ELIGIBILITY • To qualify for most benefts, you must initially have employment exceeding six months, with a time base of at least .50. • Academic-year lecturers and coaches are eligible for benefts if appointed for a minimum of one semester or two consecutive quarters with a time base of .40 or greater. • Affordable Care Act (ACA)—Employees who do not meet eligibility requirements listed above may qualify for health care under ACA. • If you do not meet any of the eligibility criteria above, you may still be eligible to enroll in many of the voluntary plans. DEPENDENT ELIGIBILITY Dependents of an eligible employee include: • Spouse (unless legally separated or divorced); • Domestic partner (registered through the California secretary of state process); and • Dependent children from birth to the end of the month in which the child turns 26. A dependent child includes a step, natural, adopted, domestic partner’s, a child certifed disabled before age 26 or a child living with the employee in a parent-child relationship and is economically dependent upon the employee. For a list of required supporting documentation, please contact your campus benefts offce. 7