2023 Benefits Guide Eligibility and Enrollment Who is Eligible? When Can You Enroll in Benefits? Youare eligible for WestCare benefits if you are: You can enroll for benefits: • An active, full-time and regular employee of • When you are a new hire. All full-time new hires WestCare have 60 days from their start date to select benefits Your dependents are eligible if they are: for the current plan year. Benefits are effective the first of the month following 60 days from your hire • Your legal spouse or domestic partner date. New employees hired near the end of the year may need to complete two enrollments –one for the • Your and/or your domestic partner’s child(ren)* up to current year’s plans and another for the coming the end of the calendar year they reach age 26 year’s plans. • Your disabled child(ren) up to any age (if disabled • During the annual Open Enrollment period prior to age 19)* • During the plan year, if you experience a Qualifying • Your children* through age 19, or if dependent on Life Event (QLE). Benefit changes due to a QLE you, through age 25, for voluntary products must be made in the benefit section of Paycom. * Includes natural, step, legally adopted/or a child placed for adoption, or a child under your legal guardianship. You may be required to show proof of dependent status, Open Enrollment have these documents handy during open enrollment. Open Enrollment is your once-a-year opportunity to review your benefit About Domestic Partner Coverage plan elections and make adjustments WestCareallows you to enroll your same-sex or that meet the needs of you and your opposite-sex domestic partner and his or her dependents family. for coverage. Under federal law, WestCare’s contribution Changes to medical, HSA, dental , toward the cost of healthcare coverage for your vision, life and any other domestic partner and his or her dependents is considered supplemental benefits made during taxable income to you. Open Enrollment will go into effect Domestic partner premiums will be deducted on a post- January 1,2023. tax basis. You may wish to consult with a tax adviser for Flexible Spending Accounts run on a more information. calendar year. Open Enrollment for these plans is typically held in November with changes effective January 1. 4 WestCare