Open Enrollment

Changes in your life can require changes to your benefits—and better coverage options may be available for your health and wellbeing.

Open Enrollment is Sept. 16 through Oct. 11, 2024. During Open Enrollment, eligible state employees can enroll in or make changes to their benefits such as health, dental, vision, FlexElect Reimbursement Accounts, legal insurance, cash options, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), long-term disability (LTD) and supplemental life insurance. Actions taken during Open Enrollment go into effect Jan. 1, 2025.

Keep reading below for Open Enrollment information

Quick links:

• Open Enrollment Announcement to State Employees
• Open Enrollment Frequently Asked Questions
• 2025 Dental and Vision Plan Deduction Codes and Premiums
• 2025 Legal, LTD and Life Deduction Codes and Premiums
• State Retiree Open Enrollment Resources
• State HR Professionals Open Enrollment Resources

Review Your Current Benefits

Review your current benefits to see if they still meet your needs. For information regarding your current benefit plans, please contact your departmental personnel office.

Retirees, please visit the State Retiree Open Enrollment Resources webpage.

Look at Benefits Options

Compare different benefit plans, coverage details and costs.

Virtual Library

NEW! Visit the Virtual Library to learn about benefit plan options, including new features, enhancements and costs.

Benefits Calculator

The Benefits Calculator is a handy tool that helps you make informed financial decisions about your health, dental and vision benefits. Use the Benefits Calculator to calculate premiums for different benefit plans and view contribution rates based on your bargaining unit. New rates for 2025 will be added prior to Open Enrollment.

Register for Open Enrollment Events

Want to learn more about your benefits options? Attend upcoming Virtual and In-Person Benefits Fairs. View on-demand resources, speak with benefit plan representatives and get your questions answered.

CalHR will host a two-day Open Enrollment Virtual Benefits Fair for state civil service employees on Sept. 11-12, 2024.

Additionally, CalHR will host and collaborate with state departments to provide In-Person Benefits Fairs for state civil service employees in Northern, Central and Southern California.

Enroll by Oct. 11, 2024

For Open Enrollment assistance, contact your departmental personnel office.

Actions taken during Open Enrollment go into effect Jan. 1, 2025.

The last day to enroll or make changes to health, dental, vision, reimbursement accounts, cash options, group legal and long-term disability is Oct. 11, 2024.

Enrollments and changes made by mail must be postmarked by Oct. 11, 2024.

If you enroll in a FlexElect Reimbursement Account, your last day to change or cancel your enrollment is Dec. 31, 2024.

If you enroll or are automatically re-enrolled in a cash option, your last day to change or cancel your enrollment is Dec. 31, 2024.

For information regarding CalPERS health plans and eligibility, please visit CalPERS.