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Ch. 32
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(I) HAS MET ANY WAITING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO BECOMING A
PARTICIPANT UNDER THE GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN;
(II) IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ENROLLED UNDER THE PLAN; AND
(III) IS NOT A PARTICIPANT IN THE GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN
BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO ENROLL DURING A PREVIOUS ENROLLMENT PERIOD.
(B) THIS SECTION APPLIES IF A GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN MAKES
COVERAGE AVAILABLE TO DEPENDENTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.
(C) A GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
PROVIDE A SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD DURING WHICH THE FOLLOWING
PERSONS INDIVIDUALS MAY BE ENROLLED UNDER THE GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT
PLAN:
(1) A PERSON AN INDIVIDUAL WHO BECOMES A DEPENDENT OF THE
INDIVIDUAL AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE THROUGH MARRIAGE, BIRTH, ADOPTION, OR
PLACEMENT FOR ADOPTION;
(2) AN INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE WHO ACQUIRES A NEW
DEPENDENT THROUGH MARRIAGE, BIRTH, ADOPTION, OR PLACEMENT FOR
ADOPTION; AND
(3) THE SPOUSE OF AN INDIVIDUAL 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.
(E) (F) IF AN INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE ENROLLS ANY OF THE
PERSONS INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION DURING
THE FIRST 31 DAYS OF THE SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD, THE COVERAGE SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE AS FOLLOWS:
(1) IN THE CASE OF MARRIAGE, NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF
THE FIRST MONTH BEGINNING AFTER THE DATE THE COMPLETED REQUEST FOR
ENROLLMENT IS RECEIVED;
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