Administrative Information

Continuing Your Coverage Under COBRA

Very Important Notice for you and your spouse (if covered) or your Domestic Partner (if covered)

On April 7, 1986, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”) was enacted (Public Law 99-272, Title X) requiring that most employers sponsoring group health plans offer employees and their families the opportunity for a temporary extension of health coverage (called “continuation coverage”) at group rates in certain instances where coverage under the plan would otherwise end.

You are receiving this notice because you are covered under a group health plan. This notice contains important information about your right to COBRA continuation coverage. This notice generally explains COBRA continuation coverage, when it may become available to you and your eligible family members, and what you need to do to protect the right to receive it.

Both you and your spouse or your Domestic Partner, if your spouse or Domestic Partner is currently covered under any of the group health plans sponsored by the University, should take the time to read this section of the summary plan description carefully and keep this summary plan description with your records.

While this Summary Plan Description summarizes the major provisions of this plan, it does not provide you with every plan detail. The plan documents, which govern this plan, provide full details. If there are any discrepancies between this Summary Plan Description and the legal plan documents, the legal plan documents control.