Return to Covered Employment

If your pension is suspended, in whole or in part, because you return to Covered Employment, you may elect retiree non-subsidized COBRA coverage.  If you select retiree non-subsidized COBRA coverage you can retain your retiree health benefits during the period of time necessary to establish health benefits under the Active Plan subject to the maximum time limits under COBRA.  To do this, you must make a COBRA payment for each month, beginning the first month that your pension is suspended.  Contact the Administrative Office for full details and the amount you will be required to pay.

Unless you establish eligibility under the Active Health Plan, your eligibility for retiree health coverage resumes in the month the Pension Fund next issues a full pension check(s).  If you establish eligibility under the Active Health Plan and then cease suspendible employment, your eligibility for retiree health coverage resumes the later of the next month the Pension Fund issues a full pension check(s) or the month following the last month in which you were eligible under the Active Health Plan.