Generally,
you can cover your family members and dependents,
including:
If you’ll be adding any NEW dependents (including those for whom you are a legal guardian), you may be required to provide proof of the new dependent’s eligibility. Typically, you’ll just need to submit a copy of a marriage certificate or birth certificate, but for some types of dependents, more documentation may be required.
See the Health Care Summary Plan Description for complete eligibility details.
See the Health Care Summary Plan Description for complete eligibility details.
- Your legal spouse or same-sex domestic partner (SSDP)
- Your child(ren) up to age 26 for health care benefits and dependent life insurance
- The child(ren) of your SSDP up to age 19 (or 24 if a full-time student) for health care benefits
- Minor child(ren) up to age 18 for whom you are a legal guardian for health care benefits
If your spouse/SSDP has coverage — as a salaried employee or retiree, or as an hourly employee — you have the option to enroll for your own coverage OR be covered under his or her plan. But only one parent may cover eligible dependent children for all benefits — except for life insurance. Both you and your significant other can purchase dependent child life for your offspring.
If your parent has coverage — as a salaried employee or retiree, or as an hourly employee — you have the option to enroll for your own coverage OR be covered under his or her plan. But you can’t have your own coverage AND be
covered as a dependent
on your parent’s coverage. Pick one.
If you choose to be covered as a dependent rather than as an employee, you won’t get reimbursed for opting out of medical and/or dental coverage.
Yes, but the SSDP eligibility rules won’t change until January 1, 2017. SSDPs will continue to be eligible for benefits through the end of 2016, but beginning in 2017, only legal spouses will be eligible for coverage. Stay tuned for details.