General Health & Welfare Forms
Document
Description
In-Mail
Request
Update your mailing address.
Apply
for extended eligibility due to your absence from covered
employment because of a disability.
Update
marital status, add a new spouse or dependent child, designate
a beneficiary and update mailing address.
Medical
Expense Claim Form
File
if you are: submitting a claim with itemized statements or
when requested by the Fund Office.
Initially choose, or change your current, hospital-medical
plan option.
Initially choose, or change your current, hospital-medical
plan option.
Apply
for extended benefits coverage for a dependent child over
19 years of age, who is a student at an accredited educational
institution.
Designate
to whom applicable plan benefits will be distributed after
the death of the participating Laborer/Employee.
List
and certify applicable stepchildren as eligible for dependent
plan benefits.
Provide
details on other benefit plans (not affiliated with or provided
by Laborers Trust Funds) that may also be covering the participant's
spouse and/or dependents. This information is required to
coordinate benefit claims payments and processing between
the two plans.
Authorize
the Trust Funds to electronically send your Vacation benefit
checks to your designated financial institution. Faster, convenient
and more secure than mailing checks to an address.
Death
Notification & Benefit Application Forms
Document
Description
In-Mail
Request
Notify
the Fund Office of the participant's death (submitted by the
surviving spouse or beneficiary).
Notify
the Fund Office of the death of a participants spouse or dependent
child (submitted by the participant).
Apply
for extended death benefits after a participant’s death,
if the participant had a certified “total disability”
status prior to death.
Enroll
eligible beneficiaries of a deceased participant in order
to continue applicable benefits.
Dental Benefit Plan Information
Document
Description
In-Mail
Request
DeltaPreferred
Option (DPO) Optional Dental Plan
Pamphlet
describing a new optional dental benefits program for Active,
Special Active and Retired Laborers and their dependents.
Bright
Now! Dental ®
Pamphlet,
with application form, describing an optional HMO-type dental
benefits program for Active Laborers/Special Active Employees
and their dependents.
Application
form describing a new optional dental program for Active Laborers
and their dependents.
Application
form describing a new optional dental program for Active Laborers
and their dependents.
Pharmacy Benefits Plan Information
Document
Description
In-Mail
Request
Pamphlet,
with enrollment form, describing a prescriptions-by-mail service
offered as part of the Pharmacy benefit.
Complete
and return this form when you have purchased a covered, prescribed
prescription drug at retail cost and are seeking reimbursement.
Vision Benefits Plan Information
Document
Description
In-Mail
Request
Pamphlet
describing vision benefits for Active Laborers and their dependents.
Pamphlet
describing optional vision benefits for Retired Laborers.
Laser VisionCare SM Pamphlet
Pamphlet
describing a laser vision correction procedure which is not
a Health & Welfare Trust Funds benefit, but is an affiliated
service offered at a significant discount to participants
enrolled in the Vision Service Plan vision benefits
program.
Miscellaneous Benefits & Trust Funds Information
Document
Description
In-Mail
Request
Employee Assistance Pamphlet Program
Pamphlet
describing the Member Assistance Program benefit,
sponsored by Claremont Behavioral Health , Inc., which
provides free, confidential counseling and referral services
to participants and their dependents, for a wide range of
behavioral and mental health issues.
Anthem Blue Cross® of California's PPO Prudent Buyer
Plan ® Directory of Health Care Professionals &
Institutions
Directory
of hospitals, physicians, ambulance services, ambulatory surgery
centers, mental health facilities, hospice providers, home
health agencies, home infusion therapy providers, laboratories,
medical products/service providers, skilled nursing facilities,
dialysis centers and ancillary medical providers participating
in the Anthem Blue Cross® Prudent Buyer Plan
PPO network, which is used to provide hospital-medical benefits
to participants covered under the Trust Fund's Direct
Payment Plan.
Sheet
which compares the major dental plan options.
Sheet
which compares the major health and hospital-medical benefits,
offered by the Trust Fund's Managed Health Care Plan
and any applicable HMO plans, to Retired Laborers.
Most
recent summary of the annual financial statement for the Laborers
Trust Funds for Northern California.
News
and information about your benefits, Trust Funds administration
and a quarterly "Calendar of Events".
News
and information about training and apprentice programs and
activities, training courses and class schedules at the Northern
California Laborers Training Center.
A
monthly informational bulletin for our valued participants
- assisting you in understanding your benefits.