{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s300bb\u20133","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f300bb\u20133.","heading":"Qualifying event","text":"\u00a7\u202f300bb\u20133.\nQualifying event\nFor purposes of this subchapter, the term \u201cqualifying event\u201d means, with respect to any covered employee, any of the following events which, but for the continuation coverage required under this subchapter, would result in the loss of coverage of a qualified beneficiary:\n(1) The death of the covered employee.\n(2) The termination (other than by reason of such employee\u2019s gross misconduct), or reduction of hours, of the covered employee\u2019s employment.\n(3) The divorce or legal separation of the covered employee from the employee\u2019s spouse.\n(4) The covered employee becoming entitled to benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act [\n42 U.S.C. 1395\n(5) A dependent child ceasing to be a dependent child under the generally applicable requirements of the plan.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s300bb\u20133.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300bb\u20133","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f300bb\u20133."},{"t":"heading","text":"Qualifying event","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this subchapter, the term \u201cqualifying event\u201d means, with respect to any covered employee, any of the following events which, but for the continuation coverage required under this subchapter, would result in the loss of coverage of a qualified beneficiary:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300bb\u20133/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The death of the covered employee.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300bb\u20133/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The termination (other than by reason of such employee\u2019s gross misconduct), or reduction of hours, of the covered employee\u2019s employment.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300bb\u20133/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The divorce or legal separation of the covered employee from the employee\u2019s spouse.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300bb\u20133/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" The covered employee becoming entitled to benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 1395","href":"/us/usc/t42/s1395","tail":" et seq.]."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300bb\u20133/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" A dependent child ceasing to be a dependent child under the generally applicable requirements of the plan.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}