Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) The coverage of an employee and such employee's eligible dependents shall terminate whenever such employee's eligibility shall cease for any of the reasons given in (c) below.
(b) The effective date of termination shall be the last day of the coverage period corresponding to the payroll period or month in which the last payroll deduction was made from the employee's salary for coverage, if any are required, or the last charge shall have been paid by the State for the employee's and/or the employee's dependents' coverage or by the local employer for the employee and/or the employee's dependents, as the case may be.
(c) Coverage for the employee and the employee's dependents will terminate if:
1. The subscriber voluntarily terminates coverage;
2. The employee terminates employment;
3. The employee's hours are reduced so the employee no longer qualifies for coverage as a full-time employee. An employee whose coverage terminated as a result of a change from full-time to part-time status cannot be reenrolled until the employee has reestablished eligibility for coverage by serving the normal waiting period prescribed for new enrollees. In no event will the waiting period include any part-time service rendered by the employee;
4. The employee is on a leave of absence and the employee does not make required premium payments. The coverage of an eligible employee and of an employee's dependents during any period of authorized leave of absence without pay shall terminate on the last day of the second coverage period following the last payroll period or month for which the employee received a salary payment if the total charge for the coverage is not paid by the employee;
5. The employee enters the Armed Forces, is eligible for government-sponsored health services and is not receiving differential pay from the State or local employer;
6. The subscriber's employer ceases to participate in the SHBP;
7. The subscriber dies;
8. The employee is suspended; or
9. The employee is on a furlough or extended furlough and fails to make required premium payments in advance.
(d) In addition to the above, coverage for dependents will end if:
1. The dependent no longer meets the SHBP definition of an eligible dependent found at 17:9-3.1;
2. The dependent dies;
3. The dependent enters the Armed Forces;
4. The subscriber fails to make required premium payment(s) for dependents; or
5. A covered child becomes eligible for SHBP or SEHBP coverage due to employment, unless the child waives that coverage in order to continue coverage as a dependent under a parent's SHBP plan.
