How long can coverage continuation extend?
Employees may continue 18 months with or without their dependents. A member who is deemed Medicare-disabled retroactively within the first 60 days of being on COBRA may extend to 29 months. Dependent Qualifying Events allow continuation for 36 months. (This does not apply to Adult Children who are no longer eligible. COBRA is not available to an Adult Child covered under Chapter 375 in N.J. unless the employee or parent has a Qualifying Event and elects continuation.) Reservists may elect continuation coverage for 24 months.
