505. Employee Eligibility
Each dental carrier is assigned a dental plan deduction code by SCO.
This code, which is reflected on the employee's monthly statement of
earnings, is used to identify deduction premium and enrollment information
for each dental carrier. Attachment B provides a chart
that lists each dental plan, its respective dental deduction code and the
current dental premium. Additional information on dental deduction
codes is also provided in Section 201 of this Manual.
505. Employee Eligibility
Employees eligible to enroll or continue enrollment in the State's
Dental Program are:
- Permanent State employees with a time base of half-time or more who
are designated rank and file, managerial, supervisory, confidential,
exempt, excluded, Constitutional Officers, employees of the Judicial
Council, and all State Superior, Appellate, and Supreme Court Judges.
- An employee appointed to a Limited-Term (LT) or Temporary
Authorization (TAU) with an appointment of six months or more, with a time-base
of half-time or more.
- Permanent-Intermittent (PI) employees who are credited with a
minimum of 480 hours worked each six-month qualifying control period ending
June 30th or December 31st.
- Hours worked during a qualifying period in a permanent, temporary
authorization (TAU) or limited-term (LT) appointment may be counted
toward the 480 hours if the employee subsequently receives a PI
appointment with no break in service.
- An employee who permanently separates and reinstates as a PI
employee must work the 480 hours in a qualifying control period to be
eligible for coverage, regardless of the length of the break in service.
- An enrolled employee whose time base changes to PI will have
coverage continued until the end of the next control period. At that time,
the employee must requalify based on his/her PI status.
- A PI employee who transitions into a LT position during a control
period, with no break in service, may combine the hours worked as an LT
with the PI hours to qualify for dental coverage at the end of that
control period. The LT time base must be half-time or more.
- A Bargaining Unit 6 cadet PI employee will be eligible for dental
benefits upon graduation from the Academies of the Department of
Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority.
- Eligible Seasonal Lifeguards (Unit 7) as defined by Bargaining Unit
7 MOU, and Eligible Seasonal Firefighters (Unit 8) as defined by
Bargaining Unit 8 MOU.
- A former retired State employee reinstated to a permanent
intermittent position. However, retirees reinstated to a permanent intermittent
position must requalify during the following control periods.
Note: Employees in Bargaining Unit 6 - California Correctional Peace
Officers Association (CCPOA) have dental coverage through their union
benefit trust and are not eligible to enroll in the State's Dental
Program.
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