Please note, this program is only available for active members, not retirees.
• About this Benefit
Assist America/ Worldwide Emergency Travel Services can help you if you are traveling more than 100 miles from home within the US or abroad and need assistance. Click on the links to the left for more information about this benefit or call 800-872-1414 (US)/+1-609-986-1234 (outside of US). Please use reference number: 01-AA-UN-762490
Send form to:
Assist America/ Worldwide Emergency Travel Services, Inc.
202 Carnegie Center, Suite 302 B
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel: 800-872-1414 Fax: 609-452-2042
www.assistamerica.com
Assist America/ Worldwide Emergency Travel Services can help you care for your adult child (over 18) if they are traveling more than 100 miles from home within the US or abroad and need assistance.
If your child is under 18 and needs medical treatment, the minor's private medical information must be provided to the parent. But at 18, when the child becomes an adult, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA Law) requires that Assist America/ Worldwide Emergency Travel Services keep private medical information acquired from or about the adult child. The parent does not have an independent right to be informed by Assist America/ Worldwide Emergency Travel Services.
Before they leave for their trip, the adult child must sign and submit this authorization form to Assist America/ Worldwide Emergency Travel Services permitting the sharing of private health information with the parent.
Here are two other travel assistance benefits that are available to both actives and retirees:
1. The first program, available through NYSUT, covers us for Accidental Death & Dismemberment ("AD&D")
NYSUT Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
24 hours a day, 365 days a year, while traveling on business or pleasure. For Common Carrier-related losses, Insured Persons are covered while in,
entering or exiting a Common Carrier or a Conveyance operated by a military transport service as an emergency replacement for a Common Carrier. The maximum AD&D benefit amount for Business & Pleasure is $1,500 and for Common Carrier is $3,000. Please click here for a copy of the brochure.
2. The second program which is also free to us is called Chubb Travel Assist. This program puts you in touch with a network of providers that can address the medical and legal needs of travelers. So, if you or a covered family member traveling with you become seriously ill, need a prescription refilled, require a legal referral, or lose your passport when traveling, Chubb Travel Assist can assist you. And to help ensure that you are well prepared before your trip, the program also provides access to essential information such as required immunizations.
CHUBB Travel Assist: call NYSUT at (800) 626-8101 for a brochure
Chubb Travel Assist is a travel-related assistance service that focuses on providing coordination services to sick or injured travelers, including:
Medical Assistance Services:
. Worldwide Medical and Dental Referrals
. Monitoring of Treatment
. Facilitation of Hospital Payments
. Transfer of Insurance Information to Medical Providers
. Medication, Vaccine and Blood Transfers
. Dispatch of Doctors and Specialists
. Transfer of Medical Records
. Continuous Updates to Family, Employer and Home Physician
. Hotel Arrangements for Convalescence
. Replacement Corrective Lenses and Medical Devices
Travel Assistance Services:
. Replacement of Lost or Stolen Travel Documents
. Emergency Travel Arrangements
. Transfer of Funds
. Legal Referrals
. Translation Services
. Message Transmittals
To receive a brochure on the Chubb Travel Assist program please give NYSUT a call at (800) 626-8101 and request that a hard copy be mailed to you.