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The Empire Plan is a unique health insurance plan designed especially for public employees in New York State. Empire Plan benefits include inpatient and outpatient hospital coverage, medical/surgical coverage, Centers of Excellence for transplants, infertility and cancer, home care services, equipment and supplies, mental health and substance abuse coverage and prescription drug coverage.

New York State Department of Civil Service

ANDREW M. CUOMO
Governor

REBECCA A. CORSO
Acting Commissioner

SEHP21-05

TO: Student Employee Health Plan (SEHP) Health Benefits Administrators
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: 2021-2022 SEHP Benefit Card Distribution
DATE: July 26, 2021

The 2021-2022 SEHP benefit cards were mailed to all enrollees and dependents on July 23, 2021. This is the annual distribution to all SEHP enrollees and their dependents. The expiration date on the cards is August 31, 2022. Please remind enrollees to securely destroy the existing card when changing to the new version.

The card file was pulled from NYBEAS on July 12, 2021. Any enrollee added to NYBEAS after that date will receive a card in the normal weekly card mailing for new SEHP enrollees.

If you have any questions about this SEHP card distribution, please contact EBD Communications at (518) 457-7577. If you have any questions about SEHP benefits, please call the HBA helpline at (518) 474-2780.