Benefits and Benefits Eligibility

Faculty and librarian members of the bargaining unit who are half-time or above are immediately eligible for health and dental insurance. All members must be minimum half-time per semester to maintain benefits once they have become benefits eligible (NOTE: Summer and Winter sessions do not count toward benefits eligibility).

HEALTH INSURANCE:

Health insurance is provided by the GIC. Please note employees and their dependents will have GIC Health Insurance coverage effective on the first day of the month following the hire date or, if the hire date falls on the first day of the month, benefits will be effective that same day. You only have 21 days from your start date to enroll in your choice of the health insurance plans. For details on health insurance options, costs, etc. contact the UMB Benefits Team.

DENTAL INSURANCE:

Dental insurance is provided free to bargaining unit members via the Health and Welfare Trust established by Article 27 of the collective bargaining agreement (see the FSU website for a copy of the contract: http://fsu.umb.edu/content/fsu-contract). Please note that there is a 6 month waiting period between hire date/date of benefits eligibility and effective date of dental insurance coverage (contact Human Resources for exact effective coverage date). The trustees, comprised of MTA members, have chosen Met Life (800 942-0854) as the insurer for dental coverage. For questions on dental coverage, including questions on eligibility, enrollment status, or COBRA information, you can contact Health Plans, Inc. (877 906-5939), the administrator of the dental coverage plan (the group number is 93994). 

VISION DISCOUNTS:

Limited vision discounts are offered through Met Life as part of the same plan established via the Health and Welfare Trust. For more information, go to Met Life (My Benefits), search for Massachusetts Teacher Association in the organization category, and proceed from there to Discount Vision link.