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Enrolls in a dental plan up to days prior to retirement - latestdatabase - 10-08-2025

Employees have up to days prior to and days following the date of their retirement to enroll in a State-sponsored dental insurance plan. If employees do not enroll within the specified time period, they must wait until the next dental open enrollment period. The enrollment at that point would be handled through CalPERS.
 
Form processing:

 Employees must complete a STD. to enroll in dental and a STD. C to cancel their FlexElect enrollment. The Permitting Event Code to be used on the STD. C is , and the Permitting Event Date is the date the STD. is received in the employing office (as shown on the form). Both forms should be submitted as a package to SCO for processing.

Enrolls in a dental plan no later than days after retirement: The Personnel Office must complete a STD. and submit to CalPERS for c level executive list processing. It is not necessary for employees to complete a STD. C to cancel their FlexElect as their enrollment will be automatically terminated upon their retirement in SCO's payroll system.

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Retain their State-sponsored medical insurance plan

No action is necessary for employees to continue their medical insurance benefit into retirement. CalPERS will automatically continue employees' medical plans in retirement.
 
Retain their own State-sponsored dental insurance

The Personnel Office will need to complete a STD. to continue the employees dental insurance benefits into retirement. This form is necessary because CalPERS processes dental enrollments for retirees and retiree information must be entered into the CalPERS' database.
 
 Use the Medical Reimbursement Account

Deductions into the account will automatically stop upon retirement. Employees may continue their Medical Reimbursement Account contributions under COBRA. See COBRA information and enrollment instructions in Section , Correcting FlexElect Open Enrollment Documents.
 
 Use the Dependent Care Reimbursement Account

Deductions into the account will automatically stop upon retirement. Retired employees cannot continue their dependent care contributions under COBRA.
 
  Unit Employees

Unit employees may NOT enroll in the Cash Option in lieu of dental insurance. There are no exceptions to this restriction which is part of the union's trust agreement. Unit employees MAY enroll in the Cash Option in lieu of medical insurance and one or both of the reimbursement accounts.
 
If a Unit employee is enrolling in the Cash Option in lieu of medical insurance and chooses not to enroll in a union-sponsored dental plan, you must enter "N/A" (not applicable) on the STD. C in Section Item B. Even though this employee does not wish to enroll in the union-sponsored dental plan, he/she will not be able to receive cash in lieu of dental insurance.