Dependent Eligibility Verification (DEV)

In 2017, the Oregon legislature passed a law that requires the Public Employees' Benefit Board (PEBB) to verify your dependent(s) eligibility. The purpose of this review is to ensure that only eligible dependents are receiving PEBB benefits. This helps keep health care cost down.

Who's included?

All active employees and retirees who have dependents listed in the PEBB Benefits Management System (your member account), even if a dependent isn't currently enrolled in benefits coverage must reply and confirm eligibility for any dependent(s) listed on the Dependent Eligibility Worksheet. This must be completed by the due date listed on the Dependent Eligibility Letter to continue benefits coverage for the listed dependent(s).

Sample letters to members:

Additional sample letters:

How do I complete the review?

After you receive your Dependent Eligibility Verification (DEV) Review letter from PEBB:

Carefully review the documents included in your DEV Review Packet.
Confirm eligibility status for your dependent(s) listed on the Dependent Eligibility Worksheet sent to you by:
Send copies (not originals) of all required documents along with your Worksheet before the due date on your DEV Letter to PEBB.

*All documents sent to PEBB are destroyed after eligibility is confirmed.

What documents are needed?

Required Documentation and Definitions | Español

Lost Records?

If you've lost or no longer have access to the required documents you'll need to make a Vital Record Request. Vital records are the legal documents that record a vital event, such as: birth, death, marriage, divorce, adoption or Court-Appointed Guardianship. Birth Certificates are the first document asked for to prove someone's identity.

Is my dependent eligible?

Dependent Eligibility Definitions
Domestic Partner Frequently Ask Questions (FAQs)
DEV Review and Eligibility Rules on the Secretary of State website
Eligibility Examples: (children, grandchildren, Domestic Partnership, spouse, etc.)

Disabled Dependent Child?

View Dependent type definitions and Disabled Dependent requirements.

Contact Information

Mail: Attn. PEBB Dependent Eligibility Review Team, 500 Summer St NE E89, Salem, OR 97301-1063

Phone: 503-378-2954

Fax: 503-373-1654, or

Secure email:

To initiate a secure email, go to https://secureemail.dhsoha.state.or.us/encrypt
Enter your email address to create an account.
Enter pebb.dependenteligibility@odhsoha.oregon.gov as the recipient.

If sending a photo of documents with a smartphone, please send files medium or larger.
Please, do not CC or BCC any other email addresses. It will remove the secure email feature.

If you're a DHS-OHA employee, you can send a secure email to pebb.dependenteligibility@odhsoha.oregon.gov from your work email address by adding #secure# to the Subject line.

Privacy of your information

Our member’s information and privacy is very important to us. All information that the member provides for the dependent eligibility review will be kept confidential. Copies of documents submitted to PEBB will be destroyed following verification of the member’s dependent(s). No documents will be retained! That's why it's so important that members provide only copies of the documents.