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Regular employees may participate in the County's Flexible Benefit Program. You receive a "flexible benefit credit” from the County that may be used towards the cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage or as a contribution to a Flexible Spending Account, health care or dependent care, under the County's Flexible Benefit Program. The amount of flexible benefit credit varies by representation unit. Employees generally receive a contribution at least sufficient to cover the employee-only cost for the lowest cost medical coverage. Medical, dental and vision coverage costs and contributions to Flexible Spending Accounts are deducted from your paycheck on a pre-tax basis. If the cost of your selected health coverage is less than the total flexible benefit credits you receive, remaining credits will be paid to you in taxable cash.
The Flexible Benefit Program gives you the ability to pay your health, dental, and vision premiums and contributions to a Flexible Spending Account before taxes are withheld, thereby increasing your net take-home pay. Benefits are provided through the Flexible Benefit Program automatically, unless you specifically request that your contributions be taken after taxes are computed. Once your health plan and Flexible Spending Account contributions have been selected, you may not change your pre-tax deductions until the next annual enrollment, unless you have a qualified change of status as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). IRS regulations permit midyear changes for specific status changes such as loss or gain of a spouse’s employment, marriage, divorce, death, and when a dependent becomes ineligible due to age. The rules for midyear changes are outlined in the annual enrollment guide, which is available from your Department Representative or the Benefits website.
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