CONTRACTHOLDER RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS Sample Clauses

CONTRACTHOLDER RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. In addition, the Employer agrees to get the Employee's signed acknowledgment of an explicit written notice in bold type specifying that failure to elect coverage during the initial enrollment period permits the Plan to impose, at the time of the Employee's later decision to elect coverage, an exclusion from coverage for a period of 12 months, or at the Employer’s next Open Enrollment Period, whichever is earlier, unless the Employee meets the criteria specified in paragraph 1. of the definition of Late Enrollee. Blue Shield will not consider applications for earlier effective dates.

CONTRACTHOLDER RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. If the Contractholder or any Subscriber or Dependent fails to meet its obligations under the Contract and COBRA, Blue Shield shall not be liable for any claims of the Subscriber or Dependent after his/her termination of coverage, except as expressly provided in other applicable provisions of the Contract. The Contractholder is solely responsible for all aspects of the administration of COBRA and any amendments with respect to the group health coverage provided by this Contract. The obligations of the Contractholder, in the event that federal continuation of coverage requirements of COBRA apply to the Contractholder, include the following: a. Contractholder or its COBRA administrator will complete and timely provide all notices and enrollment forms to all eligible Subscribers and Dependents (including the initial notice of COBRA rights) required under COBRA. b. Contractholder or its COBRA administrator will establish procedures to verify eligibility for COBRA coverage and receive COBRA election forms from Qualified Beneficiaries. c. The Contractholder will notify its COBRA administrator (or the Plan administrator if the Contractholder does not have a COBRA administrator) of the Subscriber's death, termination, or reduction of hours of employment, or of the Subscriber's Medicare entitlement, or the Employer's (Contractholder's) filing for reorganization under Title XI, United States Code. d. Contractholder or its COBRA administrator will establish a determination date upon which applicable COBRA rates may be annually changed and determine the applicable premium amount for qualified COBRA beneficiaries in accordance with its Contract with Blue Shield, adding the 2% administrative fee permitted by COBRA. e. Contractholder or its COBRA administrator will bill and collect premiums from COBRA Qualified Beneficiaries, and provide timely notification of nonpayment of COBRA continuation coverage premiums, per the terms of the Contract and COBRA. f. Contractholder or its COBRA administrator will remit premiums to Blue Shield on behalf of the COBRA qualified beneficiary until Blue Shield receives notice from the Contractholder that such beneficiary is no longer entitled to COBRA coverage. g. Contractholder or its COBRA administrator will provide notification of continuation of coverage rights to the extent required by COBRA or any other federal or state laws as applicable, on termination of COBRA coverage. The Contractholder or its COBRA administrator is responsible f...

CONTRACTHOLDER RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. Contractholder may ensure electronic distribution of the EOC to Subscribers by one of the following methods: (1) by posting the EOC in a read-only format on an intranet site which is accessed by Employees of Contractholder; (2) by emailing the EOC directly to Subscribers; or (3) by providing Subscribers with Blue Shield’s instructions for accessing the EOC from the Blue Shield website. If Contractholder posts the electronic EOC on its intranet site, it shall do so in such a way so as to permit Employees of Contractholder to download and print a complete and accurate copy of the EOC. Contractholder will notify Employees enrolled with Blue Shield that the EOC for their plan is available to review, download and print from Contractholder’s intranet site, and will provide Subscribers with reasonable and appropriate instructions by which to access and print the document from its intranet site. Contractholder will provide a hard copy of the EOC to an Employee upon request. If Blue Shield receives an inquiry from an Employee of the Contractholder regarding obtaining a copy of the EOC, Blue Shield will refer that individual to Contractholder’s human resources benefits staff with instructions that a copy of the EOC is available from Contractholder on request. Contractholder has the option to request a supply of hard copies of the EOC in an amount not to exceed 10% of the total subscriber count at no additional charge. In the event Blue Shield reasonably concludes that Contractholder is either using the electronic EOC in a matter not permitted by this Agreement or is not providing Subscribers with access to the EOC in accordance herewith, then Blue Shield will print copies of the EOC, and Contractholder will cooperate with Blue Shield to ensure that printed copies of the EOC are timely provided to all Employees of Contractholder enrolled with Blue Shield. Contractholder agrees to reimburse Blue Shield for the reasonable cost of printing and delivering the EOC documents. D. Notice of Cancellation for Nonpayment of Premiums and Grace Period or Notice of Cancellation, Rescission or Nonrenewal