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<br />. . .,. - ." . .,... ,.^,~ <br /> <br /> <br />NOTICE TO PLAN PARTICIPANTS REGARDING THE CITY OF PARIS' <br />ELECTION UNDER 42 U.S.C. 300 GG-21 <br /> <br />This is to notify you that Federal Law imDoses UDon erOUD health D1ans certain limitations <br /> <br />of pre-existine condition exclusion Deriods. sDecial enrollment Deriods for individuals (and <br /> <br />deDendents) losine other coveral!e. Drohibitions aeainst discriminatinl! aeainst individual <br /> <br />particiDants and beneficiaries based on health status. standards relatinl! to benefits for <br /> <br />mothers and newborns. Daritv in the aDDlication of certain limits to mental health benefits. <br /> <br />and a woman's ril!ht to treatment ofthe unaffected breast followin~ a mastectomv. Federal <br /> <br />law allows a non-federal governmental plan (such as the City of Paris' D1an) to exemDt its <br /> <br />plan in whole or in Dart from these reauirements. The City of Paris has elected to be <br /> <br />exemDt from the followinl! reauirements: limitations on Dre-existine condition exclusion <br /> <br />Deriods: sDecia1 enrollment periods for individuals (and deDendents) 10sinl! coveraee: <br /> <br />Drohibitions al!ainst discriminatinl! al!ainst individual DarticiDants and beneficiaries based <br /> <br />on health status: standards reIatin!! to benefits for mothers and newborns: Daritv in the <br /> <br />aDDlication of certain limits to mental health benefits: :and a woman's ril!ht to treatment of <br /> <br />the affected breast and reconstructive sureerv followine a mastectomv. Because of this <br /> <br />election. emDlovees and deDendents will be subiect to benefit limits even if thev had 12 or <br /> <br />18 months of coveral!e under another D1an within the last 63 days. the duration of a <br /> <br />hosnita1 confinement for a mother and newborn followin!! the birth of a child will be <br /> <br />determined on medical necessity. and mental health benefits have an annual maximum <br /> <br />which is less than the maximums for other medical conditions. Even thoueh the Dlan is <br /> <br />exemDt. emD10vees and deDendents will he able to enroll ifthev have a aualifvin!! event <br /> <br />durine the D1an vearas set forth in this booklet and no individual will he declined coveraee <br />