Coverage Continuation

Please contact your Business Office should you have a qualifying event and wish to continue your coverage.

COBRA
Under certain circumstances the law prescribes that you and/or your covered dependents may continue coverage, at your own expense, if you have a COBRA qualifying event.

Retirees
Retirees may have the option to continue benefits into retirement or enroll in the State Health Benefits plan for coverage into retirement.

NJ Dependents to Age 31 (Chapter 375)
The State of New Jersey has issued final regulations for legislation (Public Law 2005, Chapter 375) giving eligible dependents the option to maintain dependent coverage up to age 31.

Notice of Creditable Coverage
The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) requires entities (whose policies include prescription drug coverage) to notify Medicare eligible policyholders whether their prescription drug coverage is creditable coverage, which means that the coverage is expected to pay on average as much as the standard Medicare prescription drug coverage. Accordingly, this information is essential to an individual’s decision whether to enroll in a Medicare.

For a copy of the Notice of Creditable Coverage, Click Here.

For more information on Medicare and prescription drug coverage, visit the Medicare website at www.medicare.gov.