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You are eligible to enroll in the Flexible Benefits Program if you are a regular County employee with a regular work schedule (standard hours) of at least 40 hours each biweekly pay period. Once you have enrolled in the Program, you may continue to participate as long as you remain a regular employee and your […]

You must enroll in a medical plan to participate in the Program or, if you already have employer group medical insurance or Medicare, you may opt-out of County medical coverage. You may choose other benefit plans (dental plan, vision plan and/or flexible spending accounts) with any remaining Flexible Credits. Any unspent Credits will be added […]

All plans accept these dependents for coverage under your medical, dental and vision plans: o Your current legal spouse, o Domestic partners officially registered with the appropriate entity, such as the State of California or any other California County or Municipality official domestic partner registry, o Your children under the age of 26, o Dependent […]

There is an annual Flexible Benefits Program Open Enrollment period, which generally takes place in November. New choices can be made at that time, including changes in plans, re-enrollment and enrollment in Flexible Spending Account(s), and the addition of dependents who are not eligible to be added as dependents mid-year. Health plan coverage for the […]

If you make changes to your plan selections during Open Enrollment, the health plan changes become effective at the beginning of the pay period that includes January 1st of the next year. Dependent coverage ends when your coverage ends, or on the date the dependent becomes ineligible (divorce, loss of eligibility as a dependent child, […]