67:46:14:04Good cause for dropping insurance under a group health plan.

Good cause for dropping insurance under a group health plan exists if the insurance is dropped for reasons beyond the caretaker's control. Reasons for dropping the insurance include: (1) The cost of the insurance to cover the parent's children exceeds five percent of the nonmedicaid children's health insurance program family's gross income; (2) The parent providing the primary insurance is fired; (3) The parent providing the primary insurance voluntarily quits a job and has not started a new job; (4) The parent providing the primary insurance is laid off; (5) The parent providing the primary insurance becomes disabled; (6) The parent providing the primary insurance dies; (7) The parent providing the primary insurance starts a new job and there is a lapse in insurance or the new employer does not provide dependent coverage; or (8) The employer discontinued the insurance.

Source: 26 SDR 168, effective July 1, 2000; 41 SDR 7, effective July 29, 2014; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024.