The opportunity
for benefit eligible employees to make changes to their current health
elections each Fiscal Year. (If you are on a leave of absence during open
enrollment, you may not make open enrollment changes until your return
to work.)
Occurs every April and
changes are effective July 1 of the next Fiscal Year.
Attend the Open Enrollment
sessions at a college location and complete benefit forms to change your
health elections.
If you do not make any changes, all
current coverage elections will stay the same for FY2009-10. Open Enrollment is
from April 1 - April 30, 2009. After Open Enrollment ends any changes made to
your benefit elections must be due to a "Change in Family Status".
All benefit eligible employees must
complete the Coordination of Benefits form in their open enrollment packets even
if changes are not being made.
Please bring all dependent information with you when you change your benefits.
Documentation must be provided if you
wish to add a dependent (spouse, child, or
partner) to your health coverage.
(See
'What's New FY2009-10' for specific details.)
Social Security Numbers are
required for all covered dependents due to the requirements of the
implementation of Medicare Secondary Payer Mandatory Reporting
Provisions in Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension
Act of 2007.
Mandatory SS#
Reporting Provisions - pdf
Life Insurance - There are no plan changes this
year.
Short-Term Disability - There are no plan
changes this year.
Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) - ASRS
has decreased the contribution rate for FY09-10. The new contribution rate will
be 9.40%. This will include 9.00% for pension contributions and .40% for LTD
contributions.
All Waivers must be re-submitted each fiscal
year. Exception can not be made.
Failure to provide a new waiver each Fiscal
Year will result in the loss of the waiver. The employee will
be enrolled in
Employee Only Core medical coverage effective July 1st of the new Fiscal Year.
Please keep a copy of the completed waiver for your
records before sending it to the Benefit Office. When the waiver
arrives in the Benefit Office, a written confirmation verifying receipt will
be sent to the employee.
If confirmation is not received by May 1, 2009,
please call the Compensation Office at (480) 731-8415. May 15 is the deadline to submit a Medical Waiver for FY
2009-10.
Submitting a Waiver for the First Time:
You must attend an Open
Enrollment session to submit a waiver for the first time. Multiple
forms must be completed.
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