Birth, Adoption, or Placement for Adoption

Medical and dental

• Add medical and dental coverages by submitting the Qualifying Status Change (Formerly - Application to Change Insurance Coverage).
• Following the request to add a dependent, you will be asked to provide proof of dependent eligibility. A detailed letter asking for the appropriate documentation will be sent to your home.
• Drop medical and dental coverage by submitting the Qualifying Status Change (Formerly - Application to Change Insurance Coverage). Coverage can be dropped if covered spouse or dependent is enrolled with spouse’s employer due to the birth or adoption.
• If you are dropping medical coverage for yourself, and you receive the full employer contribution, you must also submit the Waiver of Medical Coverage form and provide proof of other coverage for yourself, your spouse, and eligible dependents.
• You cannot change your medical or dental claims administrator.

Child Life insurance

• Add child life coverage by completing the Optional Application.

Pre-tax accounts

• You may start a new or increase an existing Medical Dental Expense Account (MDEA).
• You may start a new or increase an existing Dependent Care Expense Account (DCEA).
• Make these changes by completing and returning to SEGIP the Change in Participation form.

These changes can be made to your benefits at any time:

• You can make changes to Employee Additional Life, Spouse Life, Employee AD&D, Spouse AD&D, and Short Term Disability, by completing the Optional Application form.
• You can make changes to your Parking Expense Account (PKEA) and Bus Pass/Vanpool Account (BVEA) by completing and returning to SEGIP the Transit Change in Participation form.

Be sure to make these updates if needed:

• Name changes: submit this change to your Human Resource office.
• Address changes: you update your address in Employee Self Service.
• Tax withholdings: contact your agency’s payroll department.
• Retirement account: contact MSRS at [email protected], 651-296-2761, or 800-657-5757.
• Life and AD&D beneficiary changes: Securian Financial (Minnesota Life). 

Medical, Dental and Optional Life

• You must add medical, dental, and optional life coverages within 30 days of the birth, adoption, or placement for adoption, including the day of the event.
• You must drop medical, dental, and optional life coverages within 60 days of the birth, adoption, or placement for adoption, including the day of the event.

Pre-tax Accounts

• Changes to pre-tax accounts must be made within 30 days of the birth, adoption, or placement for adoption, including the day of the event.

Timing is everything

• An enrollment is completed by submitting the required forms to the SEGIP office no later than the last day of the enrollment period.
• Do not delay submitting your application by the deadline. Call SEGIP at 651-355-0100 within your enrollment period when there is a delay obtaining documents. Otherwise, late applications will not be processed.
• If the enrollment is not completed within the allowed period, your next opportunity to change your coverage is during the next annual Open Enrollment or upon another qualified life event.

• Changes to medical, dental, and optional life are effective the date of the birth, adoption, or placement for adoption.
• Changes to your MDEA and DCEA pre-tax accounts take effect the event date or the first day of the pay period in which SEGIP receives your completed form, whichever comes later.

Visit our Find a Form page to access the form you need.

If you need a form to make changes to your pretax accounts, visit the Benefit Resource (BRI) website.