Open Enrollment for all other bargaining units and SCTA dental, vision, and life changes are held during the fall each year (dates vary) and the effective date is January 1 of the new year.

The Benefits office is open all 12 months of the year, excluding Thanksgiving Break and Winter Break.

The Benefits office hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.

A qualifying event is: birth, adoption, legal custody, marriage, divorce or legal separation, loss of coverage, gains other coverage, change of job status, gains Medicare, or re-location outside the HMO coverage area.

For active employees, you may change your address by logging onto the employee resources available 24-7 online @  https://myportal.scusd.edu set-up an account and update your address, change your taxes, print your W-2’s and pay warrants. For retirees/terminated address changes, you will need to complete a change of address form and a copy of your picture ID to HR@scusd.edu.

Your Benefits Technician is assigned by your work assignment location. You can call (916) 643-9432 or email benefits@scusd.edu and your technician will assist you.

You would contact SchoolsFirst at (800) 462.8328, ext4727, option 2 or email Retirement@SchoolsFirstFCU.org.

No, but you may log in to the Delta Dental website, www.deltadental.com, create your account, and print yourself an ID card. Otherwise, your dental provider searches for your eligibility by the employee’s social security number.

No, but you can log in to the https://www.vsp.com/create-account, create your account and register, then print your ID card.

You may download the life insurance beneficiary from the district website or contact benefits at (916) 643-9432 to speak with a Benefits Technician to have a form sent to you.

Log on to http://www.benefitbridge.com/saccityusd and the plan summaries are all there. You can even compare plans side-by-side on BenefitBridge. The Benefits website also has plan summaries for each plan.

You can add a dependent within 30 days of the qualifying event with the provided documentation (birth certificate, court adoption papers, marriage certificate, California Domestic Partner Certificate, final decree of divorce, verification of loss of coverage, verification of obtaining own coverage, change of address form) to the Benefits Office.

See above. You must add the child within 30 days of his or her birth (or during open enrollment) and you must provide the souvenir birth certificate the hospital gives you when you bring the baby home.

See above. You must add your spouse within 30 days of the marriage (or during open enrollment) and you must provide a copy of the marriage certificate you receive from whoever marries you. A spouse’s social security number is also required.

No. Once your child turns 26, he or she is not an eligible dependent. Your child will remain covered throughout the month they reached age 26. Effective the first day of the following month, they will no longer be covered.

The child must already be designated as disabled or you must start the process of designating the disabled dependent with your medical provider at least three months before the child’s 26th birthday.

Grandchildren, parents, siblings, other extended families, cohabiting partners who are not married or do not have a CA Domestic Partner Certificate.

Spouse; natural-born child, stepchild, adopted child, child for whom you have legal custody up to the age of 26; domestic partner with CA Domestic Partner certificate. Social Security numbers are needed for all dependents.

Make sure your provider is searching by the employee’s social security number, not the dependent’s social security number.

HRA Customer Service: 1-800-617-4729; HRA Fax # 510-221-0052

When we are unable to set up a premium deduction from your retirement check, you are sent an invoice for the premiums. This usually comes from our third-party administrator, Sterling, and is referred to as “direct billing”.

Contact the Benefits Office at benefits@scusd.edu.

At the time you are considering retirement, you will need to check with the Benefits Office to see if you are eligible for 100% lifetime benefits. This is determined by your bargaining unit agreement, your age at retirement, the date you began service with the district in a position in which you earned benefits, and your years of service in that benefited position up to your retirement date.

Go to www.benefitbridge.com/saccityusd and click on the “Forgot Username/Password?”

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Log on to www.benefitbridge.com/saccityusd to view the plan summaries. You may also compare plans side-by-side on BenefitBridge.