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Who is Eligible for Coverage?

You

You are eligible to enroll if you are:

  • In a regular full-time, part-time, or temporary benefit eligible position
  • Assigned to work a minimum of 20 hours per week, and
  • Working in an appointment lasting a minimum of five consecutive months

You are eligible for benefits on the first day of the month following your date of hire.

Your Spouse

Your legal spouse

  • Upon marriage, employees may add their spouse within 60 days from the date of marriage for a 1st of month effective date.

Your Children

A child under the age of 26; For purposes of the plan, a “child” means your:

  • Biological child
  • Legally adopted child or child placed with you for adoption
  • Stepchild
  • Child for whom you are the legal guardian
  • Child who is required to be covered by a Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMSCO)

Coverage will terminate for your child on his or her 26th birthday, unless he or she is incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental disability that began prior to age 26.  You must apply for this continuation within 31 days after the child reaches age 26.

What if your spouse is a Boise State University employee?

A participant cannot be covered as both an employee and as a dependent.  If your spouse is employed in a benefits-eligible University position:

  • One employee can waive medical coverage and be covered as a dependent spouse of the other
  • Each employee can enroll in employee only coverage

If you and your spouse have dependent children, all of your dependent children will be covered under only one employee’s plan.

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