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When can enroll, change, or update my benefits selections?
Select a link below to read more about when and how you can change your benefits selections:

 Within 31 days of your hire date
 Some benefits changes can be made year-round
 During Open Enrollment
 During Annual Enrollment
 Within 31 days of a "life-qualifying" event

Any benefits changes require completion of a Notice of Election (NOE) form.  Print this form, and bring it to the Medical Center Human Resources Office, Room 109 Clinical Science Building to process the changes.

New Hires - Enrolling & Changing Benefits
As a new hire, not only can you select your benefits but you can also change your mind within 31 days of your date of hire.  You can:

 Change Health Insurance Carrier
 Add/Drop health or dental coverage for yourself or your dependents
 Add/Drop Optional and Dependent Life, Supplemental Long Term Disability, or Long Term Care Insurance

Benefits Changes You Can Make Year-Round
Some benefits changes may be made any time during the year.  You can:

 Change your HMO physician
 Drop Dependent Life Insurance
 Drop Optional Life Insurance
 Drop Supplemental Long Term Disability
 Drop Long Term Care Insurance
 Change beneficiaries

With completion of the Personal Health Application:
(Note: The Personal Health Application is Adobe Acrobat® format)
 Add/Increase Dependent Life Insurance
 Add/Increase Optional Life Insurance

With completion of the Medical History Statement:
(Note: The Medical History Statement is Adobe Acrobat®format)
 Add/Increase Supplemental Long Term Disability

Contact Aetna Insurance company at 1-800-537-8521 to:
 Add/Increase Long Term Care Insurance

Open Enrollment
Open enrollment is during a specified four-week period in October during odd years (e.g., 2005, 2007).  During this time you can make the following changes, which become effective January 1 of the following year:

 Change health insurance carriers
 Add/drop health or dental coverage for yourself or your dependents
 Set up MoneyPlu$ Dependent Care and/or Medical Spending Accounts for the following year

Annual Enrollment
Annual enrollment is during a specified four-week period in October during even years (e.g., 2006, 2008).  During this time you can make the following changes, which become effective January 1 of the following year:

 Change health insurance carriers
 Set up MoneyPlu$ Dependent Care and/or Medical Spending Accounts for the following year

Life-Qualifying Event
You may be able to add or delete dependents to health and/or dental insurance within 31 days from date you experience any of the following life-qualifying events:

 Marriage
 Separation/Divorce
 Birth or Adoption
 Death
 Employment change of spouse
 Dependency change for children