Eligible family members include spouses or domestic partners, children, step-children, domestic partner's children, and children for whom you are a legal guardian. Children are eligible for coverage through the month in which they turn age 26. Tax dependency, marital, and student status are not considered in determining eligibility.
To enroll, eligible employees, including college interns, must choose one of the plans for which they are eligible within 30 days of hire. During the annual open enrollment period, employees only need to make a selection if they want to change coverage from the current plan year or want to add or drop dependents. At any time, other than open enrollment, or during the first month of employment, employees may only add dependents due to a qualifying event such as the birth of a child, adoption, marriage, or an eligible dependent’s loss of health insurance. Depending upon the type of qualifying event, the employee has either 30 or 60 days to add the
dependent(s). Dependents can be removed from coverage at any time with proof of other coverage.
