MTABF
MAHOPAC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION BENEFIT FUND
Post Office Box # 656
Baldwin Place, NY 10505
Phone: 845.543.7415
Post Office Box # 656
Baldwin Place, NY 10505
Phone: 845.543.7415
The benefits offered by the MTA Benefit Fund cover the employed or retired member. Some benefits cover eligible dependents. The MTA Benefit fund defines eligible dependent as follows:
Spouse / Domestic Partner:
(a) Spouse of covered member. Proper documentation is required at the time of enrollment.
(b) Covered members in a same-sex domestic partnership that meet the requirements listed below shall be eligible to enroll their partner as an eligible dependent. Opposite-sex domestic partners shall not be eligible for coverage. In the event that same-sex marriage becomes legal this policy may be rescinded or amended.
Basic Eligibility Requirements
• Each partner must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and competent to enter into a legal contract;
• The partners must not be related by blood in a manner that would bar marriage in the state of New York;
• The partners must share a common primary residence and have done so for at least two (2) years (730 days) immediately prior to the date of enrollment;
• The partners must be in a close, committed and financially interdependent relationship;
• Neither partner may be, or have been, a member in another domestic partnership within the last two (2) years (730 days);
• The partners must file a Domestic Partner Affidavit at the time of enrollment, including proof of joint residency and proof of financial interdependence.
Child:
(a) Children of a covered member between the ages of birth and 19 years provided such children are unmarried and dependent upon their parent(s) for support and maintenance. This includes natural children and legally adopted children. Proper documentation is required at the time of enrollment. Coverage for these children can continue until their 26th birthday provided that they are not eligible for coverage elsewhere.
(b) A member’s step child or a domestic partner’s child may be considered an eligible dependent if the child resides with the member full-time and is financially dependent upon the member. This must be verified annually by completing an affidavit and providing proof of financial dependency as shown on income tax returns.
(c) An eligible dependent child is also an unmarried child who is incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of mental illness, developmental disability, mental retardation as defined in the mental hygiene law, or physical handicap, and chiefly dependent upon the member for support and maintenance, and who became so incapable prior to attainment of the age of 19. Proof of such incapacity and dependency must be furnished to the plan by the member at the time of enrollment or within 30 days of the child’s nineteenth birthday. Coverage under this provision will end if the dependent child marries, becomes eligible for coverage through Medicare/Medicaid, or becomes able to earn a living. The member may be required to submit subsequent proof of the child’s disability.
Spouse / Domestic Partner:
(a) Spouse of covered member. Proper documentation is required at the time of enrollment.
(b) Covered members in a same-sex domestic partnership that meet the requirements listed below shall be eligible to enroll their partner as an eligible dependent. Opposite-sex domestic partners shall not be eligible for coverage. In the event that same-sex marriage becomes legal this policy may be rescinded or amended.
Basic Eligibility Requirements
• Each partner must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and competent to enter into a legal contract;
• The partners must not be related by blood in a manner that would bar marriage in the state of New York;
• The partners must share a common primary residence and have done so for at least two (2) years (730 days) immediately prior to the date of enrollment;
• The partners must be in a close, committed and financially interdependent relationship;
• Neither partner may be, or have been, a member in another domestic partnership within the last two (2) years (730 days);
• The partners must file a Domestic Partner Affidavit at the time of enrollment, including proof of joint residency and proof of financial interdependence.
Child:
(a) Children of a covered member between the ages of birth and 19 years provided such children are unmarried and dependent upon their parent(s) for support and maintenance. This includes natural children and legally adopted children. Proper documentation is required at the time of enrollment. Coverage for these children can continue until their 26th birthday provided that they are not eligible for coverage elsewhere.
(b) A member’s step child or a domestic partner’s child may be considered an eligible dependent if the child resides with the member full-time and is financially dependent upon the member. This must be verified annually by completing an affidavit and providing proof of financial dependency as shown on income tax returns.
(c) An eligible dependent child is also an unmarried child who is incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of mental illness, developmental disability, mental retardation as defined in the mental hygiene law, or physical handicap, and chiefly dependent upon the member for support and maintenance, and who became so incapable prior to attainment of the age of 19. Proof of such incapacity and dependency must be furnished to the plan by the member at the time of enrollment or within 30 days of the child’s nineteenth birthday. Coverage under this provision will end if the dependent child marries, becomes eligible for coverage through Medicare/Medicaid, or becomes able to earn a living. The member may be required to submit subsequent proof of the child’s disability.
Helpful Links
- Enrollment Form - for those who are eligible to join the MTABF
- Change in Status Form - its YOUR responsibility to keep the MTABF informed of changes in YOUR life
- Affidavit for Dependent Step-Child
