This information is intended for Active participants & pre-Medicare retirees.
Initial newborn eligibility under the health plan has been updated to allow participants more time to complete an updated Enrollment Form and submit all necessary supporting documents when a dependent child is born. Now, participants have 90 days to submit required paperwork (previously the plan allowed 30 days).
Newborns will be granted eligibility using the following guidelines retroactive to July 1, 2023:
| ENROLLMENT FORM received | SUPPORTING documents rcvd | ELIGIBILITY begins |
| Within 90 days of birth date | Within 90 days of birth date | On the date of the child’s birth |
| 91 days or more after birth date | 91 days or more after birth date | On the date the Enrollment form and proof of relationship documents are received |
| Within 90 days of birth date | 91 days or more after birth date | After 90-day newborn enrollment ends, eligibility is reinstated on the 1st of the month in which proof of relationship documents are received* |