Eligibility – U.S. employees, scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week (excludes temporary employees)
Waiting Period for Benefits – First of the next month following date of hire. Example: For hire dates of February 1 or February 26, benefit eligibility is March 1
Plan Year – Calendar year (January 1 to December 31)
Eligibility ends as of the day after your employment termination date. Eligible dependents include spouse, domestic partners and legal child dependents under age 26.
To be eligible for dependent coverage, proof that dependents meet the below criteria will be required.
The following is a description of the relationship types that can be enrolled as your dependent(s):
- Spouse or approved opposite-gender or same-gender domestic partner *
- Legal dependent children under age 26, unless otherwise extended pursuant to applicable state or federal law, including:
- Natural children
- Stepchildren
- Children legally placed for adoption or foster children
- Legally adopted children and children for whom the member or the member’s spouse is the child’s legal guardian
- Children awarded coverage pursuant to an order of court
- Unmarried disabled children over age 26 who are not able to support themselves, who were covered before age 26.
* “Domestic Partner” means a member of a domestic partnership consisting of two partners, each of whom has registered with a domestic partner registry in effect in the municipality/governmental entity within which the domestic partner currently resides.