You should receive your health plan identification card in approximately 10-14 business days from the date you submit your enrollment forms. Identification cards will be mailed to the address indicated on your enrollment form unless otherwise stated. There is no card for either the dental or vision plans.
Dental and vision premiums are covered fully by the CSU. There is no employee contribution on a monthly basis. You may have to pay a co-payment when you use the plan. The amount of co-payment you pay is based on the type of services provided.
The amount you pay is based on the amount the employer contributes, the health plan you select and the number of dependents you include on your enrollment. Current rates are available on the Benefits Services page.
You may cover your overage disabled dependent who has never married and is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical condition that existed prior to age 26 on your initial enrollment subject to approval by CalPERS. A Member Questionnaire for the CalPERS Disabled Dependent Benefit form and a Medical Report for the CalPERS Disabled Dependent Benefit form must be approved by CalPERS prior to enrollment.
To enroll a domestic partner you must register the domestic partnership with the Secretary of State and provide a Declaration of Domestic Partnership. Effective January 1, 2020, any couple over the age of 18, and those younger who qualify under the requirements set forth in section 297.1 of the Family Code, are eligible to register with the Secretary of State.
You must provide dependent social security numbers and a copy of your marriage certificate. If you are enrolling an economically dependent child (a child who is not your natural-born child) who resides with you in a parent child relationship, you must provide a copy of the court order or sign an Affidavit of Eligibility. A birth certificate is also required for adding any dependent children.
Currently, your spouse, your domestic partner, your natural-born children, adopted children, stepchildren, and economically dependent children who reside with you in a parent-child relationship and who are under the age of 26. Eligible dependent children do not have to maintain student status.
You may consider an individual policy offered by several health insurance programs. Check the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) web site for information regarding the health plan options. You will need to contact the health plans directly to determine provisions and available benefits. However, these programs may have pre-existing conditions and increased co-payments. (Covered services will vary from Plan to Plan.)
If you were covered by another group policy by your former employer, you may be eligible to continue under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), a federal law that allows for continuation of group health coverage. This coverage will cost you at least 102% of the group premium. You will need to contact your former employer for additional information.
You can enroll within 60 days of your eligible appointment, or qualifying family status life event, and during our annual open enrollment period (normally the month of September). The effective date of when your coverage can begin is based on the date your sign your enrollment authorizations and submit these documents to Payroll and Benefits.
