South Carolina COBRA Continuation Coverage Election Notice
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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.
If you are entitled to elect COBRA coverage, you must be given an election period of at least 60 days (starting on the later of the date you are furnished the election notice or the date you would lose coverage) to choose whether or not to elect continuation coverage.
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.
For each subsequent COBRA premium payment, the maximum time an individual has to make a payment while the Outbreak Period continues is one year from the date the payment originally would have been due, including the mandatory 30-day grace period.
Deadline to Elect COBRA: Individual A's deadline to elect coverage is up to 1 year and 60 days after receiving the COBRA election notice, which is August 31, 2021.
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.
Yes, COBRA Benefits Are Retroactive With No Lapse In Coverage. The Federal COBRA Health Insurance Act requires all businesses with 20 or more employees to offer a continuation of the health insurance after job loss. When you elect COBRA coverage, the effective date begins the date after your work health insurance ended
This period is measured from the later of the date of the qualifying event or the date the COBRA election notice is provided. COBRA coverage is retroactive if elected and paid for by the qualified beneficiary.
