You may also enroll your eligible dependents for medical, dental, vision, life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and most voluntary benefits. Generally, eligible family members include your:
- Legal spouse;
- Same- or opposite-sex domestic partner;
- Unmarried dependent children under age 19;
- Unmarried dependent children from age 19 up to age 25, if they are full-time students in an accredited educational institution or on a church-sponsored mission and dependent on parent(s) or legal guardian(s) for support;
- Unmarried dependent children of any age who became disabled while covered by a plan, as long as the child remains incapacitated, unmarried and dependent on parent(s) or legal guardian(s) for support; and
- Domestic partner’s eligible dependent children.
A full-time student is defined at taking 12 or more hours or credits per semester during the Fall and Spring semesters. However, if the accredited college or university defined full-time differently, or if the semesters cover a non-traditional time span, a letter or policy from the school defining full-time status will be considered for this determination. Coverage for a full-time student will terminate on the earlier of the last day of the month preceding the month in which the new semester begins for which the child is no longer enrolled.
You may be randomly selected for an audit of dependent eligibility up to two times per year. Audits generally occur during the first quarter and third quarter of each year, but may occur at any time. If you receive a notice that you have been chosen for a dependent eligibility audit, contact the Workplace Solutions Center at (888) 471-2271 for additional information.
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Your contributions for coverage for a domestic partner and/or a domestic partner’s dependent children are deducted from your paycheck on an after-tax basis. In addition, the contributions ACS makes for coverage for your domestic partner and/or your domestic partner’s dependent children are considered taxable income.
Expenses for your domestic partner and domestic partner’s children are not eligible for reimbursement under the flexible spending accounts unless they are considered your eligible tax dependents for federal income tax purposes.
Your children include your natural and legally adopted children, children who have been placed for adoption, stepchildren, foster children and children for whom you are the court-appointed legal guardian.
To be eligible for domestic partner coverage, you and your partner (same or opposite sex) must:
- Be at least 18 years old; and
- Be unrelated by blood to a degree of closeness that would not prohibit marriage by law in the state in which you live; and
- Neither be married to another person under statutory or common law nor in another domestic partnership; and
- Currently be in a single, dedicated relationship for a minimum of six consecutive months with intentions to remain in the relationship indefinitely; and
- Share the same residence for a minimum of six consecutive months.
Documentation of the domestic partner relationship may be requested at any time in order to validate coverage.
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Questions about your employee benefits or other Human Resources issues? Contact the Workplace Solutions Center at (888) 471-2271.