Employee Eligibility
Regular full-time employees are eligible for all City of Plano benefits. Benefits begin on the first of the month following 30 days of service.
Dependent Eligibility
As an employee, you can enroll your spouse, Common Law spouse, domestic partner, natural child, stepchild, domestic partner’s child, legally adopted child or child under your legal guardianship or custodianship (i.e. grandchildren or foster children). Dependent children are eligible until the end of the month in which they turn age 26 unless they are physically or mentally disabled and incapable of self-support. Please refer to Family Status Changes and Dependent Eligibility Requirements found at plano.gov/benefits. Your dependent’s required documentation must be received within 30 days of new hire date or qualifying event. If we do not receive the documentation, their enrollment will be removed from the Plan.
Making Changes to Your Benefit Elections
Once you make your benefit elections, these choices will remain in effect until January 1st of the next plan year unless you have a qualified status change. Please refer to the chart below for deadlines to submit enrollment changes. If you do not meet the deadline listed, you will have to wait until the next Open Enrollment to make any benefit election changes. The Benefits Change Form can be found at plano.gov/benefits.
Qualifying Event | Deadline to Make Benefits Change | Effective Date of Change | Required Documentation |
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Marriage / Divorce | 30 days from event date | Date of event | Marriage License, Divorce Decree, Registration of informal Marriage (Common Law), Social Security number |
Birth / Adoption | 30 days from event date | Date of event | Birth Certificate, Adoption Agreement, Social Security number |
Spouse Gain or Loss of Coverage (includes Spouse's Open Enrollment) | 30 days from gain/loss of coverage | Date coverage was gained/lost | Proof of gain - offer letter indicating hire date and when benefits begin, copy of completed enrollment form Proof of loss - letter from spouse’s HR office, termination notice, copy of completed enrollment form, Marriage License, Social Security number |
Death | 30 days from event date | Date of event | Death Certificate |