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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">December 4, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">To:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Department Benefits Representatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Central HR Benefits Office on behalf of the UCR Wellness Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Open Enrollment 2023 Processing for Unverified FMEV Dependents<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">DBRs, please share this information via your department email listserv.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">During Open Enrollment 2023, if an employee enrolled a dependent who previously failed to complete Family Member Eligibility Verification (FMEV) through UnifyHR
(UC’s third-party vendor), UCPath has removed the OE elections for that dependent. A targeted mass
<a href="https://hr.ucr.edu/document/family-member-eligibility-verification-email">
email</a> was sent to employees on December 1, 2023 to inform them of the action, the dependent(s) affected, and what steps the employee can take to complete FMEV through UnifyHR to have their dependent(s) reinstated into Health & Welfare benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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