Cost Of COBRA Continuation Coverage

• Individuals electing COBRA Continuation Coverage may be required to pay all or a part of the cost of their coverage. The first payment is due within 45 days of the date COBRA Continuation Coverage is received. There is a 30-day grace period in which to pay monthly premiums.
• If the first premium payment or any subsequent monthly payment is not received on time, you will lose COBRA Continuation Coverage. Your coverage will be terminated retroactively back to the first day of the month in which your premium was not paid.

Early Termination of COBRA Continuation Coverage

COBRA Continuation Coverage WILL BE CUT SHORT for any of the following reasons:

• COBRA Continuation Coverage premiums are not paid on time; or
• The qualified beneficiary becomes covered (after the date he/she elects COBRA Continuation Coverage) under another group health plan that does not contain any exclusion or limitation with respect to any preexisting conditions he/she may have OR the other plan`s exclusion does not apply because of the HIPAA creditable service rules; or
• The qualified beneficiary becomes entitled to Medicare after the date he/she elects COBRA Continuation Coverage; or
• If coverage was extended to 29 months due to Social Security Disability, a final determination that the individual is no longer disabled; or
• Seminole Community College no longer provides group health coverage to any of its employees.

Other Important Information

• You do not have to show that you are insurable to elect COBRA Continuation Coverage. However, COBRA Continuation Coverage is provided subject to your eligibility for coverage; the Plan Administrator reserves the right to terminate your C OBRA Continuation Coverage retroactively if you are determined to be ineligible.
• Once COBRA Continuation Coverage ends for any person, it cannot be reinstated. However, that person may obtain an individual conversion health care policy without evidence of insurability, if provided for under the terms of the Plan.
• Questions about COBRA Continuation Coverage, and notification of any changes in status or changes in address, should be directed to the Plan Administrator at the address below:

Seminole Community College
Office of Human Resources
100 Weldon Boulevard
Sanford, FL 32773-6199
Attention: COBRA Plan Administrator
Phone: 407.708.2097
Fax: 407.708.2359

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