LOS ANGELES COUNTY

2017 ANNUAL BENEFITS ENROLLMENT

IS NOW HERE!

Annual Benefits Enrollment began October 1 and continues until midnight on October 31, with your benefit elections taking effect January 1, 2017. This is your opportunity to review your current benefits and enroll or make changes to your benefits for 2017!  You should receive your Annual Benefits Enrollment packet in the mail by October 11, 2016.

Enroll Early and avoid the last minute rush! 

 

HAVE NOT RECEIVED OR LOST YOUR 2017 ANNUAL ENROLLMENT PACKET?

You can view and print electronic copies of the Enrollment Materials.  Go to https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/, click on ‘Benefits’ in the top navigation bar of this page, then click ‘Benefit Plans’ in the left navigation menu. Select your plan’s tab: Choices, Options, MegaFlex or Flex.  You may view or print each plan’s Highlights Guide, Quick Start Summary, Medical and Dental Plans Comparison Chart and Summary Plan Description (SPD).

 

HOW TO ENROLL

You can enroll online by accessing the web enrollment system using your computer, smartphone, or tablet (the web enrollment system is optimized for Android and Apple devices), go to www.mylacountybenefits.com.  Or, you may enroll by phone using the telephone enrollment system.  Both systems are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the entire month of October 2016.

 

Try enrolling using your smartphone or tablet! It’s fast, easy and you’ll see your changes as you make them! 

 

Online Enrollment

  • Access the web enrollment system using your computer, smartphone or tablet by using your web browser to access the enrollment site at mylacountybenefits.com. If you don’t have access to a computer at work or at home, or visit your local library for access.
  • Log in using your employee number and PIN. Effective October 1, the system reset your PIN to a six-digit code reflecting the two-digit month and four-digit year of your birth (MMYYYY format).  For example, if you were born in May 1962, your PIN would be 051962.  You will then be asked to choose an eight-digit PIN, which you can use for the next 12 months.
  • Follow the enrollment steps.
  • Confirm your enrollment. Make sure to click the “Click here to CONFIRM my elections!” button on the Review Enrollment Summary page.  If you don’t, your elections will not be recorded and not go into effect on  January 1, 2017. 
  • Print out your confirmation statement for your records.  After confirming your elections, scroll down to the bottom of the 2017 confirmation statement and save or print a copy of the statement for your files.
  • Review your statement and make sure your enrollment is correct.
  • If your elections are not correct, begin your enrollment again and be sure to confirm your correct elections.

 

Telephone Enrollment

  • Access the telephone enrollment system at 1-888-822-0487
  • Follow the recorded instructions
  • Confirm your enrollment. Do not hang up until you hear:  “Your benefit elections have been confirmed and recorded” and you hear a confirmation number. Be sure to write it down for future reference.  You will receive a Confirmation Statement by mail within seven days. 

 

Note: If you don’t receive your statement within seven days after your most recent enrollment, call the telephone system at 1-888-822-0487 and request a confirmation statement.

 

TIP: The telephone enrollment system works best with regular touch-tone phones since cell phones and speakerphones create background noise that can interfere with the enrollment process.

 

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

If you add a spouse, domestic partner, or child, don’t forget to provide a Social Security number and any required documents.  Your enrollment is not complete until the Benefits Plan Administrator has received all required documents within 10 calendar days from the date you enroll.  If you do not, your dependents will not be enrolled for 2017.  You can submit your required documents to the Benefits Plan Administrator by:

 

  • Document upload: Use the “Upload” link in the “Documentation Required” section of your Enrollment Homepage
  • Email: Attach scanned documents to email and send to documents@mylacountybenefits.com
  • Fax: 310-788-8775
  • Mail: Benefits Plan Administrator, P.O. Box 67128, Los Angeles, CA 90067

 

Make sure to write your name, employee number and your dependents’ SSN on each document or certificate.

 

****IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER***

 

DEPENDENT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER REQUIREMENT

During annual enrollment, be prepared to provide Social Security numbers for your family members if you change your medical plan or add dependents to your current plan. If you do not, your dependents will not be enrolled.

 

OPTIONS & CHOICES EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY WAIVING OR DECLINING MEDICAL COVERAGE 

To waive or decline medical coverage for 2017, you must provide information on your other coverage during annual enrollment.  If you do not submit new or updated information, or if your form is not approved, you will automatically be enrolled in a medical plan for 2017, and you will not be allowed to waive or decline coverage again until 2018.  If you don’t want County medical coverage in 2017, take action!  Refer to your enrollment packet for more details.

 

SPENDING ACCOUNTS

Your enrollment in the Health Care and Dependent Care Spending Accounts do not automatically carry over into the new plan year.  You MUST RE-ENROLL during annual enrollment – even if you want to keep your contributions the same.

 

DEPENDENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION (DEV)

If you re-enroll a spouse or domestic partner who was dropped during the DEV in 2015, you must provide: a marriage certificate for spouses, County or state domestic partnership form for domestic partners, AND proof of ongoing relationship, such as a recent monthly household bill addressed to your spouse/domestic partner at your home address, 2015 federal tax return (1040 form), or recent bank statement that lists your spouse/domestic partner’s name and your home mailing address.

 

SUMMARY OF BENEFITS COVERAGE (SBC)

You can go to mylacountybenefits.com to download a copy of the SBC for each medical plan. The SBC, required by the Affordable Care Act, provides information on the benefits and costs associated with a plan.  You may request a hard copy by calling the medical plan directly, see contact information provided in your enrollment packet.

 

ELECTIVE ANNUAL LEAVE FOR MEGAFLEX PARTICIPANTS

Remember, you must enroll each year to purchase elective annual leave days for the new Plan Year.  If you do not elect to purchase days during annual enrollment, you will have no elective annual leave days for 2017.

 

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?

The Benefits Hotline can help.  In October, representatives are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Call (213) 388-9982.