Participating in a Medical Plan

Enrolling

You may enroll in a medical plan:

Within 31 days of your date of hire as a Benefits-Eligible Employee and if you complete and submit an enrollment form within that 31-day period. Your coverage takes effect as of such hire date.

If you do not enroll within 31 days, you must wait until Open Enrollment, unless you have a qualifying change in status or special enrollment event. Enrollments made during Open Enrollment take effect as of the following January 1.

Enrollment materials are available online at http://hr.uchicago.edu or from the Benefits Office.

While this Summary Plan Description summarizes the major provisions of this plan, it does not provide you with every plan detail. The plan documents, which govern this plan, provide full details. If there are any discrepancies between this Summary Plan Description and the legal plan documents, the legal plan documents control.