eligibility**

• employee,
• employee plus spouse or domestic partner,
• employee plus one dependent child , or
• employee plus more than one dependent (spouse or domestic partner and/or children).

Eligible dependents are defined as:

• your legally married spouse (husband or wife), if not divorced from you
• your domestic partner (individuals who share a regular and permanent residence, have a committed personal relationship, can demonstrate financial interdependence, who are not related by blood and who are not legally married or in another domestic partnership)
• each of your children, as long as the child is: not married, not employed on a regular full time basis, dependent on you for support and under the age limit for dependent children (under the age of 19, or under the age 25* if child is a full-time student) *Note: A $50 per month Extended Child Premium is required once a child reaches age 23
  
• a child over the age limit if the child is unable to support himself or herself because of mental or physical handicap

“Children” includes biological children, adopted children, stepchildren and children placed in your home for the purposes of adoption (for whom you have filed for legal adoption), children for whom an employee is a legal guardian

**AFSCME members: consult your union contract for details regarding your benefit coverages.