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Your Dental Insurance

Who Is Eligible

  You are eligible to participate in the Dental Plan  
  if you are:  

  • An employee with an appointment of at least one year
  • A temporary employee with an initial appointment of one year or less, who ends up completing one year of continuous employment without any breaks in service of more than five days

  If you are enrolled in the Dental Plan,
  you may also enroll your eligible dependents.
  Your eligible dependents include:  

  • Your spouse
  • Your domestic partner
    Declaration of Domestic Partnership form (112 KB PDF)
  • Your unmarried dependent children, under age 22, including:
    • Legally adopted children, or children in the process of being adopted
    • Recognized children born out-of-wedlock
    • Stepchildren who live with you in a regular parent-child relationship
    • Foster children
    • Any child for whom you have been appointed legal guardian
    • Children of your domestic partner
  • Your unmarried children under age 25, who are full-time students and primarily supported by you
  • Your unmarried dependent children of any age if they became physically or mentally handicapped before age 22 and are incapable of earning a living. (You must submit proof of your child's continued incapacity within 31 days of the date coverage would otherwise end.)

Other relatives — including your parents — are not eligible for dependent coverage even though they may live with you and be dependent on you for support. If you need more information about dependent eligibility, contact a Benefits Counselor.