Summary Statements
All regular faculty and staff employees who made changes or elections to their Maryland state benefits during the Open Enrollment (OE) period that ended May 26, 2009 will receive an official Summary Statement of Benefit Elections for Year 2010 via campus mail. Direct Pay employees (contingent staff, lecturers and part-time faculty members) who made any changes during OE will receive the summary statements at their home address directly from the State of Maryland State Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
It is extremely important that you carefully review your summary statement as soon as you receive it. Any administrative errors (e.g. incorrect addresses, dates of birth, or misspelling of names) must be noted on a copy of your summary statement and returned along with an explanation of the error to TU?s Office of Human Resources (OHR) Benefits Unit. Forgetting to make a change, wanting to switch plans because of availability of providers or wanting to change the amount of a Flexible Spending Account for FY2010 are not considered administrative errors! Employees who did not make any changes or elections during OE will not receive a summary statement.
Please note that if your summary statement shows a ~ next to any dependents or a * next to your MD State Term Life insurance selection, you must submit the required documentation to OHR?s Benefits Unit within 30 days of the ?Date Printed? listed on the bottom right portion of your summary statement.
Payroll Deductions and Direct Pay Coupons
New payroll deductions for regular staff and 26-pay faculty will occur in the July 22, 2009 paycheck; regular 21-pay faculty will see those new deductions in their September 2, 2009 paycheck.
Direct Pay employees whose new contract dates have been sent to the OHR?s Benefit Unit should receive their new payment coupons before the end of June. Any Direct Pay employees who have not received their new coupons by July 10 should call DBM at 410-767-4775, option #2 to check on the status of their coupons.
Questions or concerns about OE should be directed to Dave Curtis at x4-6018 and {dcurtis@towson.edu} or Gail Price at x4-6017 and {gprice@towson.edu}.
