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DENTAL INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY
Employees must complete an enrollment form to enroll in coverage. Employees must be regularly scheduled to work at least thirty hours per week in a non-seasonal, non-temporary position in order to be eligible for health insurance.
ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS
Spouse (legally married)
A child under the age of 26 who meets at least one of the following criteria:
Employee's natural (biological) child
Employee's adopted child (including a child placed for adoption in anticipation of adoption)
A child for whom the employee is the legal guardian
Employee's child for whom the plan has received a qualified medical child support order requiring the child to be enrolled in health insurance
An employee or spouse's stepchild under the age of 26 for whom the employee or spouse is providing care
Dependents over the age of 26 who are incapacitated (mentally or physically incapable of earning a living regardless of age). This provision applies only when the incapacity existed before the dependent's 26th birthday and they were already insured by a state-sponsored plan.
Dependents who are NOT eligible for coverage include:
Foster children
Dependents not listed in the above definitions
Parents of the employee or spouse
Ex-spouse
Live-in companions who are not legally married to the employee
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Delta Dental of Tennessee
1-800-223-3104