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Continuation Coverage. Temporary continuation of PEBB benefits available to Enrollees under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), or PEBB policies. Copayment. The defined dollar amount that Members pay when receiving covered Services. Cost Share. The Deductible, Copayment, or Coinsurance you must pay for covered Services. Custodial/Convalescent Care. Care that is designed primarily to assist the Member in activities of daily living, including institutional care that serves primarily to support self-care and provide room and board. Custodial/Convalescent Care includes, but is not limited to, help walking, getting into and out of bed, bathing, dressing, feeding, preparing special diets, and supervision of medications that are ordinarily self-administered. Kaiser reserves the right to determine which Services constitute Custodial or Convalescent Care. Deductible. The amount you must pay for certain Services you receive in a Year before we will cover those Services, subject to any applicable Copayment or Coinsurance, in that Year. Deductible amounts include the Deductible take-over amounts as described in the “Deductible” section of this EOC. Dependent. A Member who meets the eligibility requirements for a Dependent as described in the “Dependent Eligibility” section of this EOC. Durable Medical Equipment (DME). Non-disposable supply or item of equipment that is able to withstand repeated use, primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose and generally not useful to the Member if the Member is not ill or injured. Emergency Medical Condition. A medical, mental health, or Substance Use Disorder condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including, but not limited to, severe pain or emotional distress) such that a prudent layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine, could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical, mental health, or Substance Use Disorder treatment attention to result in any of the following:  Placing the person’s health (or, with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman or her unborn child) in serious jeopardy.  Serious impairment to bodily functions.  Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part. Emergency Services. All of the following with respect to an Emergency Medical Condition:  A medical screening examination (as required under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, “EMTALA”) that is within the capability of the emergency department of a hospital, or of an Independent Freestanding Emergency Department, including Ancillary Services and patient observation routinely available to the emergency department to evaluate the Emergency Medical Condition.  A behavioral health screening examination that is within the capability of a Behavioral Health Emergency Services Provider, including Ancillary Services routinely available to the Behavioral Health Emergency Services Provider to evaluate the Emergency Medical Condition.  Further examination and treatment, within the capabilities of the staff and facilities available at the emergency department of a hospital, or Independent Freestanding Emergency Department, or Behavioral Health Emergency Services Provider to stabilize the patient, as required under EMTALA (or would be required under EMTALA if it applied to each of these settings).  Covered Services provided by a Non-Participating Provider (including staff or facilities at the emergency department of a hospital or Independent Freestanding Emergency Department, or Behavioral Health Emergency Services Provider) after you are Stabilized, and that are part of outpatient observation or an inpatient or outpatient stay with respect to the visit during which screening and Stabilization Services have EWCLGDED1983ACT0124 9 WAPEBB-CL-ACT

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