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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">February 19, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">To: Department Benefits Representatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">From: Central HR Benefits Office on behalf of UC Office of the President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">Re: Health and Welfare Benefits Eligibility Policy Revisions for Rehired Retirees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DBRs, please
<b>DO NOT SHARE</b> this information. It is for your information and professional use only. <b><u>Do not reply to this mail.</u></b> Please send a separate email with questions to </span><a href="mailto:benefits@ucr.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">benefits@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UC has advised us of upcoming changes to UC’s eligibility policy regarding health and welfare benefits for rehired staff retirees
and recalled academic appointees (hereafter, “rehired retirees”) enrolled in UC retiree medical plans. Below is detailed information about the policy changes and their implementation effective as of July 1, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BACKGROUND</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To ensure compliance with federal regulations, UC will require certain rehired retirees to change their medical plan upon re-employment
with UC. The revised policy was developed by a multidisciplinary workgroup, including UC Legal, Systemwide Academic Personnel, HR Compliance, Retirement Programs, RASC, UCPath, Benefits Programs & Strategy and others, and shared with key stakeholders and constituents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">POLICY REVISION</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UC benefits eligibility policy and administrative procedures will be revised as follows.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rehired retirees who are eligible for UC retiree health benefits and become eligible for employer-sponsored group medical coverage in accordance with federal requirements and UC eligibility policy
will be offered Mid-level faculty/staff benefits, rather than CORE. Mid-level faculty/staff benefits are more comparable to retiree coverage than CORE, providing access to all medical plans and expanded life insurance options.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rehired retirees are free to accept or decline the offer of faculty/staff coverage. If they wish to enroll, they will be able to choose from any available faculty/staff medical plan for which they
are eligible (for example, if in a UC Medicare plan, they are not limited to the partner plan of their Medicare plan).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rehired retirees who are offered a UC faculty/staff medical plan will not have the option to remain enrolled in a UC retiree medical plan. Enrollment in a UC retiree medical plan will be suspended.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Upon future loss of eligibility for faculty/staff benefits (due to termination of employment or failure to meet the federally mandated average weekly hours of service during the annual measurement
period), rehired retirees may re-enroll in the medical plan of their choice under the UC retiree health program.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Full policy language will be incorporated into UC’s benefits eligibility policy, the </span><a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/for-hr-administrators/health-welfare-benefits/group-insurance-regulations/" title="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/for-hr-administrators/health-welfare-benefits/group-insurance-regulations/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Group Insurance</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/for-hr-administrators/health-welfare-benefits/group-insurance-regulations/" title="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/for-hr-administrators/health-welfare-benefits/group-insurance-regulations/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Regulations</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
by April 1, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IMPACTS</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Any changes to medical plan enrollment will be prospective; no rehired retirees will have their medical plan changed retroactively. The one exception will be if a rehired retiree has been subject to
a Medicare audit and their claims have been refused payment. In that case, RASC will work with the individual to correct their enrollment to ensure claims for covered services are paid.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rehired retirees who accept UC’s offer of faculty/staff medical coverage will have their medical plan administered by UCPath. In addition, any other benefits the rehired retiree accepts under the
Mid-level benefit package will also be administered by UCPath. Note that duplicate coverage under both benefit programs is not allowed.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rehired retirees will be allowed to continue any non-duplicative, non-medical plans offered under the retiree benefits program, such as dental and vision. Those plans will continue to be administered
by RASC or the carrier, as applicable.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The new policy will be applied to retirees rehired or recalled July 1, 2025, or later.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Retirees rehired prior to July 1, 2025, will have their benefits eligibility evaluated by UCPath when their appointment is next renewed, extended, or changed after July 1, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A multi-disciplinary work group, including CUCRA and CUCEA representatives, has developed a communications plan that will cascade information to key stakeholder groups, employees and retirees in
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The group will also provide training for benefits professionals, academic personnel offices, retirement center directors and local faculty retirement liaisons so those in communication with retirees
are ready to respond to questions. RASC and UCPath staff have already been trained.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Educational sessions for employees and retirees will be offered monthly. These sessions will be announced.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo4">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Individual counseling will be available for prospective and current retirees through RASC.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Another workgroup will make the systems changes and create operational procedures to manage the data flow between UCPath and Redwood and make the transactional change
required due to the new policy. Trainings will be held this spring for the groups listed above, as well as hiring managers and transactors, to provide detailed information about how plan enrollments and suspensions will be handled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Frequently Asked Questions provide additional details about how the policy change will be implemented. The FAQs are a living document that will be updated as new information becomes available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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