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from the service center

Keeping your coverage up-to-date

Important events in your family life can affect your health plan
coverage. These events qualify you to add or change coverage for
you, your spouse or dependents. But you only have 30 days from Update Your Coverage
the date of the event to make those changes. When one of these events occurs, be sure to
Certain life events permit employees to make mid-year insurance update your coverage immediately:
election changes to their medical, dental, vision, and life
insurance as well as Flexible Spending Accounts. These life events, » MARRIAGE OR DIVORCE
called “qualifying events,” are defined by the Internal Revenue » BIRTH OF A CHILD
Service (IRS), and are detailed in the list to the right.
Report any family status change to Human Resources within 30 » ADOPTION OF A CHILD
days of the event, and make sure you submit your request via the » CHANGE IN A SPOUSE’S JOB STATUS
ADP Workforce Now self-service portal. Changes received after THAT AFFECTS COVERAGE
the 30 days will not be allowed until the next open enrollment.
Please understand that Human Resources is required to adhere » DEATH
to both federal regulations as well as applicable plan guidelines in » LOSS OF DEPENDENT ELIGIBILTY
the administration of MIL insurance plans. STATUS (OVER 26 YRS. OLD ARE
If you experience a qualifying event, it is imperative that you NOT ELIGIBLE )
notify Human Resources within 30 days of this event. Based on
IRS regulations, this 30-day time period provides employees with
a special enrollment period in which to make applicable insurance benefit election changes.
Failure to notify HR within 30 days of a qualifying event will result in loss of eligibility to make applicable insurance election changes as
well as loss of eligibility for continuation of applicable insurance coverages under federal COBRA law and/or plan guidelines. In these
instances, the employee must then wait until the next annual open enrollment period (which occurs every fall) to make insurance election
changes.
If you have any questions regarding qualifying events or when applicable insurance coverages begin or end, please contact
hr@milcorp.com or call 301.809.5465.

Join us at the Verizon Center!

There are countless opportunities to catch
an event at the Verizon Center in the MIL
suite. Check your MIL email often for a

chance to enter. You never know who you
may meet…
MIL guests enjoy the Sia concert.

MIL guests were treated to a meet and greet with basketball great Gheorghe NHL Hall of Famer Rod Langway stopped by the suite to meet MIL guests.
Muresan. A former member of the NBA’s Washington Bullets, the 7ft 7 inch The accomplished All-Star played for the Capitals for 11 years.
star now serves as a Washington Wizards ambassador.
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