Common use of Eligibility/Enrollment Clause in Contracts

Eligibility/Enrollment. (a) Eligibility requirements: Minimum hours working requirement for eligibility for permanent part-time employees shall be as follows: to be eligible for membership in a Plan, an employee must be certified by the appointing authority as being expected to work at least one thousand forty (1040) hours per year in their position. The Commissioner of Human Resources may require a certificate from any appointing authority as appropriate to ascertain that any employee, or group of employees, initially meets and continues to meet this eligibility requirement. An employee who is not certified as meeting the eligibility requirement expressed herein shall not be allowed to join a Plan, and any employee initially certified as meeting the minimum working hours requirement may stay in a Plan only so long as the reasonable expectation of working at least one thousand forty (1040) hours per calendar year continues. No membership will be terminated under this section without reasonable notice and an opportunity for hearing before the Commissioner of Human Resources. Permanent part-time employees in an inactive status (i.e., a regular or irregular layoff due to seasonal needs or lack of work) who continue to meet Plan eligibility requirements may remain in the Plan, but they shall be responsible for payment of the entire premium in advance of the due date to the Department of Human Resources, Benefits Division. For purposes of continued participation in the Plan, employees under this section shall be governed by the same rules provided for employees in unpaid, non-medical leave of absence status. pay date falls and on which the payroll deduction of premium would normally be made. For a retiree, hall be the first day of each month. Failure of the member to render required payments under this article in advance of the due date shall result in automatic cancellation of membership in a Plan. (b) Open Enrollment Period: There shall be an annual open enrollment period for State Employee Health Plans every November. Coverage shall be effective on the first day of January following the open enrollment period. Initial premium deductions shall be taken in the pay check for the pay period which includes January 1, each year. (c) Enrollment Eligibility of New Hires and New Dependents: Newly hired employees shall be eligible to enroll in any of the Plans between their first and 60th day of employment. Employees can enroll newborn or newly acquired dependents within sixty (60) days of birth, adoption, marriage, legal civil union, or bona fide domestic partnership. Enrollments in any of the Plans shall be in accordance with the rules of the Plans.

Eligibility/Enrollment. (a) Eligibility requirements: Minimum hours working requirement for eligibility for permanent part-time employees shall be as follows: to be eligible for membership in a Plan, an employee must be certified by the appointing authority as being expected to work at least one thousand forty (1040) hours per year in their position. The Commissioner of Human Resources may require a certificate from any appointing authority as appropriate to ascertain that any employee, or group of employees, initially meets and continues to meet this eligibility requirement. An employee who is not certified as meeting the eligibility requirement expressed herein shall not be allowed to join a Plan, and any employee initially certified as meeting the minimum working hours requirement may stay in a Plan only so long as the reasonable expectation of working at least one thousand forty (1040) hours per calendar year continues. No membership will be terminated under this section Section without reasonable notice and an opportunity for hearing before the Commissioner of Human Resources. Permanent part-time employees in an inactive status (i.e., a regular or irregular layoff due to seasonal needs or lack of work) who continue to meet Plan eligibility requirements may remain in the Plan, but they shall be responsible for payment of the entire premium in advance of the due date to the Department of Human Resources, Benefits Division. For purposes of continued participation in the Plan, employees under this section shall be governed by the same rules provided for employees in unpaid, non-medical leave of absence status. pay date falls and on which the payroll deduction of premium would normally be made. For a retiree, hall be the first day of each month. Failure of the member to render required payments under this article in advance of the due date shall result in automatic cancellation of membership in a Plan. (b) Open Enrollment Period: There shall be an annual open enrollment period for State Employee Health Plans every November. Coverage shall be effective on the first day of January following the open enrollment period. Initial premium deductions shall be taken in the pay check for the pay period which includes January 1, each year. (c) Enrollment Eligibility of New Hires and New Dependents: Newly hired employees shall be eligible to enroll in any of the Plans between their first and 60th day of employment. Employees can enroll newborn or newly acquired dependents within sixty (60) days of birth, adoption, marriage, legal civil union, or bona fide domestic partnership. Enrollments in any of the Plans shall be in accordance with the rules of the Plans.