2018 Retiree Benefits Update

This is a changes only enrollment, if you do not make changes during this enrollment the following will happen:

• Your current healthcare coverage will continue, plan design changes will automatically be applied
• Your current dependent (s) coverage will continue, plan design changes will automatically be applied
• Your current Flexible Benefits will continue
• If you would like to make changes to your current healthcare and/or flexible benefits, you must complete the enclosed enrollment form and return it by the November 15, 2017 deadline.
• MEDICARE ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS: Through the School Board’s partnership with the Florida School Retiree Benefits Consortium (FSRBC), additional healthcare and prescription plans are being offered. You are eligible to enroll in these new offerings by contacting the healthcare company directly.
• If you are having currently paying for your benefits through direct pay and did not elect to have these premiums deducted from your FRS check, you will remain on direct billing for the 2018 Plan Year.  Payment coupons will automatically be sent reflecting the premium for the billing period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.
• FRS Deductions;
  • Cigna Healthcare Plans - if you are currently having FRS deductions and are not making changes, a new FRS Payroll Authorization form is not needed. Your premiums will automatically be adjusted.  If you are enrolling for FRS deductions for the first time, please check the appropriate box on your enrollment form. Complete the Florida Retirement System Payroll Deduction Authorization Form and return it with your enrollment form to FBMC. When enrolling in FRS for the first time, there is normally a delay between the time your request is processed and the time the deductions start; therefore, you will be billed for FRS deductions not taken from your retirement check. If premiums are not paid for the period of time deductions are not taken from your FRS check, benefits will be cancelled and you will not be allowed to re-enroll.
  • Medicare Healthcare Plans and Flexible Benefits:  If you are currently having FRS deductions and are not making a change, a new FRS Payroll Authorization form IS NOT needed. Your premiums will automatically be adjusted.
    
    However, if you are making changes to your current benefits for the 2018 plan year, you must complete the FBMC Florida Retirement System Payroll Deduction Authorization Form and return it to FBMC. If you are enrolling for FRS deductions for the first time, please check the appropriate box on your enrollment form. Complete the enclosed Florida Retirement System Payroll Deduction Authorization Form and return it with your enrollment form to FBMC. When enrolling in FRS for the first time, there is normally a delay between the time your request is processed and the time the deductions start; therefore, you will be billed for FRS deductions not taken from your retirement check. If premiums are not paid for the period of time deductions are not taken, benefits will be cancelled and you will not be allowed to re-enroll.

 

Dependent Eligibility:

• Dependent Social Security Numbers are required during this enrollment
• Dependent documentation must be provided when requested
• Failure to submit the dependent documentation may result in a termination of your dependent coverage
• Domestic Partner of the same-sex and legally married are able to be added as a spouse with a marriage certificate