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<br />c) For your own serious health condition. <br /> <br />d) If your FMLA leave is ... paid leave, your pay will be reduced by your before-tax <br />contributions as usual for the coverage level in effect on the date your FMLA leave <br />begins. If your FMLA leave is unpaid, you will be required to pay your contributions <br />directly to the employer until you return to active pay status. <br /> <br />e) If you notify your employer that you are terminating employment during your FMLA <br />leave, your coverage will end on the date of your notification. If you do not return to <br />work on your expected FMLA return date, and you do not notify your employer of your <br />intent either to terminate your employrnent or to extend the period of leave, your <br />coverage will end on the date you were expected to return. <br /> <br />f) You may not change your Plan elections during your FMLA leave unless an open <br />enrollment occurs or you are on a paid FMLA leave and you have a change in status <br />event or a special enrollment event under The Health Insurance Portability and <br />Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). <br /> <br />Military leaves of absence. If you are absent from work due to military service, you may <br />elect to continue coverage under the Plan (including coverage for enrolled Dependents) for <br />up to 18 months from the first day. of absence (or, if earlier, until the day after the date you <br />are required to apply for or return to active employment with your employer under the <br />Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)). Your <br />contributions for continued coverage will be the same as for similarly situated active <br />participants in the Plan. <br /> <br />a) Whether or not you continue coverage during military service, you may reinstate <br />coverage under the Plan option you elected on your return to ernployment under <br />USERRA. The reinstatement will be without any waiting period otherwise required <br />under the Plan, except to the extent that you had not fully completed any required <br />waiting period prior to the start of the military service. <br /> <br />9.06 Conversion after Continuation Coverage. See Section 8.02. <br /> <br />f) <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />9.05.02 <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />9.07 Extension of benefits. In the event this Contract is terminated for any reason, except nonpayment of <br />premium or as set forth in Subsection 9.07.03, such termination shall be without prejudice to any <br />continuous losses to a Member which commenced while this Contract was in force, but any extension of <br />benefits beyond the date of termination shall be predicated upon the continuous Total Disability as <br />defined in Section 3.48, of the Member and shall be limited to payment for the treatment of a specific <br />accident or illness incurred while coverage under this Contract was effective. <br /> <br />9.07.01 <br /> <br />9.07.02 <br /> <br />A V -01 00-2009 <br />MP-5319 (10/09) <br /> <br />The extension of benefits covered under this Contract shall be limited to the occurrence of <br />the earliest of the following events: <br /> <br />a) The expiration of 12 months; <br /> <br />b) Such time as the Member is no longer totally disabled; <br /> <br />c) A succeeding carrier elects to provide replacement coverage without limitation as to the <br />disability condition; or <br /> <br />d) The maximum benefits payable under this Contract have been paid. <br /> <br />In the case of maternity coverage, when not covered by the succeeding carrier, a reasonable <br />extension of this Contract's benefits will be provided to cover maternity expenses for a <br />covered pregnancy that commenced while the policy was in effect. The extension shall be <br />for the period of that pregnancy only and shall not he based upon Total Disability. <br /> <br />20 <br />