The benefits provided by the Retiree Health and Welfare Fund of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York are available to retired New York City Police Officers (Members) and their eligible dependents. Temporary continuation of coverage is available, at a cost, to dependents who lose coverage due to a qualifying event through COBRA.
A “member” is a retired New York City Police Officer for whom the City of New York is required to make a contribution to the PBA Retiree Health and Welfare Fund. Participation in the Fund, and eligibility for benefits, begins as of the first day for which the City of New York is required to make a contribution to the Fund. In general, participation in the Fund ceases when one of the following events occurs:
A Member’s eligible dependents include the Member’s:
A “spouse” is a Member’s legally married spouse. If a Member and spouse are already legally married on the Member’s first day of participation, eligibility for coverage for the Member’s spouse begins as of the Member’s first day of participation. If the marriage occurs after the Member’s first day of participation, eligibility for coverage for the Member’s spouse begins on the date of the marriage.
A “domestic partner” is a Member’s domestic partner who has been approved for coverage as such by the City of New York Health Benefits Program. Written approval of domestic partner coverage by the City of New York Health Benefits Program must be provided to the Fund in order to enroll a domestic partner. There may be tax consequences associated with enrolling a domestic partner. For more information, please contact the Office of Labor Relations Domestic Partnership Liaison Unit at 212-306-7605.
A Member’s “dependent children” include the Member’s natural or legally adopted children, children for whom the Member has court-appointed guardianship or custody, children required to be covered pursuant to a qualified medical child support order, and stepchildren living in the Member’s home. Dependent children are generally covered through the end of the month during which they attain the age of twenty-six (26).
It is important to note that the Fund and the City of New York Health Benefits Program do not share enrollment information. You must submit enrollment and dependent status change information separately to both the PBA Retiree Health and Welfare Fund and to the City of New York Health Benefits Program. Updating information with one plan does not update information with the other. This includes, but is not limited to the following:
To update your information with the PBA Health & Welfare Fund, use the PBA Enrollment Form.
To update your information with the City, visit the City of New York Health Benefits Program website.