NYSUT -35370
AUTH-XDP110M-NW (03/18)
AUTHORIZATION
This Authorization is in connection with an enrollment in group insurance and information required for underwriting and claim purposes for the
proposed insured(s)("employee", spouse, and any other person(s) named below). Underwriting means classification of individuals for
determination of insurability and / or rates, based upon physician health reports, prescription drug history, laboratory test results, and other
factors. Notwithstanding any prior restriction placed on information, records or data by a proposed insured, each proposed insured hereby
authorizes:
Any medical practitioner, facility or related entity; any insurer; MIB, Group Inc. ("MIB"); any employer; any group policyholde
r, contract holder or benefit
plan administrator; any pharmacy or pharmacy related service organization; any consumer reporting agency; or any government agency to give
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) or any third party acting on MetLife's behalf in this regard:
personal information and data about the proposed insured including employment and occupational information;
medical information, records and data about the proposed insured including information, records and data about drugs prescribed, medical test
results and sexually transmitted diseases;
information, records and data about the proposed insured related to alcohol and drug abuse and treatment, including information and data records
and data related to alcohol and drug abuse protected by Federal Regulations 42 CFR part 2;
information, records and data about the proposed insured relating to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS related conditions
including, where permitted by applicable law, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) test results;
information, records and data about the proposed insured relating to mental illness, except psycho
therapy notes; and
motor vehicle reports.
Note to All Health Care Providers: The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) prohibits employers and other entities covered by GINA
Title II from requesting or requiring genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, except as specifically allowed by this law. To
comply with this law, we are asking that you not provide any genetic information when responding to this request for medical information. 'Genetic
information' as defined by GINA, includes an individual's family medical history, the results of an individual's or family member's genetic tests, the fact that an
individual or an individual's family member sought or received genetic services, and genetic information of a fetus carried by an individual or an individual's
family member or an embryo lawfully held by an individual or family member receiving assistive reproductive services.
Expiration, Revocation and Refusal to Sign: This authorization will expire 24 months from the date on this form or sooner if prescribed by law. The
proposed insured may revoke this authorization at any time. To revoke the authorization, the proposed insured must write to MetLife at P.O. Box 14069,
Lexington, KY 40512-4069, and inform MetLife that this Authorization is revoked. Any action taken before MetLife receives the proposed insured's
revocation will be valid. Revocation may be the basis for denying coverage or benefits. If the proposed insured does not sign this Authorization, that
person's enrollment for group insurance cannot be processed.
By signing below, each proposed insured acknowledges his or her understanding that:
All or part of the information, records and data that MetLife receives pursuant to this authorization may be disclosed to MIB.
Such information may also
be disclosed to and used by any reinsurer, employee, affiliate or independent contractor who performs a business service for MetLife on the insurance
applied for or on existing insurance with MetLife,
your employer for a plan administration purpose
or disclosed as otherwise required or permitted by
applicable laws.
Medical information, records and data that may have been subject to federal and state laws or regulations, including
federal rules issued by Health and
Human Services, setting forth standards for the use, maintenance
and disclosure of such information by health care providers and health plans and
records and data related to alcohol and drug abuse protected by Federal Regulations 42 CFR part 2, once disclosed to MetLife or upon redisclosur
e by
MetLife, may no longer be covered by those laws or regulations.
Information relating to HIV test results will only be disclosed as permitted by applicable law.
Information obtained pursuant to this authorization about a proposed insured may be used, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to determine t
he
insurability of other family members.
A photocopy of this form is as valid as the original form. Each proposed insured
(or his/her authorized representative)
has a right to receive a copy of
this form.
I authorize MetLife, or its reinsurers, to make a brief report of my personal health information to MIB.
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