EAP & COBRA Continuation Coverage

[Guest cstrong]

Can anyone share, from a practical standpoint, how they handle COBRA continuation coverage in connection with an EAP? For example, do you send a former employee a notice and require the employee to elect coverage under the EAP? If the former employee wants to be covered under the EAP, do you collect the premium amount from the employee? Because of the manner in which most employers pay for their employees to receive the benefits from an EAP, I'm not sure how practical it is to collect premiums from former employees who want to be covered. I appreciate anyone's thoughts!