2024/2025 BENEFITS PROGRAM
Requirements
EMPLOYEES
Full-Time Employees
Full-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision coverage on the 1st day of employment.
Part-Time Employees
Part-time employees are eligible for Medical, Dental & Vision coverage on the 1st day of employment.
ELIGIBILITY DEPENDENTS
An eligible dependent may be:
- Your legal spouse
- Domestic partners (Domestic Partner Affidavit must be completed)
- A dependent child until the child reaches his or her 26th birthday; includes:
- Your dependent child who is Disabled either mentally or physically may continue beyond the day the child otherwise ceases to be a Dependent under the terms of the plan.
- Natural biological child;
- Step child;
- Legally adopted child or a child legally placed for adoption
- Child for whom the Subscriber or the Subscriber’s spouse is a legal guardian or as otherwise required by law
- A child who is considered an alternate recipient under a Qualified Medical Child Support Order
Resources
Qualified Life Events
Upon making benefit elections, they remain in effect until the next open enrollment period. The Annual Benefit plan year is September 1st through August 31st. IRS regulations allow changes to benefits outside of the open enrollment period in the event of a qualified life event. Qualified life events include:
- Birth, Adoption
- Marriage, Divorce
- Death of spouse, domestic partner or other dependent
- Spouse’s or domestic partner’s employment begins or ends
- Dependent’s eligibility status changes due to age, student status, marital status or employment
- Loss of other health coverage
- Child Medical Support Orders
If you experience a qualified life event, you MUST notify Human Resources within 30 days of the event in order to make changes to your plan. Failure to make timely notice would require you to wait until the next open enrollment.
