This below email came out of the district's Risk Management Department late yesterday afternoon, Sent in "Red" to every district employee with the highest priority level and exclamation points.....As Bob Dylan once sang, The Times, They are a Changin ---In Escambia County with respect to spousal benefits.
From: ECSD- Risk
Management Employee Benefits Monday
- January 12, 2015 3:58 PM
To: Domain_1;
Domain_2; Domain_3; Domain_4; Domain_5; Domain_Adm
CC: Union Group
Subject: NOTICE
TO EMPLOYEES: CHANGE IN STATUS PERIOD DUE TO RECENT COURT RULING INVOLVING SAME
GENDER MARRIAGES
Attachments: ContinuousMarriage..pdf
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Required Documentation Memo.pdf (151 KB) [View] [Open] [Save As]
ALL BENEFIT ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES:
Employees whose marriages will be legally recognized in
Florida as of Jan. 6, 2015, have a qualifying status change event. There will
be a special enrollment window between Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 through Friday,
February 6, 2015, to enroll in a plan (or change a Flexible Spending
Account
contribution) covering the newly eligible "legal spouse" in the State of Florida. If anyone eligible wishes to enroll or make a change in a Flexible Spending Account contribution, these employees must complete the following steps:
contribution) covering the newly eligible "legal spouse" in the State of Florida. If anyone eligible wishes to enroll or make a change in a Flexible Spending Account contribution, these employees must complete the following steps:
1. Make a timely application by completing a "status
change" enrollment form in the Risk Management & Benefits office
located at 75 North Pace Blvd. weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
through this "special enrollment period". Normal cutoff dates of the
15th of the month will apply to determine the effective date of when the
coverage begins. If the change is made by 1/15/15, then the effective date will
be 2/1/15, if the change is made between 1/16/15 and 2/6/15, then the coverage
becomes effective 3/1/15.
2. Provide the names, birth dates and Social Security
numbers for the legal spouse and any eligible dependent children to be covered.
3. Certify that the spouse and children meet eligibility
requirements and provide a copy of the legal documents required for certifying
eligibility (marriage license, affidavit of continue marriage, photocopy of the
front page of the tax return for the spouse; court decree, birth
certificate, etc.. for dependent children) as identified in
the documents attached.
For questions about eligibility, enrollment and payments, or
other questions, employees should contact one of our Benefit Specialists at
(850)469-6267.
Sincerely,
Risk Management and Benefits
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