{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-44-6911","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6911","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6911","body":"Late enrollee means an eligible employee or dependent who requests enrollment in a health benefit plan following the initial enrollment period during which the individual is entitled to enroll under the terms of the health benefit plan if the initial enrollment period is a period of at least thirty days. An eligible employee or dependent shall not be considered a late enrollee if:\n\n(1) The individual meets each of the following:\n\n(a) The individual was covered under creditable coverage at the time of the initial enrollment;\n\n(b) The individual lost coverage under creditable coverage as a result of termination of employment or eligibility, reduction in the number of hours of employment, the involuntary termination of the creditable coverage, death of a spouse, divorce, or legal separation; and\n\n(c) The individual requests enrollment within thirty days after termination of the creditable coverage;\n\n(2) The individual is employed by an employer which offers multiple health benefit plans and the individual elects a different plan during an open enrollment period;\n\n(3) A court has ordered coverage be provided for a spouse or minor or dependent child under a covered employee's health benefit plan and request for enrollment is made within thirty days after issuance of the court order; or\n\n(4) The individual had coverage under a COBRA continuation provision and the coverage under that provision was exhausted.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 44"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=44-6911","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"db610754973d2850b76378408cc6da3fa75d60b13ea5bcda0c7a0801c2695466","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-44-6910","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-44-6912"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}