Employee

Employees who lose coverage in a CU medical plan, dental plan, vision plan and/or the health care flexible spending account may enroll in COBRA continuation of coverage for the plan(s) in which they were enrolled, for the following reasons:

  • termination of employment (for reasons other than gross misconduct): 18 months of coverage
  • reduction of work hours: 18 months of coverage

A COBRA packet will be mailed to the employee's home by our third-party administrator, ASI.

Dependent of a Covered Employee

A dependent of a covered employee enrolled in a medical plan, dental plan, vision plan and/or the health care flexible spending account may choose COBRA continuation of coverage for the plan(s) in which he/she was enrolled for one of the following reasons:

  • termination of covered employee: 18 months of coverage
  • reduction of covered employee's work hours: 18 months of coverage
  • death of employee: 36 months of coverage
  • divorce, legal separation, or termination of relationship: 36 months of coverage
  • employee becomes Medicare-eligible (dependent only): 36 months of coverage
  • child loses eligibility: 36 months of coverage

ASI, CU's third-party COBRA administrator, will mail a COBRA packet to the affected employee's home.

COBRA Continuation Coverage Rights - Annual Notice

COBRA Disability Extension

A qualified beneficiary (employee or dependent) under COBRA may be eligible for an additional 11 months of coverage (for a total of 29 months) if:

  • he/she was offered COBRA coverage due to the employee's termination of employment or reduction in hours;
  • the Social Security Administration determines that he/she is disabled; (PERA members without sufficient Social Security must have a disability determination from PERA)
  • he/she is disabled at any time during the first 60 days of COBRA continuation of coverage; AND
  • he/she notifies the plan administrator (ASI) of the disability determination within 60 days of the date it's issued and before the end of the original 18-month period of COBRA continuation of coverage.
Download the COBRA cost sheet.