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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Qualified Medical Child Support Order

You may be required to continue medical coverage for one or more dependents under a Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO). A QMCSO is, generally, any judgment, decree or order issued by a court that requires a parent to provide health coverage for a child under the parent’s group health plan. If a QMCSO is issued, you will be allowed to elect coverage for your child at any time, even if it is not an open enrollment period. Your share of the cost to provide the coverage will be deducted from your pay.

Whenever a notice of a judgment or decree is received, the plan administrator will notify each individual named. The notice will contain procedures used for determining whether the order is a QMCSO. Within a reasonable amount of time after the notice is received, the plan administrator will determine whether the order is qualified and, thus, whether it will be followed.

Valassis Communications, Inc. and NCH associates paid through ADP should contact your Human Resources Representative for more information about QMCSOs or to request a copy of the QMCSO procedures, at no cost to you. Valassis Direct Mail and Sales & Marketing associates paid through PeopleSoft can contact the Associate Resource Center at 1-877-238-6847.

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Summary Plan Description
The Valassis Benefits Handbook serves as the Summary Plan Description for most benefits. A 2008 handbook will be issued soon.

 

   Important Legal Information: This site is designed to provide easy-to-understand explanations of the key features of the Valassis benefit plans. These descriptions do not necessarily include all the plan details, which are contained in the official plan documents. In the event of any contradiction between the information in these Summary Plan Descriptions and the official plan documents, the official plan documents will govern in all cases. More information...