The open enrollment period for PEBA insurance benefits is Oct. 1–31, 2021. During open enrollment, permanent full-time employees who are currently eligible for insurance benefits may change their coverage for the following year.
Employees are encouraged to review their current coverage, the 2022 insurance summary and their open enrollment options on the PEBA insurance website. Further information is available in the 2022 Insurance Benefits Guide, which describes all PEBA-sponsored insurance benefits.
Please note the following highlights for 2022:
- Active employee and funded retiree health insurance premiums will not increase.
- Partially funded retiree, non-funded retiree, COBRA subscriber, survivor and former spouse health insurance premiums will increase.
- Dental Plus monthly premiums will increase slightly.
- State Vision Plan monthly premiums will increase slightly.
- In March 2022, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) will move to the HSA Central platform, which will be the new hub for all things related to HSAs.
The 2021 open enrollment options for active employees include:
- Health Insurance: You may change from one health plan to another, enroll yourself or any eligible dependents and drop health coverage for yourself or any dependents.
- Dental Insurance: You may change from one dental plan to another, enroll yourself or any eligible dependents and drop dental coverage for yourself or any dependents. Please note that changes to existing dental coverage can be made during open enrollment only in odd-numbered years. If you don’t make changes this year, your next opportunity to make changes will be in Oct. 2023.
- Vision Insurance: You may enroll in or drop the State Vision Plan coverage for yourself and/or your eligible dependents.
- Additional Life Insurance: You may enroll in or drop Dependent Life–Child coverage and/or enroll in, increase drop or decrease Optional Life coverage and/or Dependent Life–Spouse coverage.
- Supplemental Long-Term Disability (SLTD): You may apply for or drop SLTD coverage and/or change your benefit waiting period for existing coverage.
- MoneyPlus: You may enroll in or cancel the MoneyPlus Pretax Group Insurance Premium feature. You may also enroll in or re-enroll in the following flexible spending accounts: Medical Spending, Limited-use Spending and Dependent Care Spending.
- Health Savings Account: If you are enrolled in the Savings Plan, you may enroll in or drop an HSA. You may change your contribution amount for an existing HSA.
If satisfied with your current coverage, no action is required. (Reminder: You must re-enroll in MoneyPlus flexible spending accounts each year.) If you’re changing your coverage, complete PEBA’s open enrollment worksheet to help plan your 2022 insurance elections.
There are three ways to make changes during the open enrollment period:
- MyBenefits: Log onto MyBenefits and make changes online. You will need to register if you don’t already have a MyBenefits account. Learn how to register through this benefits flyer. After making your enrollment changes online, be sure to print the confirmation page for your records.
- Notice of Election (NOE) Form: Complete the NOE form, marking only the changes you are going to make in the “Coverage” section of the form and listing all your covered dependents in the “Dependents” section. Send the completed form to the Office of Human Resources.
- Human Resources Benefits Counselor: Contact either Julie Birt or Sandy Butler: 843.953.5512.
Please note: If you add a dependent to your coverage, you must document his/her relationship to you and either upload the copied documents to MyBenefits or send them to the Office of Human Resources.
Open enrollment ends at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2021. Any changes made during open enrollment take effect Jan. 1, 2022.
If you need assistance, please contact a benefit counselor in the Office of Human Resources, Julie Birt or Sandy Butler, at 843.953.5512. You may also call PEBA’s customer service at 803.737.6800 or 888.260.9430.
