE AT THE BIRTH OR
ADOPTION OF A CHILD, PROVIDED THE SPOUSE IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR
COVERAGE.
(D) AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE MAY NOT ENROLL A DEPENDENT DURING A
SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD UNLESS THE ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE:
(1) IS ENROLLED UNDER THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN; OR
(2) APPLIES FOR COVERAGE FOR THE ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE DURING THE
SAME SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD.
(D) (E) THE SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 31 DAYS AND SHALL BEGIN ON THE
LATER OF:
(1) THE DATE DEPENDENT COVERAGE IS MADE AVAILABLE; OR
(2) THE DATE OF THE MARRIAGE, BIRTH, ADOPTION, OR PLACEMENT
FOR ADOPTION, WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- 385 -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
