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Work/Life: You Give Birth, Adopt or Receive Legal Guardianship of a Child
Impact on Benefits
Back to You Give Birth, Adopt or
Receive Legal Guardianship of a Child
Your coverage under the following benefits programs may be affected:
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 Medical and/or Dental
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What You May
Need to Do |
You may
increase your medical and/or dental coverage to include your child. |
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When You
Should Do It |
Within 31
days of the child’s birth, adoption or the date you were granted legal
guardianship. |
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| How to Do It |
- Contact the Benefits Office to request the appropriate form(s) as soon as possible.
- Complete and return the change form(s) to the Benefits Office.
Verification of relationship is required for any dependent being added for the first time to your coverage. Documents for a new dependent child may include a birth certificate or adoption papers, or other appropriate legal documents may be provided. Return a copy of the required documents to the Benefits Office within 31 days of the qualifying life event. |
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| Special Note |
If
you are adopting a baby or receiving a legal guardianship, you must
include legal documentation. Documentation includes a copy of an
approved court order and a copy of your tax records indicating that the
child is being claimed as a dependent. |
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Group Life Insurance and/or Personal Accident Insurance |
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What You May
Need to Do |
If you have
Group Life Insurance, you can:
- Increase your coverage level
- Change your
beneficiary designation
If you have Personal Accident Insurance, you can:
- Increase coverage from "single" to
"family"
- Change your beneficiary designation
If you are not currently participating in these plans, you can elect
coverage. |
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When You
Should Do It |
Anytime
during the year. |
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| How to Do It |
Contact
the Benefits Office to request the appropriate form(s) or click
here to download the form(s):
- Group Life Insurance: Change of Beneficiary Notice (to
change your beneficiary) and a Group Life Insurance card (to
change your coverage level). Note that if you wish to increase
your level of Life Insurance coverage, you must also submit a
Statement of Health.
- Personal Accident Insurance:
Personal Accident Enrollment card (to change your beneficiary or
increase coverage)
Complete and return the form(s) to the Benefits Office. |
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| Special Notes |
The insurance carrier
must approve your application before an increase in coverage for Group
Life Insurance will take effect. |
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Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) |
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What You May
Need to Do |
If you are not enrolled
in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), you may want to enroll in the:
- Health Care FSA and/or
- Dependent Care FSA.
If you already established a Health Care or Dependent Care FSA, you
may want to:
- Change the amount you contribute.
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When You
Should Do It |
Within 31 days of
the child's birth, adoption or the date you were granted legal
guardianship. |
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| How to Do It |
- To enroll: Contact the Benefits Office to
request an FSA enrollment form or click
here to download the forms. Complete the form and return it to
the Benefits Office.
- To change your current
contributions: Contact the Benefits Office to
request a change in status form or click
here to download the form. Complete the form and return it to
the Benefits Office.
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Retirement Benefits |
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| What You May Need to Do |
You may:
- Change your beneficiary(ies) under the Contributory Retirement
Plan ("CRP"), the defined contribution part of the
Retirement Income Plan for Employees ("ERIP") and the
Supplemental Retirement Program ("SRP") (collectively,
these are the "defined contribution" plans).
- Change
your beneficiary(ies) under the defined benefit part of ERIP (ERIP
participants only).
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When You
Should Do It |
As soon
as you know that you would like to change your beneficiary(ies). |
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| How to Do It |
- For the defined contribution plans (see above), please contact
TIAA-CREF (800-842-2776) and Vanguard (800-523-1188) directly to
obtain the requisite paperwork. The TIAA-CREF and Vanguard
representatives also can identify for you in writing the persons
currently designated as your beneficiary(ies).
- For the
defined benefit part of ERIP (current and former ERIP participants
only), please contact the Benefits Office.
- Complete
the forms (your spouse must sign his/her consent if you are married)
and return them to the Benefits Office.
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