Open Enrollment Action Guide For your 2022 Benefits

Open Enrollment Action Guide

For your 2022 Benefits

Welcome to Open Enrollment

CalPERS • The CalPERS PPO plans will have a significant shift in both plan design and cost. CalPERS is consolidating the three PPO

plans down to two plans. The Care and Choice plans are being consolidated into the Platinum plan and the Select plan is

being renamed to Gold. Employees currently in the PERS Choice plan will be moved to the Platinum plan and will see an

increase in premiums listed below. For those employees in the Gold plan (once called the PERS Select) you will see a

significant rate increase. The following amounts are the dollar increase over 2021 rates, the employee will absorb the

entire increase in premiums.

• For a list of rates showing the full employee and County contribution by bargaining unit, please visit

www.buttecounty.net/humanresources/OpenEnrollment.

2022 PERS GOLD Rate Increase

2021 Plan Name 2022 Plan Name Employee Only 2-Party Family

PERS Select PERS Gold $134.56 $269.12 $349.86

PERS Choice PERS Platinum $121.17 $242.34 $315.05

What’s New

CalPERS

Teamsters Teamsters has no changes to the rates this year. There will be a small increase

to the Out of Pocket Maximum for the pharmacy benefit. Please refer to the

updated Benefit Guide for information.

Delta Dental The Delta Dental rates will remain unchanged for the 2022 calendar year, and

there are no changes to the plan designs. As a reminder, you can switch

between Plan A (PPO) and Plan B (Premier) on an annual basis, but your

participation in the dental program is a 2 year commitment. Keep in mind,

many providers in the Butte County area dropped their PPO contract with

Delta Dental. If your dentist is no longer a PPO dentist and you want to

continue to see them, you may want to strongly consider moving to Plan B

(Premier).

Vision Benefits There are no changes to the VSP rates or plan design for 2022. As a reminder,

your election into VSP is a 2 year commitment.

2021 September—October

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2021 Plan 2022 Plan

PERS Care Platinum Plan

PERS Choice Platinum Plan

PERS Select Gold Plan

Open Enrollment Calendar

What’s New

Long Term Disability (LTD) Enrollment into the LTD plan is automatic for County employees and appears as a deduction on most paychecks. This

amount is calculated on your current annual income as of September 1st each year. There is an increase in the rate this year

and if your annual income has increased, you will also see an increase in the total payroll deduction for the increased

benefit.

The rate increased 7% from last year ($.02 increase for every $100 of monthly payroll). As an example, if you are making

$50,000 per year, you are currently paying $12.96 each month for Long Term Disability coverage. Starting in January, that

deduction will increase to $13.88.

Voluntary Life Rates Our Voluntary Life Rates will remain the same for 2022, however, keep in mind that our rates are based on 5 year age

brackets. If you saw a significant birthday this year (30, 35, 40, etc.), you will see an increase based on your age as of January

1st.

Flexible Spending Accounts

Reminders

EASE If you are making changes to your benefits, including re-enrolling in the Flexible Spending Account, you must log into EASE

and make your changes online. Instructions for logging in and retrieving your password are found on page 7 of this Action

Guide. As a reminder, all correspondence from Ease is sent to your Butte County email address.

NOTE—if you do not “complete” your enrollment in EASE (see page 8) any elections you started but did not finish will not be

processed.

Mid-Year Changes

Cash-Back Clarification/Compliance

Health Benefit Fair and Help Sessions

Additional Contact Information

my.calpers.ca.gov - Research and compare available health plans and review side by side benefit costs

Anthem Blue Cross Member Services (877) PERS-PPO or (877) 737-7776

https://www.anthem.com/ca/calpers

Blue Shield of California (800) 334-5847

https://blueshieldca10-prod.modolabs.net

PORAC (800) 288-6928

http://ibtofporac.org

Northern California General Teamsters Security Fund (NCGTSF) Delta Health Systems (800) 422-6099

www.deltahealthsystems.com

Date Time Zoom Room Topic Focus

September 21 10am—11am Meeting ID: 881 7556 5105 Passcode: 637535

General

September 29 12pm—1pm Meeting ID: 836 7424 5502 Passcode: 425357

Flexible Spending Accounts

October 7 3pm—4pm Meeting ID: 819 5146 7469 Passcode: 693801

General

October 14 10am—11am Meeting ID: 882 9717 3427 Passcode: 919424

General

Ease Enrollment

Once logged in, you will have the option to start your open enrollment

You can update your dependents, update beneficiaries and review plan options. Simply click from one step to the next by selecting “Next” from each screen.

The cost of your benefits are reflected per month (not per paycheck). As you make your selections, you can see how it impacts your total payroll deductions. Make sure to carefully review your selection before you move to the next screen. Once you reach the end, you will be asked to electronically sign your election. Your enrollment is not complete until you have completed the signature step of en-rollment. If you would like to print a confirmation statement, you can also print a statement through the EASE system.

Please plan on attending a County Virtual Benefit Fair.

Review the Butte County Employee Benefit Guide which highlights all of your benefit

options for the 2022 plan year. The Benefit Guide can be found on the Butte County

Open Enrollment site at www.buttecounty.net/humanresources/OpenEnrollment

You will make all of your benefit elections online. Login to EASE to verify your personal

information, elect, decline, make changes, or terminate benefits. Ease login instructions

are located on the previous page. Make sure you complete the enrollment process with

a e-signature. Without the e-signature, your enrollment will not be considered

“complete” and your changes will be discarded.

Employees electing Cash-Back will need to complete a separate form (can be found in

the Documents section of Ease and on the County website) and provide supporting

documentation for proof of other qualified coverage.

Employees adding new dependents will be required to submit supporting

documentation (ie. Marriage certificate, birth certificate). Please turn in this

documentation to Human Resources. If you are a Teamsters member, you will receive a

request in the mail for documentation directly from Delta Health Systems, on behalf of

the Northern California General Teamsters Security Fund, following Open Enrollment. If

you do not provide the proper documentation to DHS in the required timeframe, your

dependents will not be covered as of January 1, 2022.

Update or identify a beneficiary designation for your life insurance. You may login to

EASE to update your beneficiary as needed.

Don’t forget all open enrollment elections must be completed by 5pm on October 15th

for a January 1, 2022 effective date.

Benefit Fairs provide a

great opportunity to

learn more about our

plan options and ask the

questions most

important to you and

your family.

If you have

questions about

Open Enrollment or

making your 2022

benefit elections,

please visit the EASE

Self-Service Portal at

Buttecounty.Ease.com

Or contact HR at

[email protected]

530-552-3552

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What You Need To Do