Open Enrollment Materials
Open Enrollment (OE) materials for regular faculty and staff employees have all been distributed via campus mail. Any regular employee who did not receive an OE packet and wants to enroll or change his or her current state coverages for the new plan year should contact either Dave Curtis or Gail Price in the OHR Benefits Unit to obtain a packet. Completed enrollment forms much be returned before the May 14 deadline.
Direct pay employees and retirees who are currently enrolled in any of the Maryland state plans should have received their OE materials via U.S. mail at their home address directly from the State Department of Budget and Management (EBD). Those who are not currently enrolled and wish to have state coverage for the new plan year must also obtain an OE packet from the OHR Benefits Unit and return their completed enrollment form to OHR before the deadline.
Open Enrollment
The 2008 open enrollment (OE) period for Maryland State insurance benefits will last from Wednesday, April 23 to Wednesday, May 14.
OE offers eligible faculty, staff and retirees (including eligible direct pay employees) the opportunity to evaluate and compare their current benefits coverage to the coverage and costs for the plan year beginning July 1, 2008. During OE, eligible employees also have the opportunity to make changes to their coverage, typically without any special enrollment restrictions. Here is what you need to know about this year?s OE:
? Benefits and rates for this OE will be effective July 1, 2008 ? June 30, 2009.
? This year?s OE is voluntary. You do not need to take action unless you would like to change your benefits, or you are a regular employee who wants to have a flexible spending account for the new plan year.
? The major change for the new plan year is that dependent children may be eligible for insurance coverage through the end of the month that they turn 25, regardless of their student status.
? Details on the open enrollment period, including rates and the new benefits booklet, can be found at {http://www.dbm.maryland.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=MyPage&parentid=2&in_hi_userid=1332&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=281&PageID=0}.
Be sure to check Daily Digest for more information about open enrollment. Questions should be directed to Dave Curtis at x4-6018 and {dcurtis@towson.edu}, or Gail
Price at x4-6017 and {gprice@towson.edu}.
