3. If an enrollee is hospitalized An enrollee who is receiving covered services in a hospital on the date medical coverage ends will continue to be eligible for covered services while an inpatient for the condition which the enrollee was hospitalized, until one of the following events occur: • According to this plan’s clinical criteria, it is no longer medically necessary for the enrollee to be an inpatient at the facility. • The remaining benefits available for the hospitalization are exhausted, regardless of whether a new calendar year begins. • The enrollee becomes covered under another agreement with a group health plan that provides benefits for the hospitalization. • The enrollee becomes enrolled under an agreement with another carrier that provides benefits for the hospitalization. This provision will not apply if the enrollee is covered under another agreement that provides benefits for the hospitalization at the time medical coverage ends, except as set forth in this section, or if the enrollee is eligible for PEBB Continuation Coverage as described in “Options for continuing PEBB medical coverage.” 4. Options for continuing PEBB medical coverage When medical coverage ends, the subscriber and their dependents covered by this medical plan may be eligible to continue PEBB medical coverage during temporary or permanent loss of eligibility. There are three options the subscriber and their dependents may qualify for when coverage ends. • PEBB Continuation Coverage (COBRA) • PEBB Continuation Coverage (Unpaid Leave) • PEBB retiree insurance coverage A subscriber also has the right to convert to individual medical insurance coverage with the plan when continuation of group medical insurance coverage is no longer possible. (a) PEBB Continuation Coverage The PEBB Program administers the following continuation coverage options to temporarily extend group insurance coverage when the enrollee’s PEBB medical plan coverage ends due to a qualifying event: • PEBB Continuation Coverage (COBRA) includes eligibility and administrative requirements under federal COBRA laws and regulations. Some enrollees who are not qualified beneficiaries under federal COBRA, may also qualify for PEBB Continuation Coverage (COBRA). • PEBB Continuation Coverage (Unpaid Leave) is an option created by the PEBB Program with wider eligibility criteria and qualifying event types than COBRA. An enrollee who qualifies for both types of PEBB Continuation Coverage (COBRA and Unpaid Leave) may enroll in only one of these options. See “Continuation coverage enrollment” and the PEBB Continuation Coverage Election Notice. Premium payments for PEBB Continuation Coverage If a subscriber enrolls in continuation coverage, the subscriber is responsible for timely payment of premiums and applicable premium surcharges. (b) PEBB retiree insurance coverage The following are eligible to continue enrollment or defer enrollment in PEBB retiree insurance coverage if they meet procedural and substantive eligibility requirements: PEBB_VA_2024 60