All UC schools and LBNL postdocs, please use the following link to enroll or make changes to your benefits via the UCPath website.

If you have questions on how to enroll or make changes to your benefits, please contact UCPath at 855 982 7284 or via email at ucpath@universityofcalifornia.edu

Rates and Contributions

 

 

 

ELIGIBILITY:

As a new postdoc appointed in any of the postdoc title codes of 3252, 3253, 3254, 3255 or 3256, you have 31 days from your date of appointment to enroll yourself and your eligible dependents.

Family member eligibility requirements are the same as the family member eligibility requirements for the University of California Faculty and Staff plans. The major family member eligibility categories are the following:

• Spouse
• Natural or adopted child or children to age 26 for medical plans (unless eligible to continue coverage because of disability). Adult age children are not eligible to enroll if they are eligible for their own employer-sponsored plan.
• Same-sex or Opposite-sex domestic partner, as long as the relationship meets established criteria.

Note: When two family members are employed through the UC, duplicate coverage is not allowed.

Your eligible family members must be enrolled with the same coverage start date as you, which is the date of appointment. However, you may enroll eligible family members at a later time due to a qualifying event as listed in the section below.  

Failure to enroll yourself, or enroll your dependents, within this time frame could result in a significant delay in access to coverage, or the inability to enroll yourself and/or your dependents until the next Open Enrollment period.

UC's Definition of a Domestic Partnership

• Each Other's Sole Domestic Partner in a Long-Term, Committed Relationship and Intended to Remain so Indefinitely
• Neither Party Legally Married or a Partner in Another Domestic Relationship
• Not Related to Each Other by Blood
• Both Parties 18 Years Old and Capable of Consenting to the Relationship
• Parties Financially Interdependent
• Parties Share a Common Residence

CURRENTLY ENROLLED, BUT NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO YOUR COVERAGE?

If you are currently enrolled, you may be able to enroll a newly eligible family member(s) (and/or change your Medical and Dental plan types) if you experience one of the following qualifying life events:

Qualifying Events

• • Marriage
  • Domestic partnership
  • Family member(s) arrival in the U.S.
  • Birth
  • Adoption

The UCPath Enrollment Form can be located here.