Connecticut General Statutes 38a-513e – Premium payment by employer following employee termination. Exceptions. Right to continuation of coverage following relocation or closing of covered establishment not affected
(a) In the event (1) an employer, as defined in section 31-58, terminates an employee for any reason other than layoff or relocation or closing of a covered establishment, as defined in section 31-51n, or (2) an employee voluntarily terminates employment with an employer, such employer may elect not to pay the premium for such employee and any such employee’s dependents under a group health insurance policy after the date of such employee’s termination. In the event such employer makes such election, any insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or fraternal benefit society that issues such group health insurance policy shall credit such employer the amount of any premium paid by such employer with respect to such policy for such employee and such employee’s dependents attributable to the period after the date of such employee’s termination, provided the employer notifies the insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or fraternal benefit society that issued such policy and the terminated employee not later than seventy-two hours after the termination. Upon the issuance or renewal of such policy, such insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or fraternal benefit society shall provide such employer with relevant information related to such employer’s election, including a notice that it is the employer’s responsibility to remit to the terminated employee such employee’s portion of the credited premium. Any such credit shall be applied to the employer’s next month‘s premium. In the event of nonrenewal of such policy, the insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or fraternal benefit society shall refund such credit to the employer.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-513e
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Insurance: means any agreement to pay a sum of money, provide services or any other thing of value on the happening of a particular event or contingency or to provide indemnity for loss in respect to a specified subject by specified perils in return for a consideration. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Policy: means any document, including attached endorsements and riders, purporting to be an enforceable contract, which memorializes in writing some or all of the terms of an insurance contract. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, (1) any contractual agreement entered into through collective bargaining that requires the employer to pay the premium for an employee under a group health insurance policy after the date of such employee’s termination shall supersede the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, and (2) no credit shall be available to an employer for any employee’s and employee’s dependents’ coverage for the seventy-two hours immediately following the termination of such employee.
(c) Any right of an employee and his dependents to continuation of coverage following the relocation or closing of a covered establishment, as set forth in section 31-51o, shall not be affected by the provisions of this section.