If you or your covered dependent is hospitalized when your medical coverage terminates, your coverage under KingCare^SM or Group Health continues until discharge. Coverage ends on the date of discharge or when you or your covered dependent reaches the plan maximum, whichever comes first.

The Group Health extension of coverage also ends when:

If you or your dependent is covered under KingCare^SM while totally disabled and coverage ends for any reason other than plan termination, KingCare^SM coverage for only the disabling condition may be extended for 12 months at no cost to you. The disabled person may choose either this extension of medical coverage or COBRA coverage. However, electing the extension means forfeiting the right to elect COBRA coverage and convert to an individual policy. Other dependents may be able to elect coverage through COBRA. (For more information, see "Continuing Coverage Under COBRA.")

When you or a covered dependent is no longer eligible for county benefits, Washington Dental Service (WDS) will cover only those expenses for single procedures begun before your loss of coverage and completed within three weeks of your last day of coverage.

When you or a covered dependent is no longer eligible for county benefits, Vision Service Plan (VSP) will cover only those expenses for services authorized by VSP in a benefit authorization to a VSP provider before your loss of coverage and completed before the expiration date of the benefit authorization.