Graduate assistants and/or trainees are eligible to enroll in medical and dental insurance plans. The Medical Insurance Plan Summary and the Dental Insurance Plan Summary briefly summarize available benefits for the medical and dental plans. These are not intended to be comprehensive descriptions of the plans.
If you plan to elect coverage for your qualified dependents upon hire, you will need to include documentation of each dependent’s eligibility status at the time of enrollment. For dependents who have social security numbers, you will need to provide their social security numbers.
Qualified dependents generally include:
- Your legally married spouse or civil union partner.
- Your children, including stepchildren and adopted children, up to age 26 (disabled children may be covered beyond age 26).
- Children for whom you are legal guardian up to age 18, unless proof of continued dependency is provided (allowing coverage up to age 26).
Outside of the annual Open Enrollment period, you cannot make changes to your coverage during the plan year (September 1 to August 31) unless you experience a separate qualifying status change. You must contact Human Resources within 31 days of the event date. Qualifying status changes include, but are not limited to:
- Change in marital status (marriage, civil union, divorce, death of a spouse, legal separation)
- Change in number of dependent children (birth, death, adoption, legal guardianship)
- Any event that changes you or a dependent’s employment status, resulting in gaining or losing eligibility for coverage
- Any event that causes a dependent child to become eligible or ineligible for coverage
Medical & Dental Bi-weekly Rates
Medical Plan
Employee Only
Bi-weekly Rate: 10.77
Employee + One Dependent
Bi-weekly Rate: 55.38
Family (2+ Dependents)
Bi-weekly Rate: 70.08
Dental Plan
Employee Only
Bi-weekly Rate:5.27
Employee + One Dependent
Bi-weekly Rate: 10.53
Family (2+ Dependents)
Bi-weekly Rate: 21.07
COBRA Medical & Dental Rates and Information
Under federal and state law, the State of Connecticut is required to offer employees the opportunity to continue their current medical and dental plan options when coverage under the plan would otherwise end because of a qualifying event. An Initial COBRA Notification was made available to employees on their hire date.
To continue the coverage, members would have to pay the full cost of the coverage at group rates, which include an administrative fee.
Anthem is the COBRA Administrator for the Partnership Plan; please contact the Anthem COBRA Unit (800-433-5436) for further information.
COBRA Monthly Medical Costs 9/1/2025 - 8/31/2026
Employee - $584.28
Employee +1 - $1,186.14
Employee Family - $1,735.40
COBRA Monthly Dental Costs 9/1/2025 - 8/31/2026
Employee - $23.30
Employee +1 - $46.55
Employee Family - $93.13
The length of continuation is based on the qualifying event.
Qualifying Event and Period of Coverage
Terminating employee and/or enrolled dependents
Period of Coverage: Up to 30 months
Leave of absence without pay
Period of Coverage: Up to 30 months
Enrolled dependent of deceased employee
Period of Coverage: Up to 36 months
Divorced/legally separated spouse and/or enrolled dependents
Period of Coverage: Up to 36 months
Enrolled child who no longer qualifies as a dependent
Period of Coverage: Up to 36 months
The COBRA Administrator will automatically send a COBRA notice shortly following notification of the termination of coverage.
Additional Resources
- State of CT Partnership Medical Benefit Plan Document
- State of CT Partnership Pharmacy Benefit Plan Document
- State of CT Partnership Dental Benefit Plan Document
Contact
HR Employee Resource Center:
Phone: 860-679-2426
Email: HR Resource Center