Who’s Eligible

Overview

All U.S. full-time and part-time employees working a minimum regular schedule of 21 hours per week are eligible, unless previously excluded from a predecessor plan. When you are eligible for benefits, you can also enroll your spouse or domestic partner and other eligible dependents.

Dependents who can be enrolled for coverage include:

• Spouses (unless legally separated or divorced)
• Same- or opposite-sex domestic/civil union partners
• Your eligible dependent children, including:
  • Your natural children
  • Your legally adopted children
  • Your step children
  • Children of your domestic partner
  • Children placed with you for adoption
  • Your foster children
  • Any other children (including grandchildren) for whom you are the legal guardian as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction

Children are eligible for benefits as follows:

• Dependent children up to age 26 are eligible for medical coverage regardless of marital or student status
• Unmarried dependent children up to age 21 are eligible for dental, vision, and life insurance coverage
• Unmarried dependent children age 21 through age 25, are eligible for dental, vision, and life insurance coverage if they are full-time students
• Unmarried dependent children age 21 and older, if totally disabled, are eligible for dental, vision, and life insurance coverage. Qualifying certification of total disability will be required by the plan