Enrollment in Health and Welfare Benefit Plan Sample Clauses

Enrollment in Health and Welfare Benefit Plan. 22.5.1 Upon initiation of a new program, actively employed eligible unit members shall be given the opportunity to enroll. It is the responsibility of the unit member to complete the required documents and submit them to the Payroll Office within thirty (30) days of the date of initiation of the new program. 22.5.2 New, reinstated, reemployed unit members who are eligible shall be given the opportunity to enroll within thirty (30) calendar days of the employment date. 22.5.3 Eligible unit members not enrolled in a plan(s) may enroll during open enrollment. Changes in the employee's choice of available plans shall be permitted during this period. 22.5.4 Eligible unit members on authorized leave of absence during the open enrollment period shall be given the opportunity to enroll upon return to active employment with the District. 22.5.5 It is the responsibility of the eligible unit member to complete all the required documents and submit the completed documents to the Payroll Office within the thirty (30) day limitation. 22.5.6 Multiple Enrollment Not Permitted (Elimination of Dual Coverage). A benefit eligible employee may not be included as an enrolled employee and also, at the same time, be a dependent of another enrolled employee in the District’s health plan. If a benefit eligible employee and spouse/domestic partner are both District employees, they may not cover each other as dependents; similarly, only one of them may cover eligible children under the plan(s).