<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:46:14:04"><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000000">67:46:14:04</span></a><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000001">.  Good cause for dropping insurance under a group health plan.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0"> 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:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    (1)  The cost of the insurance to cover the parent's children exceeds five percent of the nonmedicaid children's health insurance</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0"> program</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0"> family's gross income;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    (2)  The parent providing the primary insurance is fired;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    (3)  The parent providing the primary insurance voluntarily quits a job and has not started a new job;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    (4)  The parent providing the primary insurance is laid off;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    (5)  The parent providing the primary insurance becomes disabled;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    (6)  The parent providing the primary insurance dies;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    (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</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    (8)  The employer discontinued the insurance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    </span><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0"> 26 SDR 168, effective July 1, 2000; 41 SDR 7, effective July 29, 2014</span><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    </span><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000003">28-6-1</span></a><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">    </span><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0-000003">28-6-1</span></a><span class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s21f5bbb1-5dfa-4fdb-819e-529cc45809b0000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>