Right to Appeal

The benefits provided by the FA Benefit Fund may be changed by the Benefit Fund’s Board of Trustees. The FA Benefit Fund’s Trustees adopt rules and regulations for the payment of benefits, and all provisions of this booklet are subject to such rules and regulations and to the Trust Indenture which established and governs the FA Benefit Fund operations.

Decisions of the Fund Administrator and Fund Third Party Administrators (jointly considered the “Fund Office”) are subject to review by the Trustees upon appeal. The Fund Office uniformly applies all rules. The action of the Fund Office is subject only to review by the Fund’s Trustees. 

An appeal must be filed with the FA Benefit Fund within sixty (60) days of denial of the claim, by submitting notice in writing to the FA Benefit Fund’s Board of Trustees, Faculty Association of Suffolk Community College Benefit Fund, Southampton 224D, 533 College Road, Selden NY 11784. The Trustees shall act on the appeal within a reasonable period of time and render their decision in writing, which shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons.