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My Life Events

Certain changes in your family, employment status or other health coverage may allow you to make mid-year changes to your Health Plan benefit selections.

To learn more, view this informative infographic: When Your Life Changes, Change Your Benefits!

If you have one of these qualifying events, you have 31 calendar days from the date of the event (60 days for birth, adoption, or legal guardianship) to make changes to your Health Trust benefits.

Qualifying Events (and examples of changes you may want to make):

Marriage

If you get married, you may enroll your new spouse and stepchildren, or end your enrollment, if you enroll in your new spouse’s coverage. To add a new spouse and stepchildren, you must provide a copy of your marriage certificate.

  • Full-time and part-time active employee members must go to Employee Self Service to complete this process on-line.
    1. Log in to selfservice.pps.net with your PPS username and password, then click Benefits Enrollment.
      NOTE: You must be in a PPS building and connected to the PPS Wi-Fi network to access selfservice.pps.net.
    2. Start a Marriage ‘Life Event’ and upload your marriage certificate. The Benefits Department will notify you when this document is approved.
    3. When you are notified that your marriage certificate is approved, log back in to Employee Self Service and enroll your new dependent(s). You must check the box next to their name(s) under the medical section of the enrollment system. If you do not check the box(es), they will not be enrolled.
  • If you are a Substitute Teacher or Early Retiree member, submit an enrollment form with a copy of your marriage certificate. Go to “How to enroll” to learn more.
If you fail to make a change to your benefit selections within 31 days from the date of a qualifying event, you will have to wait until the next Open Enrollment period to update your selections.
When a dependent’s eligibility ends, you must notify the Trust Administrative Office. If you fail to do so, you may be required to repay the Trust for any benefits paid after the dependent’s eligibility ends.

Go to How To Enroll to change your benefit selections.

And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to update your beneficiary information on your life and AD&D insurance!
Domestic Partnership

If you begin a domestic partnership, you may enroll your partner and your partner’s eligible dependent children once you have met the requirements outlined in the Affidavit of Domestic Partnership. The Affidavit must be notarized; there are free notaries available in Human Resources at the BESC. (Your domestic partner does NOT need to be present.)

  • If you are a full-time or part-time active employee member, please contact benefits@pps.net for next steps.
  • If you are a Substitute Teacher or Early Retiree member, submit an enrollment form with a copy or the notarized Affidavit of Domestic Partnership. Go to “How to enroll” to learn more.
If you fail to make a change to your benefit selections within 31 days from the date of a qualifying event, you will have to wait until the next Open Enrollment period to update your selections.
When a dependent’s eligibility ends, you must notify the Trust Administrative Office. If you fail to do so, you may be required to repay the Trust for any benefits paid after the dependent’s eligibility ends.

Go to How To Enroll to change your benefit selections.

And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to update your beneficiary information on your life and AD&D insurance!
Divorce or Legal Separation

If you divorce or legally separate, you must drop your spouse from coverage or you may enroll yourself and your eligible children in a Trust Health Plan, if you were formerly under your spouse’s coverage. To drop a spouse or enroll yourself and your eligible children, you must provide a copy of your divorce decree or legal separation court order.

  • Full-time and part-time active employee members must go to Employee Self Service to complete this process on-line.
    1. Log in to selfservice.pps.net with your PPS username and password, then click Benefits Enrollment.
      NOTE: You must be in a PPS building and connected to the PPS Wi-Fi network to access selfservice.pps.net.
    2. Start a Divorce ‘Life Event’ and upload your divorce decree (including 1st page with your names and the page with judge’s signature and date the divorce was finalized) or legal separation court order. The Benefits Department will notify you when this document is approved.
    3. When you are notified that your marriage certificate is approved, log back in to Employee Self Service and drop your ex-spouse or enroll yourself and your eligible dependent(s). You must check the box next to their name(s) under the medical section of the enrollment system. If you do not check the box(es), the changes will not take effect.
  • If you are a Substitute Teacher or Early Retiree member, submit an enrollment form with a copy of your divorce decree or legal separation court order. Go to “How to enroll” to learn more.
If you fail to make a change to your benefit selections within 31 days from the date of a qualifying event, you will have to wait until the next Open Enrollment period to update your selections.
When a dependent’s eligibility ends, you must notify the Trust Administrative Office. If you fail to do so, you may be required to repay the Trust for any benefits paid after the dependent’s eligibility ends.

Go to How To Enroll to change your benefit selections.

And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to update your beneficiary information on your life and AD&D insurance!
Birth, Adoption or Legal Guardianship

If you gain a dependent child, you may enroll your new dependent. To add a new dependent child(ren) because of birth, adoption or legal guardianship, you must provide a copy of the birth certificate (or hospital announcement) or placement paperwork.

  • Full-time and part-time active employee members must go to Employee Self Service to complete this process on-line.
    1. Log in to selfservice.pps.net with your PPS username and password, then click Benefits Enrollment.
      NOTE: You must be in a PPS building and connected to the PPS Wi-Fi network to access selfservice.pps.net.
    2. Start a Birth or Adoption ‘Life Event’ and upload the birth certificate (or hospital announcement) or placement paperwork. The Benefits Department will notify you when this document is approved.
    3. When you are notified that your birth certificate (or hospital announcement) or placement paperwork is approved, log back in to Employee Self Service and enroll your new dependent(s). You must check the box(es) next to their name(s) under the medical section of the enrollment system. If you do not check the box(es), your new dependent(s) will not be enrolled.
  • If you are a Substitute Teacher or Early Retiree member, submit an enrollment form with a copy of the birth certification (or hospital announcement) or placement paperwork.
Birth: Newborn infants are automatically covered for 60 days from the date of birth. To continue coverage, you must enroll your child within 60 days of birth. If you do not enroll your newborn within 60 days of birth, coverage will be terminated, and you will have to wait to enroll your child until the next Open Enrollment.
Adoption or Legal Guardianship: You must enroll your child within 60 days from the date of placement. If you do not enroll your child within 60 days of placement, coverage will be terminated, and you will have to wait to enroll your child until the next Open Enrollment period.
When a dependent’s eligibility ends, you must notify the Trust Administrative Office. If you fail to do so, you may be required to repay the Trust for any benefits paid after the dependent’s eligibility ends.

Go to How To Enroll to change your benefit selections.

And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to update your beneficiary information on your life and AD&D insurance!
Death

If your dependent dies, you must drop your dependent. If the employee dies; his or her dependents may continue self-pay coverage. To learn more, read about self-pay coverage in the Trust Legal Notices booklet.

If you fail to make a change to your benefit selections within 31 days from the date of a qualifying event, you will have to wait until the next Open Enrollment period to update your selections.
When a dependent’s eligibility ends, you must notify the Trust Administrative Office. If you fail to do so, you may be required to repay the Trust for any benefits paid after the dependent’s eligibility ends.

Go to How To Enroll to change your benefit selections.

And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to update your beneficiary information on your life and AD&D insurance!

For a list of benefits and resources that are available to you or your dependents in the event of a death, click here.

Change in Employment Status

If your eligibility changes (for example, you go from Part-Time to Full-Time, or vice versa), you may change your benefit selections.

  • Full-time and part-time active employee members must go to Employee Self Service to complete this process on-line.
    NOTE: You must be in a PPS building and connected to the PPS Wi-Fi network to access selfservice.pps.net.
    1. The PPS District Benefits Office will send you an email at your pps.net email address to notify you when you are eligible to enroll or change your benefit selections.
    2. Go to “How to enroll” to learn more.
If you fail to make a change to your benefit selections within 31 days from the date of a qualifying event, you will have to wait until the next Open Enrollment period to update your selections.
When a dependent’s eligibility ends, you must notify the Trust Administrative Office. If you fail to do so, you may be required to repay the Trust for any benefits paid after the dependent’s eligibility ends.

Go to How To Enroll to change your benefit selections.

And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to update your beneficiary information on your life and AD&D insurance!
Change in Other Coverage

When there is a significant change in your, your spouse’s or your dependent’s other coverage, you may change your benefit selections. To change your benefits selections, you must submit a Certificate of Creditable Coverage from the employer or carrier stating who was covered on the plan and the date coverage ended.

  • Full-time and part-time active employee members must go to Employee Self Service to complete this process on-line.
    1. Provide the PPS District Benefits Office with a Certificate of Creditable Coverage.
    2. When this is approved, you will be notified to log in to selfservice.pps.net with your PPS username and password, then click Benefits Enrollment to change your benefits selections and/or add/drop dependents.
      NOTE: You must be in a PPS building and connected to the PPS Wi-Fi network to access selfservice.pps.net.
    3. You must check the box(es) next to their name(es) under the medical section of the enrollment system. If you do not check the box(es), your new dependents will not be enrolled. Coverage will be effective the first day of the month after the former coverage ended.
  • If you are a Substitute Teacher or Early Retiree member, submit an enrollment form with a copy of the Certificate of Creditable Coverage. Go to “How to enroll” to learn more.
If you fail to make a change to your benefit selections within 31 days from the date of a qualifying event, you will have to wait until the next Open Enrollment period to update your selections.
When a dependent’s eligibility ends, you must notify the Trust Administrative Office. If you fail to do so, you may be required to repay the Trust for any benefits paid after the dependent’s eligibility ends.

Go to How To Enroll to change your benefit selections.

And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to update your beneficiary information on your life and AD&D insurance!