What will happen to my EUTF (Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund) health and life insurance benefits if I am laid off?
A22: Your health benefits coverage (medical, drug, dental, vision, chiropractic) will stop on the last day of the pay period in which your employment is terminated. So, for example, if your employment was terminated on September 25, 2009, your health benefits coverage will stop on September 30, 2009. You will be able to continue your health benefits coverage through COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act). The EUTF will mail a “COBRA Continuation Coverage Election Notice” and a “Continuation Coverage (COBRA) Election Form” directly to you with instructions and information regarding COBRA, so please be sure to notify the EUTF if you have any change in your mailing address. You will have 60 days after receiving the Notice or your termination date, whichever is later, to decide whether you want continued health coverage under COBRA or not.
