Election of Continued Coverage. An employee eligible to continue coverage under this provision will be sent an application for continued coverage within 30 days after the Company receives notice, satisfactory to the Company, that the employee will be, or is, absent from employment for a period of Qualified Uniformed Service. If an employee wishes to have coverage continued, he or she must complete the application and return it to the Company within 60 days from the later of the date the application is sent or the date coverage otherwise would cancel.
Election of Continued Coverage. The Primary Enrollee’s employer shall notify Delta Dental in writing within 30 days of Qualifying Event 1. A Qualified Beneficiary must notify his or her employer or the administrator in writing within 60 days of Qualifying Events 2, 3, 4 or 5, or within 60 days of receiving the election notice from the employer. Otherwise, the option of continued coverage will be lost. Within 14 days of receiving notice of a Qualifying Event, the employer or the administrator will provide a Qualified Beneficiary with the necessary benefits information, monthly Premium charge, enrollment forms, and instructions to allow election of continued coverage. A Qualified Beneficiary will then have 60 days to give the employer or the administrator written notice of the election to continue coverage. Failure to provide this written notice of election to the employer or the administrator within 60 days will result in the loss of the right to continue coverage. A Qualified Beneficiary has 45 days from the written election of continued coverage to pay the initial Premium to his or her employer or the administrator, which includes the Premium for each month since the loss of coverage. Failure to pay the required Premium within the 45 days will result in loss of the right to continued coverage, and any Premiums received after that date will be returned to the Qualified Beneficiary.
