The FlexElect Open Enrollment Period is usually in September and October. The specific open enrollment period dates will be communicated to departments prior to the beginning of the open enrollment period. Employees must sign and submit their FlexElect documents, including HBD-'s and STD. 's to their Personnel Office no later than the last day of the open enrollment period. The effective date of any action during open enrollment is January , of the following year.
A memo that includes specific open enrollment information regarding cut-off dates for submission of FlexElect documents to SCO will be sent by CalHR to departments prior to the beginning of the FlexElect Open Enrollment Period. In cases where FlexElect Open Enrollment forms are not submitted by the prescribed deadlines, departmental Personnel Offices may wish to submit an enrollment appeal to CalHR. Please see Section , Enrollment Appeal Process, for information regarding the Enrollment Appeal Process
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Medical and/or Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
To enroll in the Medical and/or Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, employees must complete a Reimbursement Account Enrollment Authorization (STD. R). If employees enroll in the Medical and/or whatsapp number list Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, they must reenroll into FlexElect every year they wish to participate by completing a Reimbursement Account Enrollment Authorization (STD. R) during the annual FlexElect Open Enrollment Period. For employees who are enrolling/reenrolling into the Medical Reimbursement Account (MRA), departments are required to provide each MRA participant with an Initial COBRA Notification at the commencement of their coverage. Please see Section of this manual for additional information regarding COBRA.
Cash Option Enrollments/Reenrollments
Employees, except permanent intermittent (PI) employees, currently enrolled in the Cash Option will be automatically reenrolled into the Cash Option for the next FlexElect Plan Year. It is not necessary for these employees to complete a Cash Option Enrollment Authorization (STD. C) during the open enrollment period, unless they wish to cancel or change their Cash Option enrollment.
Exception to Automatic Reenrollment
PI employees must reenroll each FlexElect Open Enrollment Period in order to receive the Cash Option. The automatic enrollment continuation does not apply to PIs because part of their eligibility requires completion of a specific number of work hours each plan year and a separate payment process. For more information please see PI Eligibility for Cash Option in Section , Permanent-Intermittent (PI) Enrollment.
New enrollments
Employees who are not currently enrolled in the Cash Option, and wish to enroll for the following FlexElect Plan Year, must complete a Cash Option Enrollment Authorization (STD. C) during the current FlexElect Open Enrollment Period. After initially enrolling in the Cash Option, enrollment will automatically continue in future plan years. In order to cancel or change a Cash Option enrollment due to a change in status event or during open enrollment, employees are required to complete a STD. C.
Other forms and coordination between departments
If other enrollment forms (i.e. HBD-, or Health Benefit and Enrollment History page after confirmation from my|CalPERS, STD. , etc.) are also being submitted for the spouse/domestic partner of an employee, they must be coordinated and submitted as a package, along with the employee's FlexElect form. The department with the employee who is enrolling in FlexElect must assume the responsibility of coordinating all of the forms. If both employees enroll in FlexElect, one of the departments must assume responsibility for coordinating all of the forms. All forms should be reviewed by the Personnel Office to ensure they are completed accurately.
The FlexElect Open Enrollment Period allows FlexElect enrollees and their State-employed spouses/domestic partners to coordinate their health benefit enrollment. During the open enrollment period, both FlexElect enrollees, spouses, and domestic partners who maintain the traditional health coverage may change health plans
