(a) (1) With respect to the guaranteed issue of a Medicare supplement policy, eligible persons are those individuals described in subdivision (b) who seek to enroll under the policy during the period specified in subdivision (c), and who submit evidence of the date of termination or disenrollment or enrollment in Medicare Part D with the application for a Medicare supplement policy. (2) With respect to eligible persons, an issuer shall not take any of the following actions: (A) Deny or condition the issuance or effectiveness of a Medicare supplement policy described in subdivision (e) that is offered and is available for issuance to new enrollees by the issuer. (B) Discriminate in the pricing of that Medicare supplement policy because of health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition. (C) Impose an exclusion of benefits based on a preexisting condition under that Medicare supplement policy. (b) An eligible person is an individual described in any of the following paragraphs: (1) The individual is enrolled under an employee welfare benefit plan that provides health benefits that supplement the benefits under Medicare and either of the following applies: (A) The plan either terminates or ceases to provide all of those supplemental health benefits to the individual. (B) The employer no longer provides the individual with insurance that covers all of the payment for the 20-percent coinsurance. (2) The individual is enrolled with a Medicare Advantage organization under a Medicare Advantage plan under Medicare Part C, and any of the following circumstances apply: (A) The certification of the organization or plan has been terminated. (B) The organization has terminated or otherwise discontinued providing the plan in the area in which the individual resides. (C) The individual is no longer eligible to elect the plan because of a change in the individualâs place of residence or other change in circumstances specified by the secretary. Those changes in circumstances shall not include termination of the individualâs enrollment on the basis described in Section 1851(g)(3)(B) of the federal Social Security Act where the individual has not paid premiums on a timely basis or has engaged in disruptive behavior as specified in standards under Section 1856 of the federal Social Security Act, or the plan is terminated for all individuals within a residence area. (D) (i) The Medicare Advantage plan in which the individual is enrolled reduces any of its benefits or increases the amount of cost sharing or premium or discontinues for other than good cause relating to quality of care its relationship or contract under the plan with a provider who is currently furnishing services to the individual. An individual shall be eligible under this subparagraph for a Medicare supplement policy issued by the same issuer through which the individual was enrolled at the time the reduction, increase, or discontinuance described above occurs or, commencing January 1, 2007, for one issued by a subsidiary of the parent company of that issuer or by a network that contracts with the parent company of that issuer. If no Medicare supplement policy is available to the individual from the same issuer, a subsidiary of the parent company of the issuer, or a network that contracts with the parent company of the issuer, the individual shall be eligible for a Medicare supplement policy pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) issued by any issuer, if the Medicare Advantage plan in which the individual is enrolled does any of the following: (I) Increases the premium by 15 percent or more. (II) Increases physician, hospital, or drug copayments by 15 percent or more. (III) Reduces any benefits under the plan. (IV) Discontinues, for other than good cause relating to quality of care, its relationship or contract under the plan with a provider who is currently furnishing services to the individual. (ii) Enrollment in a Medicare supplement poli
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