State Disability Insurance is used for temporary disability caused by non-work related illness or accident. This plan pays weekly benefits for as long as 26 weeks from the eighth calendar day of disability or the first day of hospitalization, whichever is sooner. Additional information is available in the Human Resources Office. Faculty are responsible for filing a claim for benefits with State Disability Insurance. Forms are available in the Human Resources Office, the State Disability Office, or most physicians' offices.
Coverage begins on the first day of the month following one year of service as an eligible employee.
If the faculty member was insured under a prior employee's group total disability plan, the employee is eligible for coverage on the first day of the month which falls on or next follows the date the employee entered the eligible class and as further described in the plan document. Faculty who are eligible prior to the one year waiting period must notify the Human Resources Office if they qualify for immediate coverage. The plan provides benefits beginning on the first day of the month following three consecutive months of total disability, as described in the plan document. The first increase takes effect 12 months after the date benefits are first payable for a term of total disability. Future increases take effect on the first day of the same month each year thereafter.