Source: http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=&r=SECTION&n=26y17.0.1.1.5.0.1.18
Timestamp: 2014-07-31 11:29:09
Document Index: 459875449

Matched Legal Cases: ['§54', '§54', '§54', '§54', '§54', '§54']

§54.4980B-0 Table of contents.This section contains first a list of the section headings and then a list of the questions in each section in §§54.4980B-1 through 54.4980B-10.
§54.4980B-9 Business reorganizations and employer withdrawals from multiemployer plans. §54.4980B-10 Interaction of FMLA and COBRA.
Q-5: Aside from open enrollment periods, can a qualified beneficiary who has elected COBRA continuation coverage choose to cover individuals (such as newborn children, adopted children, or new spouses) who join the qualified beneficiary's family on or after the date of the qualifying event? §54.4980B-6 Electing COBRA continuation coverage.
Q-1: For purposes of this section, what are a business reorganization, a stock sale, and an asset sale? Q-2: In the case of a stock sale, what are the selling group, the acquired organization, and the buying group? Q-3: In the case of an asset sale, what are the selling group and the buying group? Q-4: Who is an M&A qualified beneficiary? Q-5: In the case of a stock sale, is the sale a qualifying event with respect to a covered employee who is employed by the acquired organization before the sale and who continues to be employed by the acquired organization after the sale, or with respect to the spouse or dependent children of such a covered employee? Q-6: In the case of an asset sale, is the sale a qualifying event with respect to a covered employee whose employment immediately before the sale was associated with the purchased assets, or with respect to the spouse or dependent children of such a covered employee who are covered under a group health plan of the selling group immediately before the sale? Q-7: In a business reorganization, are the buying group and the selling group permitted to allocate by contract the responsibility to make COBRA continuation coverage available to M&A qualified beneficiaries? Q-8: Which group health plan has the obligation to make COBRA continuation coverage available to M&A qualified beneficiaries in a business reorganization? Q-9: Can the cessation of contributions by an employer to a multiemployer group health plan be a qualifying event? Q-10: If an employer stops contributing to a multiemployer group health plan, does the multiemployer plan have the obligation to make COBRA continuation coverage available to a qualified beneficiary who was receiving coverage under the multiemployer plan on the day before the cessation of contributions and who is, or whose qualifying event occurred in connection with, a covered employee whose last employment prior to the qualifying event was with the employer that has stopped contributing to the multiemployer plan? §54.4980B-10 Interaction of FMLA and COBRA. Q-1: In what circumstances does a qualifying event occur if an employee does not return from leave taken under FMLA? Q-2: If a qualifying event described in Q&A-1 of this section occurs, when does it occur, and how is the maximum coverage period measured? Q-3: If an employee fails to pay the employee portion of premiums for coverage under a group health plan during FMLA leave or declines coverage under a group health plan during FMLA leave, does this affect the determination of whether or when the employee has experienced a qualifying event? Q-4: Is the application of the rules in Q&A-1 through Q&A-3 of this section affected by a requirement of state or local law to provide a period of coverage longer than that required under FMLA? Q-5: May COBRA continuation coverage be conditioned upon reimbursement of the premiums paid by the employer for coverage under a group health plan during FMLA leave?