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.
Subchapter
005
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GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE TERMINATION AND REPLACEMENT
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 4048c)
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§ 4048c. Notice of termination
(a) A notice of termination of a health insurer’s group health insurance policy or subscriber
contract shall:
(1) request the group policyholder or other entity involved to notify employees or members
covered under the policy or subscriber contract of the date of termination of the
policy or contract and to advise the employees or members that, unless otherwise provided
in the policy or contract, the health insurer shall not be liable for claims for losses
incurred after such date; and
(2) advise, in any instance in which the plan involves employee contributions, that if
the policyholder or other entity continues to collect contributions for the coverage
beyond the date of termination, the policyholder or other entity may be held solely
liable for the benefits with respect to which the contributions have been collected.
(b) The health insurer giving notice of termination shall prepare and furnish to the policyholder
or other entity at the time of notice a supply of a notice form to be distributed
to covered employees or members. The form shall state the fact of termination and
the effective date of termination. The form shall contain a statement directing employees
or members to refer to their certificates or contracts in order to determine their
rights. (Recodified and amended 2025, No. 11, § 2, eff. September 1, 2025.)