Who is Eligible for Benefits?
- Full-Time employee who works at least 30 hours per week on average
- Legally Married Spouse
- Children up to the age of 26
- Dependent children of any age who are physically or mentally unable to care for themselves
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment is typically scheduled in mid November each year.
This is your once-a-year opportunity to pick your plans or make changes to your existing coverage. The choices you make during Open Enrollment will become effective on January 1st of the benefits plan year and will remain in effect through December 31st of that plan year.
When you complete the open enrollment process, you can:
- Change your current coverage, if needed
- Enroll in benefits for the first time, if newly hired or newly eligible for benefits
- Update your dependent information
- Update your beneficiary information
Qualifying Life Event
What is a Qualifying Life Event?
Certain life events provide you a 30-day window to elect benefits or change your covered dependents.
If you experience any of the scenarios below, you may be eligible to update your benefit elections mid-year:
- Marriage, divorce, or legal separation
- Birth or adoption of a child
- Commencement or termination of adoption proceedings
- Change in child’s dependent status
- Death of a dependent
- Loss or gain of other health coverage for you and/or dependents
- Change in employment status
- Change in Medicaid/Medicare eligibility for you or a dependent
- Receipt of a Qualified Medical Child Support Order
Remember, dependent verification will be required.
