Changes for 2008
Important Notices About Medical
Coverage
Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Notification
for Medical Program Eligibility (HIPAA)
If you are declining enrollment for yourself or your eligible
family members because of other medical insurance or group medical
plan coverage, you may be able to enroll yourself and your eligible
family members in a UC-sponsored medical plan if you or your family
members lose eligibility for that other coverage (or if the employer
stops contributing toward the other coverage for you or your family
members.) You must request enrollment within 31 days after you
or your family member's other medical coverage ends (or after the
employer stops contributing toward the other coverage).
In addition, if you have a newly eligible family member as a result
of marriage/domestic partnership, birth, adoption, or placement
for adoption, you may be eligible to enroll yourself and your family
member(s). You must request enrollment within 31 days after the
marriage/partnership, birth, adoption, or placement for adoption.
If you do not enroll your family member(s) within the 31 days
when first eligible, you may enroll them at a later date. However,
each member will need to complete a waiting period of 90 consecutive
calendar days before medical coverage becomes effective, or you
can enroll them during the next Open Enrollment period.
To request special enrollment or obtain more information, contact
your local Benefits Office.
Certificate
of Creditable Coverage
When you and/or your eligible family member cancel or change UC-sponsored
medical coverage, you will receive a Certificate of Creditable
Coverage from your former medical plan.
Your new insurance carrier may need this certificate if the plan/policy
would otherwise exclude coverage or impose a waiting period for
certain pre-existing medical conditions. If you transfer from one
UC plan to another, you do not need to provide the certificate.
Contact your medical plan directly if you need a certificate and
did not receive one.
Notice
to Employees in the Registered Nurse, Patient Care Technical,
and UC Merced Skilled Crafts Bargaining Units
Changes in employee contribution rates for medical plan options
are subject to negotiations with unions representing employees
in bargaining units for which the contract is expired or for which
the parties are currently engaged in negotiations.
Changes in employee contributions for 2008 announced in the Open
Enrollment communications that are being issued to all participants
will not become effective for employees in the Registered Nurse,
Patient Care Technical, and UC Merced Skilled Crafts Units until
the University and their unions' representatives reach agreement
or until otherwise implemented in accordance with the requirements
of HEERA.
Due to operational requirements, the medical plan options made
available on the website and in written communication to all employees
during Open Enrollment will reflect the new employee contribution
rate for all participants.
Employees in the Registered Nurse, Patient Care Technical, and UC
Merced Skilled Crafts Units can make enrollment changes during Open
Enrollment, and they will be charged the applicable employee contribution
rate until the University and their unions' representatives reach
agreement or until otherwise implemented in accordance with the requirements
of HEERA.
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