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Virginia Department of Human Resource Management - September 2023 |
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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Benefits Administrator Memo #23-05
To: Benefits Administrators
From: State and Local Health Benefits Programs
Date: September 26, 2023
Re: Dependents Who Lose Eligibility at the End of 2023
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Dependent children who are otherwise eligible for the Health Benefits Program for state employees lose eligibility at the end of the year in which they turn age 26. Dependents that are ineligible due to age will be removed from coverage effective January 1, 2024, and the employee’s or retiree group participant’s membership will be reduced as appropriate. Agency Benefits Administrators are responsible for immediately notifying employees or retiree group enrollees whose children will lose eligibility on January 1.
Please see BA Memo #23-05 for instructions.
Attachments:
Sample Employee Letter
Sample Retiree Letter
Please do not reply to this e-mail. You may send inquiries to the Office of Health
Benefits mailbox at ohb@dhrm.virginia.gov.
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Published by the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management
www.dhrm.virginia.gov
101 N. 14th Street, 12th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219 |
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