How to Enroll

You may enroll for State benefits when you first become eligible - as a new hire or because of a Qualifying Status Change event during the year - and again during Open Enrollment each year. If you don't make changes to your benefits during Open Enrollment, your previous year's benefit choices stay in effect for the following year unless there are contract vendor changes or changes in law.

You may enroll online, by telephone or by using a paper form.

• You must complete your Annual Enrollment elections for 2008 calendar year benefits by 5:30 p.m. Eastern time on October 26, 2007. If you use a paper form, it must be postmarked by October 26, 2007.
• If you are a newly hired employee or have just experienced a Qualifying Status Change event, your enrollment deadline is driven by your date of hire or the date of the event, respectively.

You can open a Health Savings Account if you enroll in a Health Investor Health Plan and have no other medical coverage. HSA enrollment is a two-step process:

• You provide the State with your employee contribution amount, if any, through the enrollment system or your enrollment form.
• You activate your HSA personal bank account by completing and returning the HSA Application and Disclosure Package located on the People First Web site. Note: By Federal law, you will be required to provide your Social Security number, date of birth and residential address (not a post office box) to the HSA administrator before an HSA can be opened in your name.

To enroll, visit People First or call the People First Service Center at 866-663-4735 (for TTY users, at 866-221-0268).