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Who Is Eligible
Eligible employees
Unless otherwise noted in this guide, you may enroll in benefits if you are a permanent City of Portland employee scheduled to work 18.75 or more hours per week. As a benefits-eligible employee, you have the opportunity to enroll in benefit plans as a new hire or during the annual open enrollment. If you’re enrolling as a new employee, you become eligible for benefits the first of the month following your hire date.
Dependent eligibility
As you become eligible for benefits, so do your eligible dependents. In general, eligible dependents include:
- Your spouse, this includes your legal spouse or domestic partner.
- Your children up to the age of 26. This includes your natural children and those of your spouse, adopted children, stepchildren, foster children, or children obtained through court-appointed legal guardianship. If your child is mentally or physically disabled, coverage may continue beyond age 26 once proof of the ongoing disability is provided to and approved by HR. Additionally, children who have been named in a QMSCO are covered by our plan
WHAT IS A DOMESTIC PARTNER?
Also known as a "spousal equivalent," a domestic partner is a person of the same or opposite sex with whom an employee has a long-term intimate and committed relationship. Both parties must be 18 years of age, competent to contract and be each other's only mate. Neither partner can be married to anyone else and cannot be blood-related to the degree that legally prohibits marriage. Domestic partners must live together at the same permanent residence, be jointly responsible for each other’s common welfare, and be financially interdependent.
QUALIFICATIONS
In order to qualify for benefits, you must be benefit eligible, satisfy certain criteria and have been in the relationship for six continuous months or more. The employee must not have signed a domestic partner affidavit with any other partner within the last six months. Both you and your partner would need to complete an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership to this effect and be able to provide proof of a financially interdependent relationship such as a joint bank account, joint lease or mortgage or joint ownership of property.
BENEFITS AVAILABLE
Benefits included are health insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance.
COST OF COVERAGE
The cost for health and dental insurance will be consistent with our current employee/spouse or family rates; however, because domestic partners are not recognized by the Internal Revenue Service, the weekly deductions for domestic partners and their children must be taken on a post-tax basis. If you currently carry pretax benefits for your children, that portion of the benefits would remain pretax.