The 2010 Open Enrollment/Transfer Period for Health Insurance Plans, Flexible Spending Accounts Program and PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund Dental Benefits are listed below. Please pay close attention to the following dates of when forms are due to Central Office Human Resources.

The 2010 Transfer Period for the Health Insurance Plans is November 1 through November 30. During this period, you can:

The 2010 Open Enrollment/Transfer Period for the Flexible Spending Accounts Program is September 27, 2010 – November 19, 2010.

The PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund Dental Plan change period will be from Nov. 1, 2010 through Nov. 30, 2010. During this time, PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund participants and benefits-eligible employees can change their dental coverage provider.

Now is the time to submit your annual deduction changes for the Tax-Deferred Annuity Plans. The IRS tax deferred annuity limits for the 2011 calendar year are below. Pay close attention to the limits for your age group.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) specifies that extension of dependent coverage for children under the age of 26 is effective for plan years beginning on or after September 23, 2010.

If you are currently enrolled in the Savings Bond program, you may have received notice from the US Department of Treasury that they are eliminating their program allowing employees to purchase paper US Savings Bonds through payroll deduction as of January 1, 2011.

With the new year approaching, we would like to take this opportunity to remind you to update your beneficiary designations. If you have experienced any family status changes (marriage, birth of child, adoption of child, divorce, or death) since your initial appointment to Central Office and have not updated your beneficiary designation form, please do so now.

I am pleased to announce that Ms. Jing Wu has accepted the HR Benefits Manager position in Central Office Human Resources. In her new role, Jing will administer the various benefit programs offered by CUNY, including health insurance, welfare funds, transit and pension plans.