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Continue your coverage with an ODS Portability Plan

Did you know that even if you lose your group health coverage, you may still be able to continue having health insurance through ODS? If you are an employee or member whose coverage terminated under an ODS group medical benefit plan, you may be eligible to enroll in an ODS Portability Plan.

All of your dependents may also get coverage under the ODS Portability Plan, provided that your dependents were covered under your prior plan. Dependents include your spouse and dependent children.

Eligibility for coverage under a portability plan also extends to:

A surviving spouse of a deceased individual
Each surviving child of a deceased individual
A spouse or any child who no longer qualifies as your family

This assumes that each such person was covered under your prior plan.

Requirements
You are eligible for portability coverage under this agreement if you meet all of the following requirements:

You have been continuously covered (not counting any employment probationary period prior to coverage) for 180 days or more under one or more Oregon group health benefits plans, or you meet the eligibility requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
You have applied for portability coverage no later than the 63rd day after termination of your prior coverage.
You are not eligible for prior group coverage or would remain eligible for prior group coverage under the Federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, were it not for action by the plan sponsor relating to actual or expected health condition(s) of the individual.
You are not covered under another health benefit plan at the time that portability coverage would begin.
You are not eligible for the federal Medicare program.
You are an Oregon resident.

Spouse’s eligibility
Your spouse is eligible for coverage if he or she is under 65 years of age and is not covered under another health benefit plan.

Children’s eligibility
Your children are eligible if they are under age 26 and are not covered under another health benefit plan. A child is also eligible, up to age 26, if a court or administrative order requires you to provide health insurance.

Plans
You must choose the plan below that is consistent with the plan you had with your former employer.

Managed care plan | Rates | Application
PPO plan | Rates | Application

Automatic payments
It’s easy to set up automatic payments for your coverage, so you don’t have to worry about remembering your premiums every month. Just submit an electronic funds transfer form.

Submission
Submit all documents to:

ODS
Attn: Portability — 10th Floor
601 S.W. 2nd Ave., Ste. 900
Portland, OR 97204-9747