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SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION

Events that Apply to Spouse or Domestic Partner

    • Your spouse or domestic partner stopped working for an employer that
      participates in the Fund, or your spouse or domestic partner’s hours were
      reduced causing loss of coverage, or your benefits were terminated after
      your spouse or domestic partner’s grievance arbitration was resolved and
      your spouse or domestic partner was not reinstated provided that not
      more than 18 months has passed since his or her termination and he or
      she has not been reinstated, or

    • Your spouse or domestic partner dies, or becomes covered by Medicare,
      or

    • You are divorced from your spouse or have terminated your domestic
      partnership, or

    • Your spouse or domestic partner has retired and exhausted his or her
      employer-funded post-retirement benefits.

Events that Apply to Dependent Children

(Dependents include eligible dependent children. NOTE: The definition
of dependent includes any newborn child or child adopted or placed with you for
adoption if you have notified the Fund within thirty (30) days of the birth, adoption or
placement for adoption.)

    • Your parent ceases to be employed by an employer that participates in
      the Fund, or your parent’s hours are reduced causing loss of coverage, or
      your benefits were terminated after your parent’s grievance arbitration was
      resolved and your parent was not reinstated,

    • Your parent is divorced from or has terminated a domestic partnership
      with the parent who is employed by an employer that participates in the
      Fund, or

    • Your parent has retired and exhausted his or her employer-funded post-retirement
      benefits; or

    • You cease to be a "dependent" under the terms of the group health plan
      because of your age or because you have ceased to be an eligible
      student.

 

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