; and (3) rename the model COBRA continuation coverage general notice and the model COBRA continuation coverage election notice as the model COBRA continuation coverage and Affordable Care Act coverage general notice and the model COBRA continuation coverage and Affordable Care Act coverage election notice , respectively. 70307. Preserving health benefits for workers (a) Premium assistance for COBRA continuation coverage for individuals and their families (1) Provision of premium assistance (A) Reduction of premiums payable In the case of any premium for a period of coverage beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act for COBRA continuation coverage with respect to any assistance eligible individual, such individual shall be treated for purposes of any COBRA continuation provision as having paid the amount of such premium if such individual pays (or a person other than such individual’s employer pays on behalf of such individual) 0 percent of the amount of such premium (as determined without regard to this subsection). (B) Plan enrollment option (i) In general Notwithstanding the COBRA continuation provisions, an assistance eligible individual may, not later than 90 days after the date of notice of the plan enrollment option described in this subparagraph, elect to enroll in coverage under a plan offered by the employer involved, or the employee organization involved (including, for this purpose, a joint board of trustees of a multiemployer trust affiliated with one or more multiemployer plans), that is different than coverage under the plan in which such individual was enrolled at the time the qualifying event occurred, and such coverage shall be treated as COBRA continuation coverage for purposes of the applicable COBRA continuation coverage provision. (ii) Requirements An assistance eligible individual may elect to enroll in different coverage as described in clause (i) only if— (I) the employer involved has made a determination that such employer will permit assistance eligible individuals to