Georgia COBRA Continuation Coverage Election Notice
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State continuation coverage refers to state laws that allow people to extend their employer-sponsored health insurance even if they're not eligible for extension via COBRA. As a federal law, COBRA applies nationwide, but only to employers with 20 or more employees.
Federal law requires that most group health plans (including this Plan) give employees and their families the opportunity to continue their health care coverage through COBRA continuation coverage when there's a qualifying event that would result in a loss of coverage under an employer's plan.
COBRA the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act -- requires group health plans to offer continuation coverage to covered employees, former employees, spouses, former spouses, and dependent children when group health coverage would otherwise be lost due to certain events.
What is state continuation? State law allows employees of smaller employers (fewer than 20 employees) to keep the same group health insurance coverage for up to nine months after loss of a job or loss of coverage because of a reduction in work hours. This is called state continuation.
COBRA continuation coverage lets you stay on your employer's group health insurance plan after leaving your job. COBRA stands for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. It's shorthand for the law change that required employers to extend temporary group health insurance to departing employees.
The general notice describes general COBRA rights and employee obligations. This notice must be provided to each covered employee and each covered spouse of an employee who becomes covered under the plan. The notice must be provided within the first 90 days of coverage under the group health plan.
There are several other scenarios that may explain why you received a COBRA continuation notice even if you've been in your current position for a long time: You may be enrolled in a new plan annually and, therefore, receive a notice each year. Your employer may have just begun offering a health insurance plan.
Georgia's Continuation Law. Basically, it provides a short, 90-day coverage package for those losing employment. Under this law, if you were covered, with a premium paid in advance for the month of termination, you get the remainder of that month of termination by law.
