How to Enroll

When you retire, to continue benefits for yourself and your eligible dependents, you must have active employee coverage for at least one month. If you don't already have state health insurance before your retirement, you may enroll as an active employee and must do so one month before you end employment. Once enrolled with active employee coverage for one month, you may then continue your health insurance coverage as a retiree. You must complete the Retiree Health Insurance Election form located under Health Insurance Forms and Publications within 31 days before your termination date. If you do not enroll or continue coverage within this time, you will not be allowed to join at a later date as a retiree.

You may enroll:

• Online – go to People First
• By telephone – call the People First Service Center at 866-663-4735 (for TTY users, at 866-221-0268), or
• By using a paper Retiree Health Insurance Election form located under Health Insurance Forms and Publications.

Please note: As part of the enrollment process, you must certify that the dependents that you are covering are eligible. Please review the eligibility requirements carefully. You may be liable for any and all premiums and claims paid for any dependent deemed ineligible.

Health Savings Account Enrollment

Think you made your enrollment choices and now you’re through? If you enrolled in a Health Investor Health Plan, don’t stop until you have enrolled for your Health Savings Account. HSA enrollment is a two-step process:

• Once you have selected a Health Investor Health Plan, you must open your HSA through the People First system or your enrollment form – indicating how much you want to contribute, if anything,
• Then you must open your HSA personal bank account with a qualifying financial institution. 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.

Enrolling in Optional Over-age Dependent Children Coverage

To enroll optional over-age children between ages 26 and 30, you must provide either proof of student status or Florida residency, and may be asked to provide a birth certificate. If those dependents have been enrolled in your health plan, as dependent children, up to age 26, you will be given a choice – to enroll the child as an over-age dependent or take COBRA coverage.