Human Resources

Dental and Vision Care Insurance coverage varies by employee type. For more information select your employee type below:

• CSEA Employees
• UUP Employees
• M/C, PEF, NYSCOPBA, and PBANYS Employees
• Graduate and Teaching Assistants
• Eligibility Requirements and Coverage Effective Dates

CSEA Employees

Individual or family coverage is provided at no cost to eligible employees through the CSEA Employee Benefit Fund. The vision plan provides one examination and pair of eyeglasses for each enrollee every twenty-four months, or every 12 months for children under age 19. Dental coverage is paid on a fee schedule basis. Participating dentists accept the fee schedule as payment in full for covered services. To enroll, you must submit an Employee Benefit Fund enrollment card to CSEA.  For more information, visit www.cseaebf.com or call CSEA at (518) 782-1500 or 1-(800)-323-2732. 

UUP Employees

Individual or family coverage is provided at no cost to eligible employees through the UUP Benefit Trust Fund.  There is an option of two dental plans available through Delta Dental: a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) or Premier Plan. Davis Vision provides one free examination and one free pair of glasses every 12 months.  To enroll, you must submit a Benefit Trust Fund enrollment card to UUP. For more information, visit http://www.uupinfo.org.

M/C, PEF, NYSCOPBA and PBANYS Employees

Individual or family coverage is provided at no cost to eligible employees. Vision Coverage is provided through Davis Vision and covers one examination and pair of eyeglasses for eligible employees and eligible dependents every 24 months or every 12 months. Additional information may be obtained by contacting the Davis Vision Customer Call Center at 1-(888) 588-4823, emailing [email protected], or visiting the Civil Service website at http://www.cs.ny.gov/ebd and clicking on the vision benefits link. Dental Coverage is provided through the GHI/Emblem Preferred Dental Plan which offers coverage on a fee schedule basis. Visit the above Civil Service website at the link above and click on the dental benefits link.

M/C Dental and Vision Plan Brochure

Graduate and Teaching Assistants

Graduate and Teaching Assistants are eligible for dental and vision care through the Student Employee Health Plan (SEHP) as employees represented by the Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU).