Specifications include, but are not limited to: In accordance with applicable Indiana Code provisions, Rules and Policies, the Indiana Department of Administration (IDOA), acting on behalf of the Indiana State Personnel Department (SPD), requires the services of one vendor to provide third-party administrative services for the Indiana State Employee Vision plan. 1.4.1 Eligibility, Enrollment and Effective Date Eligibility 1. All active full-time (37.5 hours per week) employees and their eligible “dependents”. For employees of the Senate or House of Representatives, eligibility is defined as “full-time” employees, with “full-time” determined by the President Pro Tempore or Speaker of the House. 2. All appointed or elected officials and their eligible “dependents”. 3. Employees eligible under the Short- and Long-Term Disability Program remain eligible during the period of disability. 4. “Dependent” means: a) Spouse of an employee; b) Any children, step-children, foster children, legally adopted children of the employee or spouse, or children who reside in the employee’s home: (i.) for whom the employee or spouse has been: (I) appointed legal guardian or (II) awarded legal custody by a court, or (ii.) in an I.C. 31-19-7-1 approved placement for purposes of adoption, under the age of twenty-six (26). Such child shall remain a “dependent” for the entire calendar month during which he or she attains age twenty-six (26). In the event a child: (i.) who is defined as a “dependent”, prior to age 19, and (ii.) meets the following disability criteria, prior to age 19: (I) is incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of mental or physical disability, (II) resides with the employee at least sic (6) months of the year
