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CASE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ UPDATE
CalPERS Dependent Re-verification Program: All state employees and retirees with spouses, domestic partners, children, and other dependents enrolled in a state health care plan must provide documentation that those family members are eligible to continue receiving medical and dental benefits. The CalPERS Dependent Re-verification Program process runs on a three-year cycle with set deadlines for state employees and retirees to submit eligibility documentation based on your birth month.
According to the State, failure to complete the DRV process will result in the cancellation of health and dental insurance for unverified dependents.
For complete DRV details, including a list of acceptable documents to verify dependency status, please see CalHR’s website by clicking here. You can also view more information about the program on the CalPERS website.
The following chart illustrates the three-year schedule:
CalPERS Board Elects Officers. The CalPERS Board of Administration last week elected Theresa Taylor to a third term as board president and David Miller to his first term as board vice president.
Taylor was first elected to her CalPERS seat by state employee members in 2015. She is a principal compliance representative at the Franchise Tax Board and has worked for the state for more than 25 years. Taylor served as vice president/secretary-treasurer for the Service Employees International Union Local 1000.
Miller is serving his second term on the board as a representative of all active and retired CalPERS members. He won election to the post in 2017. Miller has more than 25 years of public service. He is a former president, treasurer, and bargaining chair of the California Association of Prof
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
News and views of interest to Unit 2 legal professionals:
- California Joins Other States in Suing Companies Over Insulin Prices – The New York Times
- Court temporarily blocks California’s fast-food worker law – Human Resources Director1
- California State Board of Education sued by school boards association for Mayacamas charter school decision – Napa Valley Register
- Warning delivered to Huntington Beach City Council as it again considers suing state over housing mandates – Daily Pilot