Along with comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, EUTF offers dental benefits through Hawaii Dental Service (HDS).
Employee Eligibility
To be eligible for EUTF health benefits, the employee must be employed in a position working 20 or more hours per week and for at least 3 months.
Dependent Eligibility
Coverage is available for:
- The employee’s spouse, domestic partner or civil union partner (DP/CUP).
- Dependent children under age 19, and from age 19 through age 23 if they are full-time students.
- For children covered under legal guardianship or foster children, their coverage will terminate at age 18.
- Coverage can be continued for an unmarried child, regardless of age, who is incapable of self-support due to mental/physical incapacity that existed prior to the child reaching age 19.
New employees have 45 days from the date of hire to enroll in EUTF dental benefits. There is no waiting period – employees, spouses, civil union partners, or domestic partners and dependents of employees are covered from the first day of employment, contingent on enrollment.
To Enroll
- Following your start date, you will receive a letter in the mail from the EUTF to register and enroll for EUTF coverage online via their Member Self-Service portal. If you don’t receive a letter within two weeks of your start date, please contact your departmental HR Representative.
- However, if you require immediate EUTF coverage before enrolling online in their Member Self-Service portal, please contact your departmental HR Representative.
The following link provides instructions on how to enroll in EUTF health benefits as a new employee.
Current employees must meet enrollment deadlines based on qualifying events to make mid-year changes to their health insurance plan. The most common examples of qualifying life events include the birth of a child, change in marital status, disenroll due to enrollment in other coverage, loss of coverage, and going on a leave of absence. Refer to the life events page for specific deadlines, required supplemental documentation, and step-by-step instructional guides to make these changes via the Member Self-Service portal. If there is no qualifying event, changes can only occur during the Open Enrollment period. Open Enrollment is typically during April with coverage effective July 1.
Dental Plan Provider
Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) – Learn more about HDS’s dental plan benefits.
The University’s contribution towards the cost of your health care plans is negotiated through the collective bargaining process; the employee’s cost is the remaining portion of the health care plan’s monthly premiums.
Employees have the option of paying their health care plan premiums on a pre-tax or post-tax basis through payroll deduction.
Monthly Premium Rates
Effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024
Effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025
Members can create an online HDS account to request or print membership ID cards, check claim status, and view their plan benefits. The member ID number is required to register for an online account.
Click here to login to the HDS Member Portal.