Use the navigation on the left to research your employee benefits - for example, click on "Medical Insurance" to learn about your options.  The links below provide resources to help choose and understand your benefits.  

Important Information - Benefits DEADLINES for New Employees

• Medical, Dental, Life, Disability, FSA coverage - 31 calendar days to make new employee elections in the online Benefit Administration System.  Date of hire is Day 1.
• Retirement Choice - Contact PERA for more information about Retirement - 1-800-759-PERA (7372) or www.copera.org.   Newly hired employees must make a retirement plan selection within the first 60 calendar days after the first day of employment.  Judges and employees of institutions of higher education are not eligible for Retirement Choice. 
• Contact your department's HR/benefits personnel for more information.

 
Resources & Tools

Enroll / Change Your Benefits - link to State's online Benefits Administration System (BAS)
Your department's HR/Benefits personnel  - for benefits questions
Benefits Presentations
HealthLine - the Employee Benefits newsletter
Colorado PERA - The Public Employee's Retirment Association manages the basic retirement plans (Defined Benefit or Defined Contribution) and the supplemental retirement options (401k and 457 plans).  303.832.9550 / 1.800.759.PERA
Required Documentation for Dependents Covered Under Medical / Dental / Life - Must be provided for legal spouse, common-law spouse, same-gender domestic partner, and dependent children.
Instructions for Online Enrollment
What do "Pre-tax" and "After tax" mean?
Glossary of Insurance Terms
Salary Reduction Plan

Optional Life Insurance & Guarantee Issue

At the time of new employee enrollment in benefits, employees and their spouses / same-gender domestic partners (SGDPs) are eligible for guarantee issue amounts of optional life insurance.  This means the employee, spouse/SGDP does not need to prove good health by providing evidence of insurability (EOI), also called a medical history statement.  Employees are eligible for up to $100,000 of coverage of optional life; spouses / SGDPs are eligible up to $30,000 of coverage. Optional life insurance is in addition to the State-paid $50,000 of basic life coverage for employees. 

Related Topics
Work-Life  (flextime, flexplace, employee discounts)
Leave

Total Compensation
Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP)
State of Colorado Ombuds Program

 

For more information about Benefits contact the DPA Benefits Unit.

 

Email comments to:  state_benefits@state.co.us

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