If you are a UW employee who is enrolled in a medical and/or dental plan, your eligible spouse or same-sex domestic partner can be enrolled in the same plan as you. If you have previously waived UW health insurance coverage, your spouse may not enroll in the medical insurance either.
A spouse or same-sex domestic partner may be added to one’s health insurance:
If the person meets the enrollment criteria, Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) sponsored benefits will begin the first of the month after after coverage is terminated by the person’s employer.
Coverage for a spouse or same-sex domestic partner begins on the first of the month following the date the person establishes eligibility. If a newly eligible subscriber or dependent other than a newborn child is in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, approved chemical dependency treatment facility, or other inpatient facility when coverage would normally begin, no benefits will be provided for services rendered before discharge.
In addition, if you are adding a spouse or same-sex domestic partner to coverage because that person’s insurance through another employer was lost, you must submit a letter from the employer certifying eligibility dates with that employer. The state Health Care Authority must approve coverage.
Be sure that coverage has been approved before using any health care services.
If you have any questions about eligibility, or about the process of adding a dependent to your health insurance coverage, email Benefits & Work/Life.
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