Common use of CONTRACTHOLDER RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS Clause in Contracts

CONTRACTHOLDER RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. In addition, the Employer agrees to get the Employee's signed acknowledgment of an explicit written notice in bold type specifying that failure to elect coverage during the initial enrollment period permits the Plan to impose, at the time of the Employee's later decision to elect coverage, an exclusion from coverage for a period of 12 months, or at the Employer’s next Open Enrollment Period, whichever is earlier, unless the Employee meets the criteria specified in paragraph 1. of the definition of Late Enrollee. Blue Shield will not consider applications for earlier effective dates.