Only if you are currently enrolled in the CareFirst HMO plan (which covers MD, DC and Northern VA), and are moving out of the service area upon retirement. The change must be done within 30 days of the move. If you are enrolled in any of the Aetna medical plans, you will have to wait until Open Enrollment to make any changes to your plan.
Insurance plans may be changed during the Open Enrollment period. If you are insured with the Carefirst HMO medical benefit, you may change medical plans outside of Open Enrollment, within 30 days of moving out of the Carefirst network area.
The Board has the authority to make changes to retiree benefits based on the availability of funds. While the Benefits Office cannot dictate how the Board allocates funds, we do advocate for Retiree Benefits, and for keeping retiree offerings as consistent as possible. Grandfathering has been the Board’s past practice when changes were made.
Retiree Benefits Rates can be found on our Retiree Benefits website, under “Annual Costs.”
The full cost of benefits to insure a spouse and/or child must be paid by the retiree; there is no Board contribution for retiree spouses, regardless of years of service.
You will be billed by our third party billing company.
For retirees who retire on July 1, the first deduction is taken from their September pension check because active employee benefits do not terminate until August 31. For all others, the retiree benefit payments typically begin at the end of the month that you retire. There are times where the benefit payment may be delayed a month or so, due to Maryland State Pension not having your account set up on time. In such an instance, you will be billed for the month that the benefit premium was not deducted by our third party billing company.
Retiree premium is deducted from the retiree’s pension. If the funds are not available to cover the deduction amount, the retiree will be invoiced by our third party billing administrator.
Premium payments are deducted from the retiree’s pension. If the pension funds are not available to cover the total amount, you will be invoiced from our third party billing administrator.
There is no Board contribution for dependents. You may cover any eligible dependents if you elect to, but the cost is fully funded by the retiree with no Board contribution.
