cobra

COBRA

The State of Rhode Island's COBRA office is located at
Office of Employee Benefits
Department of Administration
State of Rhode Island
One Capitol Hill
Providence, RI, 02908-5860
Phone: (401) 222-3160
Fax: (401) 222-6391

Contact the State COBRA office at with any questions regarding COBRA, or for participation for yourself or a dependent.

The COBRA office will send notice to an employee upon termination, if the employee is eligible for this benefit. However, an employee must contact the State COBRA office if their dependent child loses coverage and wants to purchase health coverage through COBRA.

If a URI employee's hours are reduced and she/he wants to purchase COBRA contact the COBRA office. However, if the employee wants to pay for their coverage through payroll deduction, please contact Pamela Sherman at 874-9054.

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1986 is legislation which may allow continuation of health coverage at the group rate for a specific length of time when an event takes place that causes an employee, or their dependent(s) to lose their health coverage.
The term "continuation coverage" includes any medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage that are included in the group health plan. Your options of medical benefits while on continuation will be identical to those of an employee who is actively at work and covered under the same group plan.

Group Health Continuation Coverage Rights under COBRA (PDF)

Cobra Rates
The cost per month for coverage is listed below.
These approximate monthly rates are effective
July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008
rates include a 2% administration fee

Type Coverage	Individual	Family
Medical, Dental and Vision	$493.82	$1,379.85
Medical and Dental	$487.34	$1,366.10
Medical and Vision	$467.81	$1,307.01
Medical only	$461.33	$1,293.26
Dental only	$26.01	$72.84
Dental and Vision	$32.49	$86.59
Vision only	$6.48	$13.75

New - effective June 28, 2006 for Domestic Partners
A law was enacted on June 28, 2006, that requires the state to offer COBRA extended health insurance to domestic partners and to provide Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) benefits for care of domestic partners.

Therefore, effective June 28, 2006, COBRA continuation coverage will be offered to domestic partners of employees and job protection rights for leaves to care for family members granted pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) will be applicable to domestic partners of state employees.

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05/17/2007