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Medical and Dental Eligibility Requirements

You are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage if you satisfy of one the following requirements:

• You are a faculty, post-doctoral associate or fellow with an appointment of at least 50% of time
• You are a clerical and technical or service and maintenance employee scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week.
• You are a managerial & professional employee scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week

Please note: Visiting faculty are only eligible for medical coverage. Dental and Vision are not an option. Post-doctoral fellows are only eligible for medical and dental coverage. Vision is not an option.

The following dependents are considered "eligible dependents" in accordance with Section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code.

• Your legal spouse
• Unmarried dependent children until the end of the month in which they reach age 19
• Unmarried dependent children, until the end of the month in which they reach age 25*, if the child is a full time student at an accredited school or is financially dependent upon you for support.
• Disabled dependent children, regardless of age

*Dental eligibility requires that your child must be a full-time student in order to be covered under Yale's dental plan

• Civil union partners are eligible for medical and dental coverage.
  Please click here to view the Civil Union policy in effect April 1, 2006.

Important Notice:

False and/or incomplete responses or statements may result in rescission of coverage and/or non-payment of claims for you or your eligible dependents as well as, discipline up to and including termination of employment. Understand that your file may be audited at any time to determine the eligibility of yourself and/or any dependent listed on your enrollment for medical and dental coverage.

What is a Qualifying Event?

Coverage Options
You can choose various categories of coverage for different plans. However, you must enroll yourself in order to enroll your eligible dependents*. Choose from one of the following categories:

Managerial & Professional Staff and Faculty	Individual	Two-person**	Family
Clerical & Technical and Service & Maintenance Staff	Individual	Two-person**	Family

* As defined by IRC Section 152.

** Two-person definition is an employee plus a legal spouse or child. Civil union coverage is independent of this option; therefore, the coverage option available is considered individual and not two-person.