When Coverage Ends - Plan A / Back

When Coverage Ends - Plan A
Coverage for you and your dependents ends on:

  1. The first day of a month when the number of hours in your Hour Bank falls below 80, or
  2. The first day of a month for which a required self-payment is not received by the 30th day of the same month.
  3. The date when you enter full-time military service.
  4. The date when you are no longer eligible for benefits.
  5. For specific benefits, the date when the maximum benefit is reached for that covered participant or when a specific benefit is discontinued.
  6. The date when your TBT Plan ends.

Coverage for your dependents ends at the same time yours ends, or sooner:

  1. For your spouse, when you divorce (on the first day of the month after your divorce is final).
  2. For your dependent child, the first day of the month after no longer qualifying as an eligible dependent as defined by the Plan (link).

Reinstatement of Eligibility

If you lose eligibility and return to work with a participating Employer within two years, your new eligibility date will be the first day of the second month immediately following a month in which you have accumulated at least 80 hours in your Hour Bank. Any hours remaining in you Hour Bank at the time when your coverage ended will be counted to determine your eligibility date. If you do not return to work with a participating Employer within two years, you are subject to the eligibility requirements for a new employee.

Extension of Benefits While Totally Disabled

If you become totally disabled while eligible, your Hour Bank will be credited as follows:

One day of disability:

4 hours of credit

Maximum hours credited:
20 per week

This means that while you are disabled, you will continue to be eligible for benefits without having hours deducted from your Hour Bank up to a maximum of 26 weeks in any period of 12 consecutive months.

If you remain totally disabled after your Hour Bank falls below 80, you may further extend your coverage as follows:

  1. Self-pay for up to six months for full coverage (medical, prescription drug, dental, vision and life insurance) at a rate determined by the Board of Trustees.
  2. Self-pay for up to 18 months (and, if you remain totally disabled, up to 29 months) for COBRA benefits (except if you are eligible for Medicare) at the COBRA rate then in effect (see COBRA Coverage).

If you choose the six-month option, you may elect COBRA for the balance of the COBRA eligibility months remaining. However, if you experience a second disabling condition during your extended coverage, you will not be entitled to a further extension.

If you are enrolled in the Indemnity Medical option (rather than an HMO option) and you or a covered dependent remain totally disabled after your Hour Bank falls below 80, coverage for the disabling condition only will be continued without self-payment for up to three months. However, benefits will end as of the earliest date below:

  1. The date when the total disability ends.
  2. The date when coverage becomes effective without limitation as to the disabling condition, under any other medical benefit or service plan written on a group basis or under any group insurance policy.
  3. The end of the three-month period following the date when the Employer contributions paid on account of the eligible person stopped.

Proof of disability must be filed with the Plan Administration Office before the end of the third month for which the disability hour credit is requested. You can request a Proof of Disability Claim Form from the Plan Administration Office. You and your doctor each fill out a portion of the form. Send the completed form to the Plan Administration Office.

What is total Disability?

See the definition in the Guide To Your Benefits.

HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY
When coverage ends, federal law requires that the Plan provide a Certificate of Group Health Plan Coverage to you. This certificate is intended for use by any new plan in which you enroll.


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