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New Employee

As a newly hired employee, your basic employee medical, dental, and life insurance coverage will become effective on the first day of the month following your first day of employment. You can determine the effective date of your basic benefits by using the chart below.

Newly Eligible Employee

As a current employee who becomes newly eligible for coverage as a result of an appointment change, your basic employee medical, dental, and life insurance coverage will become effective on the first day of the month following the date of the eligible change. If your newly eligible appointment begins on the first day of the month, then your coverage becomes effective on the same day.

You can use the "Coverage Effective Date" column below that lists the monthly beginning dates to determine the effective date of your basic benefits.

Effective Dates

Employed During Coverage Effective Date
January 2008 February 1, 2008
February 2008 March 1, 2008
March 2008 April 1, 2008
April 2008 May 1, 2008
May 2008 June 1, 2008
June 2008 July 1, 2008
July 2008 August 1, 2008
August 2008 September 1, 2008
September 2008 October 1, 2008
October 2008 November 1, 2008
November 2008 December 1, 2008
December 2008 January 1, 2009
January 2009 February 1, 2009
February 2009 March 1, 2009

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