In-service and retiree members of NYSUT can now take advantage of a family vision plan program offered through NYSUT Member Benefits. (This coverage is not part of the MTA Benefit Fund.) The coverage is through Davis Vision and the family plan coverage includes you and your spouse or domestic partner and unmarried, dependent children under age 25. Unmarried, dependent children ages 19 to 25 are eligible for benefits only if they are full-time students.

Whether or not you opt to carry the family plan, members will continue to receive individual coverage through the vision plan administered by the MTA Benefit Fund. In effect, those individuals will have 2 annual vision benefits.

The family plan coverage for 2007 costs $230 and the plan year runs from January 1 through December 31. You may enroll at any time throughout the plan year, however, the premium will be the full amount and you will have the balance of the plan year to use the full benefit.

To enroll in the family plan contact NYSUT Member Benefits by phone (800-626-8101 or e-mail benefits@nysutmail.org to request an enrollment form.