SBF Summary Plan Handbook - CWA Local 1180

SBF Summary Plan Description 06-11-12
Your Spouse or Domestic Partner:
Your spouse is eligible for all of the benefits provided by the CWA Local 1180 Security
Benefits Fund and some of the benefits provided by the CWA Local 1180 Legal Benefits
Fund,* if:
‣ You and your spouse are legally married.
Your domestic partner is eligible for all of the benefits provided by the CWA security
Benefits Fund and some of the benefits provided by the CWA Legal Benefits Fund,* if:
‣ Your domestic partner has qualified for and been certified by the City as a domestic
partner eligible for City health plan coverage
or
‣ You and your domestic partner present proof of certification by the City of domestic
partners’ health insurance coverage. (If you are an eligible employee of an employer
other than the City of New York, your domestic partner must be certified as a domestic
partner in accordance with criteria similar to those employed by the City. Please contact
the Fund Office for information about the certification process.)
As a general rule, whenever the term “your spouse” is used in this booklet, it is intended to
refer to your eligible domestic partner as well, unless otherwise noted or the context
indicates that such usage was not intended. References to children, moreover, are also
intended to refer to children of your eligible domestic partner.
* Consult the eligibility rules of the Legal Benefits Fund for a description of the Legal
Services Benefits available to a spouse or domestic partner of a member.
NOTE:
The cost of coverage for domestic partners may be taxable as income to the Fund member.
Domestic Partnership Registration:
http://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov/html/marriage/domestic_partnership_reg.shtml
Your Children:
Your children are eligible for some of the benefits provided by the CWA Local
1180 Security Benefits and CWA Local 1180 Legal Benefits Funds, if:
‣ They are your biological children two weeks of age until their 19 th birthday
or
‣ They are your legally adopted children from placement until their 19 th birthday
or
‣ They are your stepchildren from date of marriage until their 19 th birthday
or
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