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Disability
Income Protection Program |
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Bridge
income lost due to a disabling condition on or off the job
Eligibility
Requirements: You
do not need to be enrolled in any other SAMBA plan to take
advantage of the Disability Income Protection Plan. You are eligible
to enroll if you work Full-Time and provide evidence of
insurability. When you enroll, your spouse and your dependent
children under age 22 are also covered for Hospital Confinement
benefits.
Law
enforcement officers authorized to carry firearms can
enroll for full coverage, like any other employee. |
If
you become Disabled:
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Disability Income Protection Benefit: If you become
Disabled, this SAMBA plan provides a monthly income benefit to
protect you and your family against financial hardship. After
you have been Disabled and unable to work for 60 days, you can
qualify for monthly income benefit payments. The plan will pay
up to 65% of your Covered Salary Amount. Benefits may continue
until you reach age 62 (or for a minimum of 12 months, whichever
is later).
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Survivor Benefit: In the event your untimely death occurs
while you are collecting monthly income benefits, and your death
was caused by or related to the Disability diagnosis for which
you were receiving Income Protection Benefits, your spouse or
named beneficiary will receive 50% of the monthly income
benefits you were entitled to receive. These survivor benefits
will continue for 10 years, or until you would have reached age
65, whichever is earlier.
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Residual Disability Benefit: If you receive monthly income
benefits for at least 30 days, you may qualify to receive 35% of
your monthly benefit while returning to full-time employment on
a reduced work schedule as part of a Residual Disability Benefit
approved by SAMBA, for up to 90 days.
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If
you or a dependent are hospitalized:
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Hospital Confinement Benefit: In the event you or your
spouse are Confined in a Hospital, the plan pays 70% of your
daily earnings (1/360th of your Covered Salary Amount) for the
number of days confined, up to 60 days; 35% is payable if your
dependent child is hospitalized. Successive periods of
confinement due to the same or related cause will be considered
one confinement unless separated by 6 months of no hospital
confinement.
How
benefits and rates are determined
Your
annual Covered Salary Amount determines your amount of coverage
and is divided by 12 to determine a monthly income figure. Your
benefits are 65% of this amount, reduced by Benefit Offsets, and
paid monthly. After Benefit Offsets, your monthly benefit will
not be less than $200 per month.
Some
Key Plan Definitions
Benefit
Offsets: Benefit Offsets include all benefits
under: (1) Workers Compensation or similar law; (2) any state
disability income benefit law or similar law; (3) any other
group disability coverage; (4) the Federal Employees’
Retirement System (FERS), the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS),
Social Security or any similar pension or retirement plan; (5)
disability benefits through the Veteran’s Administration; (6)
state “no fault” auto laws; (7) any amount received by
compromise, settlement, or other method resulting from a claim;
(8) any sick pay or other salary continuance payable after
receiving monthly benefits for 12 months; or (9) any pay
received as a result of administrative leave, excused absence,
or any other official release from duties without loss of pay
and without charge to annual or sick leave.
Confined/Confinement:
any Confinement which has been ordered by a Physician
and for which the Insured Person is charged for a full day’s
room and board. A Hospital provides full-time
medical care and treatment under the direction of licensed
physicians and Registered Nurses, but does not mean nursing
homes, rest homes, convalescent homes, homes for the aged, drug
and alcohol rehabilitation centers, or facilities primarily
providing custodial, educational, or rehabilitative care.
Covered
Salary Amount: Covered Salary is the amount applied for
and approved as shown in your Certificate and cannot exceed your
Eligible Salary Amount. The Eligible Salary Amount is
your gross income, rounded to the next highest $1,000. It
includes locality pay, availability pay, or administratively
uncontrolled overtime, but does not include bonuses, regular
overtime, differential pay allowances, or any other
compensation.
Disability
or Disabled means that because of injury, sickness, or
mental or nervous disorders you are not engaged in any
occupation or employment for wage or profit, and (1) during the
first 24 months of Disability, you cannot perform all of the
material and substantial duties of your regular occupation; and
(2) after 24 months of Disability, you are completely unable to
perform the material and substantial duties of any occupation
for which you are reasonably fit by education, training, or
experience. You must be under the regular care of a physician.
Full-Time
means working for your employer more than 32 hours per
week.
| Remember:
Your Covered Salary Amount is not automatically
updated as you receive salary increases. To keep your
coverage amount current with your salary level, you must
execute an Enrollment and/or Request for Change Form.
Coverage increases do not require a Health Statement as
long as you apply within 12 months of your salary increase
and have done so with each salary increase since
completing your last health statement. |
Limitations
and Exclusions
If
the Disability is due to a Mental or Nervous Disorder benefits
are limited to at most 24 months for a single period of
Disability. The Lifetime Maximum for Mental and Nervous
Disorders is 48 cumulative months. The Lifetime Maximum Benefit
is 24 months for the following specified conditions: (1) Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome, (2) Chronic Fatigue and similar syndromes and
diseases, (3) chemical or environmental sensitivities, (4)
certain neuromusculoskeletal or soft-tissue disorders, and (5)
symptoms which are not supported, documented or diagnosed
through conventional medical tests. Occupational Disabilities
are limited to 12 months during a single period of Disability.
Disability
or Hospital Confinement due to a Pre-existing Condition must
begin at least 24 months after the effective date of coverage to
qualify for benefits. A Pre-existing Condition is a sickness or
injury for which during the 12 months immediately prior to the
effective date you: (1) received medical treatment,
consultation, care or services; (2) took prescription medication
or had medications prescribed; or (3) had symptoms or conditions
which would cause a reasonably prudent person to seek diagnosis,
care, or treatment.
Benefits
are not payable if you are hospitalized or receiving medical
treatment outside the U.S., its territories, or Canada, unless
the Insured is temporarily traveling on business or pleasure and
we agree in writing to provide coverage. No payments will be
made for Disability or Hospital Confinement resulting from: war,
declared or undeclared, or acts of war; normal pregnancy;
intentionally self-inflected injuries (while sane or insane; for
residents of CO or MO while sane); engaging in an illegal act,
or in resisting or fleeing arrest; voluntary taking of poison or
inhalation of gas; any accident where the blood alcohol content
exceeds the legal limit; being under the influence of any
narcotic, barbiturate or hallucinatory drug; or any drug or
alcohol disorder; for any period of time for which the Insured
is incarcerated, whether or not the Total Disability commenced
while incarcerated; or while you are in the military or any
country or international organization. In addition, for the
Hospital Confinement Benefit, any Hospital Confinement which
results from cosmetic surgery, except for reconstructive surgery
or to treat a congenital malformation of a child, is not
covered.
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Rates effective January 1, 2004
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Disability
Income Protection
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| Salary
to next Highest $1,000 |
Biweekly
Cost |
Salary
to next Highest $1,000 |
Biweekly
Cost |
Salary
to next Highest $1,000 |
Biweekly
Cost |
Salary
to next Highest $1,000 |
Biweekly
Cost |
Salary
to next Highest $1,000 |
Biweekly
Cost |
| $15,000 |
$
4.56 |
$47,000
|
$14.28
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$79,000
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$24.00 |
$111,000 |
$33.73 |
$143,000 |
$43.45 |
| $16,000 |
$
4.86 |
$48,000
|
$14.58
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$80,000
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$24.31 |
$112,000 |
$34.03 |
$144,000 |
$43.75 |
| $17,000 |
$
5.17 |
$49,000 |
$14.89 |
$81,000 |
$24.61 |
$113,000 |
$34.33 |
$145,000 |
$44.06 |
| $18,000 |
$
5.47 |
$50,000 |
$15.19 |
$82,000 |
$24.92 |
$114,000 |
$34.64 |
$146,000 |
$44.36 |
| $19,000 |
$
5.77 |
$51,000 |
$15.50 |
$83,000 |
$25.22 |
$115,000 |
$34.94 |
$147,000 |
$44.67 |
| $20,000 |
$
6.08 |
$52,000 |
$15.80 |
$84,000 |
$25.52 |
$116,000 |
$35.25 |
$148,000 |
$44.97 |
| $21,000 |
$
6.38 |
$53,000 |
$16.10 |
$85,000 |
$25.83 |
$117,000 |
$35.55 |
$149,000 |
$45.27 |
| $22,000 |
$
6.68 |
$54,000 |
$16.41 |
$86,000 |
$26.13 |
$118,000 |
$35.85 |
$150,000 |
$45.58 |
| $23,000 |
$
6.99 |
$55,000 |
$16.71 |
$87,000 |
$26.43 |
$119,000 |
$36.16 |
$151,000 |
$45.88 |
| $24,000 |
$
7.29 |
$56,000
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$17.02
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$88,000
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$26.74 |
$120,000 |
$36.46 |
$152,000 |
$46.18 |
| $25,000 |
$
7.60 |
$57,000 |
$17.32 |
$89,000 |
$27.04 |
$121,000 |
$36.77 |
$153,000 |
$46.49 |
| $26,000 |
$
7.90 |
$58,000 |
$17.62 |
$90,000 |
$27.35 |
$122,000 |
$37.07 |
$154,000 |
$46.79 |
| $27,000 |
$
8.20 |
$59,000 |
$17.93 |
$91,000 |
$27.65 |
$123,000 |
$37.37 |
$155,000 |
$47.10 |
| $28,000 |
$
8.51 |
$60,000 |
$18.23 |
$92,000 |
$27.95 |
$124,000 |
$37.68 |
$156,000 |
$47.40 |
| $29,000 |
$
8.81 |
$61,000 |
$18.53 |
$93,000 |
$28.26 |
$125,000 |
$37.98 |
$157,000 |
$47.70 |
| $30,000 |
$
9.12 |
$62,000 |
$18.84 |
$94,000 |
$28.56 |
$126,000 |
$38.28 |
$158,000 |
$48.01 |
| $31,000 |
$
9.42 |
$63,000 |
$19.14 |
$95,000 |
$28.87 |
$127,000 |
$38.59 |
$159,000 |
$48.31 |
| $32,000 |
$
9.72 |
$64,000 |
$19.45 |
$96,000 |
$29.17 |
$128,000 |
$38.89 |
$160,000 |
$48.62 |
| $33,000 |
$10.03 |
$65,000 |
$19.75 |
$97,000 |
$29.47 |
$129,000 |
$39.20 |
$161,000 |
$48.92 |
| $34,000 |
$10.33 |
$66,000 |
$20.05 |
$98,000 |
$29.78 |
$130,000 |
$39.50 |
$162,000 |
$49.22 |
| $35,000 |
$10.63 |
$67,000 |
$20.36 |
$99,000 |
$30.08 |
$131,000 |
$39.80 |
$163,000 |
$49.53 |
| $36,000 |
$10.94 |
$68,000 |
$20.66 |
$100,000 |
$30.38 |
$132,000 |
$40.11 |
$164,000 |
$49.83 |
| $37,000 |
$11.24 |
$69,000 |
$20.97 |
$101,000 |
$30.69 |
$133,000 |
$40.41 |
$165,000 |
$50.14 |
| $38,000 |
$11.55 |
$70,000 |
$21.27 |
$102,000 |
$30.99 |
$134,000 |
$40.72 |
$166,000 |
$50.44 |
| $39,000 |
$11.85 |
$71,000 |
$21.57 |
$103,000 |
$31.30 |
$135,000 |
$41.02 |
$167,000 |
$50.74 |
| $40,000 |
$12.15 |
$72,000 |
$21.88 |
$104,000 |
$31.60 |
$136,000 |
$41.32 |
$168,000 |
$51.05 |
| $41,000 |
$12.46 |
$73,000 |
$22.18 |
$105,000 |
$31.90 |
$137,000 |
$41.63 |
$169,000 |
$51.35 |
| $42,000 |
$12.76 |
$74,000 |
$22.48 |
$106,000 |
$32.21 |
$138,000 |
$41.93 |
$170,000 |
$51.65 |
| $43,000 |
$13.07 |
$75,000 |
$22.79 |
$107,000 |
$32.51 |
$139,000 |
$42.23 |
$171,000 |
$51.96 |
| $44,000 |
$13.37 |
$76,000 |
$23.09 |
$108,000 |
$32.82 |
$140,000 |
$42.54 |
$172,000 |
$52.26 |
| $45,000 |
$13.67 |
$77,000 |
$23.40 |
$109,000 |
$33.12 |
$141,000 |
$42.84 |
$173,000 |
$52.57 |
| $46,000 |
$13.98 |
$78,000 |
$23.70 |
$110,000 |
$33.42 |
$142,000 |
$43.15 |
$174,000 |
$52.87 |
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