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.
KATHY HOCHUL
Governor
TIMOTHY R. HOGUES
Commissioner
SEHP22-14
TO: Student Employee Health Plan (SEHP) Health Benefits Administrators
FROM: Employee Benefits Division
SUBJECT: 2023 SEHP Benefit Card Distribution
DATE: November 16, 2022
In compliance with federal law, new benefit cards reflecting updated out-of-pocket costs for the 2023 plan year will be mailed to all SEHP enrollees and dependents on November 16, 2022. These cards have an expiration date of August 31, 2023 and replace the cards distributed in July 2022.
The new cards do not need to be activated prior to use. Enrollees may begin using them immediately and should securely destroy all other cards.
The card file was pulled from NYBEAS on November 1, 2022. 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.