Affordable Care Act requires dependent Social Security numbers for medical coverage

The Affordable Care Act -- also known as Health Care Reform -- requires employers to send dependent Social Security numbers for those covered on an employment-related medical plan to the IRS, along with the dependent’s medical plan election. Purdue employees should take a moment to review their dependents’ information in Benefitfocus to ensure that their SSN information has been entered and is valid. If a dependent does not have a SSN to enter, the employee may disregard this message.

Go to Purdue’s homepage and click on the OneCampus Portal link at the bottom of the page. Find the Benefit Enrollment – Active link and click it to log into Benefitfocus.

Once logged into Benefitfocus, click the gold button “To Enroll, Make a Change, and View Your Benefits CLICK HERE.”  In the menu on the left, click Dependents. Under Actions, click Edit next to your dependent’s name. Review the SSN for that dependent for accuracy. To make a change, click Show and Edit just beneath the number to enter a new number, then click the black Save box at the bottom of the page.  If no change is needed, click Cancel at the bottom of the page. Employees should do this for any dependents (spouse and children) covered at any time in 2019.

For more information, call 765-494-2222 or email hr@purdue.edu.