The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 8 : Banking and Insurance
Chapter 107 : Health Insurance
Subchapter 004 : CONTINUATION AND CONVERSION OF GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 4047b)-
§ 4047b. Continuation; notice; terms
(a) A person electing continuation shall notify the health insurer, or the policyholder, or the contractor, or agent for the group if the policyholder did not contract for the policy directly with the health insurer, of such election in writing within 60 days after receiving notice following the occurrence of a qualifying event pursuant to subsection 4047a(e) of this title. Notice of election to continue under the group policy shall be accompanied by the initial contribution, which shall include payment for the period from the qualifying event through the end of the month in which the election is made.
(b) Contributions shall be due on a monthly basis in advance to the health insurer or the health insurer’s agent and shall not be more than 102 percent of the group rate for the insurance being continued under the group policy on the due date of each payment. (Recodified and amended 2025, No. 11, § 2, eff. September 1, 2025.)
