{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-1002.165","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 1002.165","heading":"How does the employee elect continuing health plan coverage?","body":"USERRA does not specify requirements for electing continuing coverage. Health plan administrators may develop reasonable requirements addressing how continuing coverage may be elected, consistent with the terms of the plan and the Act's exceptions to the requirement that the employee give advance notice of service in the uniformed services. For example, the employee cannot be precluded from electing continuing health plan coverage under circumstances where it is impossible or unreasonable for him or her to make a timely election of coverage.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER IX—OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 1002—REGULATIONS UNDER THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT OF 1994","Subpart D—Rights, Benefits, and Obligations of Persons Absent from Employment Due to Service in the Uniformed Services"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"f1529e011248742483d7d352b151cddd47eef1527da84eaa96c86b99c80be688","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-1002.164","next":"us/20-cfr-1002.166"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}