Important Dates for Your Benefit Choices
December 31, 2019 is the deadline for submitting a signed Health Insurance Transaction Form (PS-404) to your health benefits administrator (HBA) if you want to change your health insurance option and/or Pre-Tax election for the 2020 plan year.
| Employees | Date new health insurance options begin | Earliest paycheck in which a deduction change will be made |
| Administration (lag-exempt payroll employees) | Dec. 26, 2019 | Dec. 11, 2019 |
| Administration (lag-payroll employees) | Dec. 26, 2019 | Dec. 24, 2019 |
| Institution (lag-exempt payroll employees) | Jan. 2, 2020 | Dec. 19, 2019 |
| Institution (lag-payroll employees) | Jan. 2, 2020 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Triple-Lag Payroll Employees | Dec. 26, 2019 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
Based on payroll deadlines, deduction changes related to an option-change request may be made in a future paycheck and will include adjustments retroactive to the beginning of the plan year.