Listed below are the requirements for written notice and supporting documentation that you must provide when life events which can impact your coverage occur.
Life Events
| Written Notice Required?
| Evidence Required?
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| Birth | YES – Must be received by the NY AFTRA H&R Office within 30 days after the birth. | YES – Copy of the recorded birth certificate must be received by the NY AFTRA H&R office within 30 days after the birth. EXCEPTION: If the recorded birth certificate is not available within 30 days after the birth, AFTRA H&R will accept a copy of an official birth record from the delivery hospital to add a newborn to coverage (e.g., a hospital release form that lists the mother's and child’s names). However, a copy of the recorded birth certificate must be received by the NY AFTRA H&R office as soon as it is available. |
| Adoption | YES – Must be received by the NY AFTRA H&R office within 30 days after the adoption or placement of the child in the home. | YES – Copy of the adoption papers issued by the court or a letter of placement by an adoption agency must be received by the NY AFTRA H&R office within 30 days of the adoption.
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Unmarried Full-Time Student Over
Age 21 | YES – Must be received by
the NY AFTRA H&R office each semester. | YES – A letter or transcript from the school verifying the dependent is enrolled as a full-time student and is attending classes must be received by
the NY AFTRA H&R office each semester.
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| Marriage | YES – Must be received by
the NY AFTRA H&R office within 30 days after the marriage. | YES – Copy of recorded marriage certificate must be received by the NY AFTRA H&R office within 30 days after the marriage
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Domestic Partner
| NO – Contact the Participant Services Department to obtain an enrollment package (the forms also are available online). | YES – Fully executed and notarized forms including a “Declaration of Same-Sex Domestic Partnership for Enrollment or Eligibility,” “Affidavit of Domestic Partnership,” “Registration of Domestic Partnership,” an “Affidavit of Dependency for Tax Purposes” and copies of birth certificates.
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| Divorce | YES – Must be received by the NY AFTRA H&R office within 60 days after the judgment of “Dissolution of Marriage.”
| YES – Copy of the recorded judgment of “Dissolution of Marriage.” |
| Death of Participant or Dependent
| YES – Must be received by the NY AFTRA H&R office within 90 days after the date of death.
| YES – Copy of the recorded death certificate. |
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