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How Can I Get More Information?

For more information about your coverage offered by your employer, please check your summary plan description or
contact the Human Resource Team at human.resources@co.mclennan.tx.us or 214 N. 4th Street, Suite 200, Waco, Texas
76701; or by calling (254)-757-5158.

The Marketplace can help you evaluate your coverage options, including your eligibility for coverage through the
Marketplace and its cost. Please visit HealthCare.gov for more information, including an online application for health
insurance coverage and contact information for a Health Insurance Marketplace in your area.

*An employer-sponsored health plan meets the "minimum value standard" if the plan's share of the total allowed
benefit costs covered by the plan is no less than 60 percent of such costs.

Affordable Healthcare Act Coverage Requirements
Under the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA), McLennan County is required to offer health benefits to employees who
average at least 30 hours of work per week. The County determines who is eligible for coverage based on the following
the three stage administrative procedure outlined by the ACA.

Measurement Period
This is a time period 12 months in length during which the County looks at an employee’s work history to determine
whether or not that employee has worked more than 30 hours a week on average. If yes then that employee is
considered a full-time equivalent employee.

Administrative Period
This is the period of time – not more than 90 days during which the County will be doing the measurement, making the
determination of whether or not an employee is a full-time employee and notifying them of their status and eligibility.

Stability Period
Once the County has determined and notified the employee of their full-time status, employees will be considered full-
time for a stability period, which can be no less than the measurement period. At the end of the stability period, you
may again measure the employee’s status.

General Notice of Cobra Continuation Coverage Rights

Continuation Coverage Rights Under Cobra
You’re getting this notice because you recently gained coverage under a McLennan County Employee Health Plan (the
Plan). This notice has important information about your right to COBRA continuation coverage, which is a temporary
extension of coverage under the Plan. This notice generally explains COBRA continuation coverage, when it may become
available to you and your family, and what you need to do to protect the right to receive it.

Read this notice carefully to help understand your COBRA rights. Keep in mind that when you become eligible for
COBRA, you may also become eligible for other coverage options that may cost less than COBRA continuation coverage.

The right to COBRA continuation coverage was created by a federal law, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). COBRA continuation coverage can become available to you when you would
otherwise lose your group health coverage. It can also become available to other members of your family who are

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