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Eligibility Requirements
You are eligible for UBT benefits if you are a permanent full-time or permanent part-time employee, which includes established-term regular, established-term irregular. Check with your Human Resources Representative for further details.
Married State Employees
When a husband and wife are both employed by the state, both employees cannot carry family coverage for dental or vision. You have the following options:
- Both may carry single coverage
- Both may be covered by one family plan
- One employee may carry family coverage and the other single, but the spouse with single coverage may not be listed as a dependent under the family plan
Dependent Eligibility
Family members as described below may be eligible for coverage under the UBT benefits package.
Click here for the Definitions and Required Documents checklist for documentation required to enroll a dependent.
1. Spouse. Your current legal spouse as recognized by Ohio law.
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2. Unmarried Children under Age 19 including:
- Your biological children
- Your legally adopted children: adopted children have the same coverage as children born to you or your spouse, whether or not the adoption has been finalized. Coverage begins upon placement/custody for adoption.
- Your dependent stepchildren: stepchildren must live with you 50 percent or more of the time
- Foster children who normally reside with you
- Children for whom either you or your spouse has been appointed legal guardian and who normally reside with you
- Children for whom the plan has received a Qualified Medical Child Support order: the child must be named as your alternate recipient in the QMCSO
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3. Unmarried Children Age 19 through 22 - Student Status
Your unmarried children age 19 or older, who are attending an accredited school full-time or part-time, are eligible until the end of the month in which they either reach age 23 or cease being a student - whichever occurs first.
Student coverage is not automatic. You are required to submit proof of school enrollment along with a completed Affidavit of Student Status (ADM 4729) form. When you provide this proof, your dependent will continue to be covered. If the required proof is not provided to the state, their coverage ends on the last day of their birthday month. Completed documentation can be mailed to: HCM Benefits, 30 East Broad Street, 28th Floor, Columbus, Ohio, 43215 or faxed to HCM Benefits at 614.728.3002.
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4. Unmarried Children Incapable of Self-Care
Unmarried children who are incapable of self-support due to mental retardation, severe mental illness, or physical handicap, whose disability began before age 23 and who are primarily dependent upon you are eligible for coverage. When there is an unsuccessful attempt at independent living, a child covered pursuant to this provision may be re-enrolled for coverage, provided that the application is submitted within five (5) years following loss of coverage.
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