You Have Until Friday to Make Your Benefits Selections for 2021-22!

The Agency’s annual benefits enrollment is open to all full-time and 96-day employees from April 1 through April 30, 2021, at 4 p.m. for the 2021-22 benefit year, which begins July 1, 2021. Full-time employees may enroll in health and dental insurance and medical flex spending plans, while part-time staff (96-day) may enroll in the medical flex spending plan. (Note: This enrollment period is not for the Dependent Care Plan, which is done in November.)    

You are required to make enrollment selections for health and dental coverages during annual enrollment, even if you don't have any changes to your benefit coverages for next year. 



   

This is the time you can add and/or drop family members to your health and dental plans without a life event or change of status. Annual enrollment time is also the only time during the year you can change your deductible—you aren't able to do that during the year, even with a life event or change of status. 



   

How do I enroll? 

Enrollment can be completed through the Employee Online tab of your Employee Dashboard. If you have any issues enrolling, first try logging out of the Employee Dashboard and then logging back in.   

Benefits Enrollment User Guide  

Health Insurance


Health insurance premiums will remain unchanged for 2021-22. The monthly insurance premium rates for the $1,000 and $2,000 deductible Blue Choice health plans will be as follows:

   

$1,000 Deductible Blue Choice Plan
  

• Single - $617.57 (Paid in full by the Agency)
 
 
• Family - $1,543.94 (Agency pays 60% of the premium, so you owe $308.79 per pay period) 
 
• No Health Reimbursement Arrangement with the $1,000 deductible plan

 
 

$2,000 Deductible Blue Choice Plan
  

• Single - $551.10 (Paid in full by the Agency)
• Family - $1,377.75 (Agency pays 60% of the premium, so you owe $275.55 per pay period) 
 
• Annual Health Reimbursement Arrangement for taking $2,000 single plan coverage - $900.00 ($225.00/quarter)

 
• Annual Health Reimbursement Arrangement for taking $2,000 family plan coverage - $1,920.00 ($480.00/quarter)

 

Dental Insurance
 

No change in dental rates for 2021-22.  

• Single rate is $36.44 monthly. (Paid in full by the Agency)
 
 
• Family rate is $114.46 per month. (Agency pays single rate of $36.44 for Classified Union and Certified Union employees towards the premium, so you owe $39.01 per pay period)
 
 
 

Medical Flex Spending Plan 


 

Each employee may choose to deduct from their paycheck an annual maximum of $2,750 ($114.58/pay period) regardless of how many family members you have or whether your spouse is able to contribute at their place of employment. As in the past, you may submit claims for eligible expenses for you, your spouse and your eligible children. Reminder: If you enroll in the medical flex spending plan, and you can’t get all of your money spent in your account, you will be able to roll over up to $550 from the 2021-22 plan into the 2022-23 plan.



   

VOYA Life Insurance Enrollment

 

During our annual benefits enrollment, employees who didn’t opt for additional life insurance coverage through VOYA can also enroll. Complete the enrollment form and submit it to Juliette Houseman, Benefits Specialist. Current employees who are enrolling for the first time will be required to fill out an Evidence of Insurability form. Current employees who are already enrolled but who want to increase their coverage may also do so at this time. Current employees may increase their coverage, but if they choose to increase it over $10,000, they will be required to fill out an Evidence of Insurability form. Enrollment/changes will be during April but will be effective on July 1, 2021.

If you have any questions about your enrollment options, contact Juliette Houseman, Benefits Specialist.