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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.25.01.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="25" chapter_num="01" heading="Employee Eligibility.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An eligible employee of a small employer is eligible to receive the premium subsidy if, at the time of initial application and at the time of each renewal application:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The small employer meets the requirements of Regulation .04 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The eligible employee enrolls in a health benefit plan offered by the small employer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The eligible employee completes and signs the subsidy application; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The eligible employee complies with the regulations of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An eligible employee applying for a premium subsidy for other than individual coverage shall satisfy the conditions described in Regulation .06 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>At the time of initial application for the premium subsidy and at the time of each renewal application, each employee subsidy applicant shall complete, sign, and submit to a licensed insurance producer a form designated by the Commission which includes the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The type of coverage selected by the employee subsidy applicant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Information requested by the Commission about any insurance coverage carried by the employee subsidy applicant or the applicant's family members during the 3 months immediately before the employee subsidy applicant's initial application for the premium subsidy;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Acknowledgement that the employee subsidy applicant's share of the premium will be deducted through a Section 125 payroll deduction plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If other than individual coverage is sought, an affidavit regarding the family's adjusted gross income and an agreement to provide documentation of the family's adjusted gross income to the Commission on request; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Other information considered appropriate by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Unless allowed under Regulation .08 of this chapter, the following individuals are ineligible to receive a premium subsidy:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A former employee eligible for Continuation of Coverage under COMAR 31.11.04;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Divorced spouses eligible for Continuation of Coverage under COMAR 31.11.02; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Surviving spouses eligible for Continuation of Coverage under COMAR 31.11.03.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>