Faculty Handbook
Other Eligible Individuals
VII. FACULTY AND ACADEMIC STAFF BENEFIT AND RETIREMENT PROGRAMS (Cont.)
Other Eligible Individuals
Other Eligible Individuals of eligible faculty/academic staff who meet all the following criteria are eligible for benefits if:
- the OEI currently resides in the same residence as the employee and has done so for the last 18 continuous months, other than as a tenant;
- the OEI is not a "dependent" of the employee as defined by the IRS; and
- the OEI is not eligible to inherit from the employee under the laws of intestate succession in the State of Michigan.
Other Eligible Individuals' children are eligible for health and dental benefits if they:
- are qualified and claimed as an IRS-defined dependent by the domestic partner;
- are members of the employee's household or a full-time student; and
- are unmarried and under the age of 19 (up to the end of the calendar year they turn 23 for dental coverage if a full-time student, and up to the end of the calendar year they turn age 25 for health plan coverage if an IRS-defined dependent).
Eligibility to continue coverage for an OEI ceases at the end of the month in which the above criteria are not met.
The following individuals
do not
fall within the eligibility criteria for this program:
- Spouse
- Children and their descendents (i.e. children, grandchildren)
- Parents
- Parents' descendents (i.e. siblings, nieces, nephews)
- Grandparents and their descendents (i.e. aunts, uncles, cousins)
- Renters, boarders, tenants, etc.
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