Federally Mandated Notices for Annual Enrollment

Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC) is providing you with the following notices to assist MCC participating employers comply with federal regulations governing health plans. Please review these notices. If you have questions on any of the information contained in the notices you may contact MCC Employee Benefits team at 800-395-5565, by email to Benefits@micatholic.org, or by mail at 510 South Capitol Avenue Lansing, MI 48933. You may visit www.micatholic.org to obtain additional information.

Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act Enrollment Notice

If you have had or are going to have a mastectomy, you may be entitled to certain benefits under the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 (WHCRA). For individuals receiving mastectomy–related benefits, coverage will be provided in a manner determined in consultation with the attending physician and the patient, for:

• All stages of reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy was performed;
• Surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical appearance;
• Prostheses; and
• Treatment of physical complications of the mastectomy, including lymphedemas.

These benefits will be provided subject to the same deductibles and coinsurance applicable to other medical and surgical benefits provided under the MCC Medical in which you are enrolled. Please refer to the plan’s Schedule of Benefits for deductible and coinsurance amounts.

Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection Act Notice

Group health plans and health insurance issuers generally may not, under Federal law, restrict benefits for any hospital length of stay in connection with childbirth for the mother or newborn child to less than 48 hours following a vaginal delivery, or less than 96 hours following a cesarean section. However, Federal law generally does not prohibit the mother's or newborn's attending provider, after consulting with the mother, from discharging the mother or her newborn earlier than 48 hours (or 96 hours as applicable). In any case, plans and issuers may not, under Federal law, require that a provider obtain authorization from the plan or the insurance issuer for prescribing a length of stay not in excess of 48 hours (or 96 hours).

Special Enrollment Rights

If you are declining enrollment for yourself or your dependents because of other health insurance or group health plan coverage, you may be able to enroll yourself and your dependents in this plan if you or your dependents lose eligibility for that other coverage (or if the employer stops contributing toward your or your dependents’ other coverage). However, you must request enrollment within 30 days after your or your dependents’ other coverage ends (or after the employer stops contributing toward the other coverage). In addition, if you have a new dependent as a result of marriage, birth, adoption, or placement for adoption, you may be able to enroll yourself and your dependents. However, you must request enrollment within 30 days after the marriage, birth, adoption, or placement for adoption. To request special enrollment or obtain more information, contact Michigan Catholic Conference Employee Benefits Team at 800-395-5565, or email Benefits@micatholic.org.