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Qualified Event

 
A Qualified Event is an event that creates a gain or loss of  eligibility such as:
  • Your legal marital status - marriage, divorce, annulment, legal separation or the death of a spouse or for domestic partner end of relationship.
  • Your number of dependents - birth, adoption or placement for adoption or the death of a dependent.
  • You or your spouse’s or domestic partner’s employment status (this means gain or loss of eligibility for regular full-time to less than regular part-time or vice versa or begins or returns from an unpaid leave of absence.
  • Your unmarried dependent child’s eligibility status - satisfying or failing to satisfy a Plan’s requirements regarding age or student status.
  • You or your spouse or domestic partner become Medicare eligible.
  • Your transfer of residence or work site that creates a change in your health plan coverage (from an HMO to an indemnity or vice versa).