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Re: Open Enrollment / Divorice (in anticipation)

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Posted by Agent on December 16, 2008 at 11:25:01:

In Reply to: Open Enrollment / Divorice (in anticipation) posted by Bob Hale on December 10, 2008 at 10:42:09:

Bob:

Thank depends. Check your specific plan rules and contact your health plan administrator.

Agent

: Hello - I have done much researching on this subject and while my question seems 'simple' I cannot find the simple answer. Our company is currently in our Open Enrollment period, an active employee chooses to drop a spouse's coverage 'in anticipation' of a divorice (date of divorice so far unknown). Our Open Enrollment changes will be effective 1/1/09. How long does the active employee and/or the 'divoriced' spouse have to notify us of a qualifing event, where we would be required to offer the divoriced dependent spouse COBRA? All indications I have show me that the divorice would have to happen within 60 days that the active employee dropped the spouse dependent during our open enrollment... Is this correct?

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: Bob: : Thank depends. Check your specific plan rules and contact your health plan administrator. : Agent : : Hello - I have done much researching on this subject and while my question seems 'simple' I cannot find the simple answer. Our company is currently in our Open Enrollment period, an active employee chooses to drop a spouse's coverage 'in anticipation' of a divorice (date of divorice so far unknown). Our Open Enrollment changes will be effective 1/1/09. How long does the active employee and/or the 'divoriced' spouse have to notify us of a qualifing event, where we would be required to offer the divoriced dependent spouse COBRA? All indications I have show me that the divorice would have to happen within 60 days that the active employee dropped the spouse dependent during our open enrollment... Is this correct?

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