This text of Nebraska § 44-5244 (Late enrollee, defined) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Nebraska primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Late enrollee shall mean an eligible employee or dependent who requests enrollment in a health benefit plan of a small employer following the initial enrollment period during which the individual is entitled to enroll under the terms of the health benefit plan if the initial enrollment period is a period of at least thirty days. An eligible employee or dependent shall not be considered a late enrollee if:
(1)The individual meets the following:
(a)The individual was covered under creditable coverage at the time of the initial enrollment;
(b)The individual lost coverage under creditable coverage as a result of termination of employment or eligibility, reduction in the number of hours of employment, the involuntary termination of the creditable coverage, the death of a spouse, divorce, or
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Late enrollee shall mean an eligible employee or dependent who requests enrollment in a health benefit plan of a small employer following the initial enrollment period during which the individual is entitled to enroll under the terms of the health benefit plan if the initial enrollment period is a period of at least thirty days. An eligible employee or dependent shall not be considered a late enrollee if:
(1) The individual meets the following:
(a) The individual was covered under creditable coverage at the time of the initial enrollment;
(b) The individual lost coverage under creditable coverage as a result of termination of employment or eligibility, reduction in the number of hours of employment, the involuntary termination of the creditable coverage, the death of a spouse, divorce, or legal separation; and
(c) The individual requests enrollment within thirty days after termination of the creditable coverage;
(2) The individual is employed by an employer which offers multiple health benefit plans and the individual elects a different plan during an open enrollment period;
(3) A court has ordered coverage be provided for a spouse or a minor or dependent child under a covered employee's health benefit plan and the request for enrollment is made within thirty days after issuance of the court order; or
(4) The individual had coverage under a COBRA continuation provision and the coverage under that provision was exhausted.