Good 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. (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. (2) The parent providing the primary insurance is fired;
3. (3) The parent providing the primary insurance voluntarily quits a job and has not started a new job;
4. (4) The parent providing the primary insurance is laid off;
5. (5) The parent providing the primary insurance becomes disabled;
6. (6) The parent providing the primary insurance dies;
7. (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. (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 .

General Authority: SDCL 28-6-1 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 28-6-1 .

Prior versions effective: 2014-07-29, 2000-07-01.