The State Department of Central Management Services (CMS) has announced that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025听Benefit Choice enrollment period will begin May 1 and end May 31, 2024.听
If you do not want to change health, dental, life or dependent coverage, your current elections will continue. Note: You听尘耻蝉迟听enroll or re-enroll in Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts each year.
Benefit Choice FY 2025 Changes
- Employee Premiums for Health and Dental
- Employee and dependent costs will increase.
- Health plan premiums will be based on your annual salary as of March 1, 2024,听and听the health plan you select during this Benefit Choice Period. Part-time employees also pay a percentage of the State contribution, based upon the percentage of your appointment.听
- Copayment costs for some health services and prescriptions will increase.
- Health Plans available in your home or work county may have changed.听
- Use the听听to verify that your chosen plan is available in your home or work county.
- If your current plan is no longer available, you MUST make a plan choice during Benefit Choice to avoid defaulting to the Quality Care Health Plan.
- Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP)听
- FY2025 contribution limit is $3,200.听
- The rollover of any unused FY2024 funds into FY2025 is limited to $610 and is only available with FY2025 re-enrollment.
- Health Savings Account (HSA)听employee and employer contribution limits will increase. The limit depends on age and individual or family enrollment. See page 9 of the听听for the limits.
- Enhanced dental and vision benefits.听See page 1 of the听听for details.
Note:听We encourage you to confirm that your preferred providers participate in your chosen health plan each year.
Make changes on MyBenefits at听听
- See听听to access MyBenefits.
- If you registered a while ago, you may need to reset your password. To reset or to recover your password, choose听Forgot My Password听on the听.
- Documentation required for adding dependents must be uploaded by听June 10, 2024.
Benefit Choice is your听one听chance per year (unless you experience a qualifying event) to:听
- Change State health and life insurance coverage
- Opt into or out of the State health plan
- Opt into or opt out of the State dental plan
- Part-time employees may waive or elect coverage
- Add or drop dependents. (听is required when adding dependents)
- Enroll or re-enroll in the Health Savings Account (HSA) employee contribution as a companion to Consumer Driven Health Plan (CDHP).听You may not enroll in both an HSA and MCAP.
- Enroll or re-enroll in听听(FSAs)
- Re-enrollment is not automatic!听You must re-enroll in Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) and/or Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) to continue your pre-tax savings.听
- Your enrollment in DCAP and/or MCAP is for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
Resources and Assistance
Reference materials including the Benefit Choice booklet are available on the Benefit Choice web page at听
CMS is offering Benefit Choice Fairs throughout the month of May. See the last page of the听听for the dates and times. We encourage you to carefully consider the available options to choose the plan that best fits both your health and financial needs.
For State of 缅北禁地 (CMS) benefits听and help with logging in, enrolling, or making changes, contact the MyBenefits Service Center. You can also make State benefit changes by phone if you do not have computer or Internet access. Bilingual customer representatives are available:
- Phone: 844-251-1777 or TDD/TTY 844-251-1778听
- Hours: 8:00 a.m. 鈥� 6:00 p.m. CT Monday through Friday
For other benefits听or questions about benefit eligibility, please review the information on the听听website or contact听.听
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Contact System HR Services for information on System-wide policy and compliance, maintenance of HR systems and reports, System-level equal employment opportunity, and HR services for System Office units.
Main Office:听217-333-2590 |听uihr@uillinois.edu
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