Making life event changes is your responsibility. You must enter and complete your change in PeopleSoft yourself. The Trust Administrator can help you, but isn’t responsible for making sure your changes are made. Life event changes must be completed within 30 days of the event. After 30 days, you’ll need to wait until the next open enrollment.
Enrollment
Enroll when you’re first eligible, during open enrollment, or after a qualifying life event. Here’s what counts as a life event and how to submit a change.
New to the Trust?
If you’re newly eligible for coverage, contact the Trust Administrator to get enrolled and choose your plans.
Submit a change.
You enter and complete benefit changes yourself in PeopleSoft. Log in and submit the change within 30 days of your life event, then log back in to update your elections once it’s approved.
Ask a question.
Not sure whether your change qualifies, or what it does to your coverage? The Trust Administrator can walk you through it.
Qualifying life events.
A qualifying life event is a personal change in status that may let you change your benefit elections outside of open enrollment.
Marital Status
Marriage or divorce
Dependent Status
Birth, adoption, or death of a dependent
Job Loss
Loss of a job
How to make a change.
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Confirm your change qualifies as a life event (see the categories above).
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Log in to PeopleSoft, enter your life event, and submit it.
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You’re not done yet. You’ll receive an email once administration approves the life event.
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After approval, log back in to PeopleSoft and update your elections.
Open enrollment.
Open enrollment is the once-a-year window — typically in the fall — when you can review your coverage and make changes for the coming plan year without a qualifying life event. During open enrollment you can enroll, switch or drop plans, add or remove dependents, and update your voluntary benefits. Watch for the exact dates and instructions from the Trust Administrator each fall; the elections you make take effect January 1. Once open enrollment closes, be sure to review your benefits summary to make sure it reflects the choices you made.
Next year’s plan information.
Details about plan changes for the upcoming year will be posted here ahead of open enrollment. Check back in the fall for what’s changing.