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Special Notices
Women’s Health and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Cancer Rights Act FMLA provides eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave
Notice for certain family, medical, and military reasons . An employee may be eligible if he
Centennial is required by law to provide or she has worked for the Company for at least one year and at least 1,250 hours
during the previous 12 months . For the duration of FMLA leave, the Company will
you with the following notice:
maintain the employee’s medical insurance under the group health plan as long as the
The Women’s Health and Cancer employee submits payment for the employee’s portion of the premium in advance .
Rights Act of 1998 (“WHCRA”) provides Any employee who has qualiied for Short Term Disability and Workers’ Compensation
certain protections for individuals Leave will be assigned FMLA leave and it will run concurrently with the other disability
receiving mastectomy-related beneits. programs .
Coverage will be provided in a manner
determined in consultation with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
attending physician and the patient, for: (COBRA)
All stages of reconstruction of the Employees or their families who lose medical, dental or vision insurance coverage
breast on which the mastectomy because of termination of employment, death, divorce or other life events may be
was performed; able to continue coverage under the employer’s group health plan for themselves and
Surgery and reconstruction of their families for a limited period of time .
the other breast to produce a
symmetrical appearance; Our COBRA functions are outsourced to Quality Beneits, our Third Party Administrator.
Prostheses; and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Treatment of physical complications Act (HIPAA)
of the mastectomy, including
lymphedemas . The Company is permitted to make disclosures of protected health information for
enrollment and payment of our healthcare operations . The Company is permitted or
The Centennial Health Plan provides required, under speciic circumstances, to use or disclose protected health information
coverage for mastectomies and the without the individual’s written authorization . Other uses and disclosures will be made
related procedures listed above, only with the individual’s written authorization, and the individual may revoke such
subject to the same deductibles and authorization at any time . It is our intent only to engage in operations with respect to
coinsurance applicable to other medical our group health plans, and we shall only disclose protected health information to the
and surgical beneits provided under sponsor of the plan or business agents representing the Company and those plans .
this plan .
If you would like more information
on WHCRA beneits, please refer to
your policy booklet or contact Human
Resources .
20 2017–18 Benefits Enrollment
Women’s Health and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Cancer Rights Act FMLA provides eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave
Notice for certain family, medical, and military reasons . An employee may be eligible if he
Centennial is required by law to provide or she has worked for the Company for at least one year and at least 1,250 hours
during the previous 12 months . For the duration of FMLA leave, the Company will
you with the following notice:
maintain the employee’s medical insurance under the group health plan as long as the
The Women’s Health and Cancer employee submits payment for the employee’s portion of the premium in advance .
Rights Act of 1998 (“WHCRA”) provides Any employee who has qualiied for Short Term Disability and Workers’ Compensation
certain protections for individuals Leave will be assigned FMLA leave and it will run concurrently with the other disability
receiving mastectomy-related beneits. programs .
Coverage will be provided in a manner
determined in consultation with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
attending physician and the patient, for: (COBRA)
All stages of reconstruction of the Employees or their families who lose medical, dental or vision insurance coverage
breast on which the mastectomy because of termination of employment, death, divorce or other life events may be
was performed; able to continue coverage under the employer’s group health plan for themselves and
Surgery and reconstruction of their families for a limited period of time .
the other breast to produce a
symmetrical appearance; Our COBRA functions are outsourced to Quality Beneits, our Third Party Administrator.
Prostheses; and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Treatment of physical complications Act (HIPAA)
of the mastectomy, including
lymphedemas . The Company is permitted to make disclosures of protected health information for
enrollment and payment of our healthcare operations . The Company is permitted or
The Centennial Health Plan provides required, under speciic circumstances, to use or disclose protected health information
coverage for mastectomies and the without the individual’s written authorization . Other uses and disclosures will be made
related procedures listed above, only with the individual’s written authorization, and the individual may revoke such
subject to the same deductibles and authorization at any time . It is our intent only to engage in operations with respect to
coinsurance applicable to other medical our group health plans, and we shall only disclose protected health information to the
and surgical beneits provided under sponsor of the plan or business agents representing the Company and those plans .
this plan .
If you would like more information
on WHCRA beneits, please refer to
your policy booklet or contact Human
Resources .
20 2017–18 Benefits Enrollment
