Health Benefit Eligibility
All full-time Metro employees are eligible to enroll in Metro health benefits.
You may also elect health coverage for your eligible dependents. Eligible dependents include your:
- spouse (as legally recognized by the State of Tennessee)
- dependent child(ren) from birth up to age 24 if he/she:
- is your child by birth, legal adoption, legal guardianship, or your stepchild living with you more than half the time
- has no other medical insurance through employment
- is not, nor has ever been, married
- does not hold a regular, full-time job (32 hours or more per week over a period of time)
- dependent child(ren) over age 24 if coverage under Metro benefits has been continuous and he/she is incapable of employment due to mental or physical disability (contact Human Resources for details)
The following are not eligible for Metro health benefits:
- foster children (placed in the home for care, but not adoption)
- stepchildren who live with you less than half the time
- ex-spouses, except as allowed under COBRA (see COBRA section)
- parents of the employee or spouse