Status Change Events

Review and compare your spouses benefits with your own so that you can coordinate coverage to your best advantage. If already enrolled in CMU's medical/prescription drug dental and vision plan you may decide to cancel your CMU coverage and be covered by your spouse health insurance. Be sure to check if your spouses employer requires you to maintain your own insurance at CMU.

Update your beneficiary(ies) you have listed for your employee life insurance and retirement plan. You may want to review your investment elections and contribution amounts under the Tax Deferred Investment Plan to accommodate your new situation.

Name changes will be done electronically once you have changed it with the University.

Tax Withholding

As a result of your child's birth or adoption, you and your eligible dependents may enroll in the CMU medical/prescription drub, dental and vision plan. If you are already enrolled in this plan, you may add coverage for your new child and any eligible dependents. Enrollment must be completed by submitting a Status Change Request form to the CMU Benefits & Wellness office within 30 calendar days of your child's birth or the date the child is placed in your home in anticipation of formal adoption or as of the date of adoption, whichever is earlier.

If your dependent loses coverage, you may elect to enroll your spouse and other eligible dependents in your CMU medical/prescription drug, dental and vision plan, provided you do so within 30 calendar days of the loss of your dependent's coverage. You must complete the Status Change Request form.

If you were covered under your dependents plan, you may want to enroll yourself and your eligible dependent in your CMU medical/prescription drug, dental and vision plan within 30 calendar days of the loss of your dependents coverage.

Note: You must provide documentation from another employer plan or insurer stating that you or your dependent(s) lost eligibility for coverage and the date the other coverage ended.

Review and compare your spouse's benefits with your own so that you can coordinate coverage to your best advantage. If already enrolled in CMU's benefit plans, you may decide to cancel your CMU coverage and be covered by your spouse's insurance. Be sure to check if your spouse's employer requires you to maintain your own insurance at CMU. If your spouse has an employer that pays any portion of the cost, he or she is required to be covered by his or her employer's plan. this rule does not apply to regular faculty members.

Note: You must provide documentation form your dependent's employer plan or insurer stating that your dependent gained eligibility for coverage and the date to other coverage started.

The steps you will need to take to remove a spouse or other eligible individual or step child after the divorce or legal separation. If you have them enrolled in our health plan elections, you may need to change from family to two-person or individual coverage. Or you may need to add yourself and your children to your benefit coverages if you spouse previously covered them. Enrollment changes must be completed by submitting a Status Change Request form to the CMU Benefits office within 30 calendar days of the event date.

Update your beneficiary(ies) you have listed for your employee life insurance and retirement plan. You may want to review your investment elections and contribution amounts under the Tax Deferred Investment Plan to accommodate your new situation.

If you have a name change it will be sent to all insurance vendors electronically once you have changed it with the University.

Tax Withholding