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Hamilton County Schools Employee Benefit Plans

Benefits at no cost to the Employee • Board Paid Life Insurance • Dental • Long Term Disability Benefits with a cost to the Employee • Medical • EyeMed Vision Care • Supplemental Life Insurance • Voluntary Benefits Benefits – Personal Finance • Flexible Spending Accounts • 403B Retirement Savings

Life Insurance/Long Term Disability • $20,000 Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy at no cost to employee • Long term disability insurance at no cost to employee

Dental Reimbursement Program • Employee may elect coverage for self and family • Licensed dentist of choice • Reimburses 80% of the first $250 of dental expenses then 50% of the next $1,600, maximum of $1,000 per fiscal year • Fiscal year starts July 1 st ends June 30 th • Member pays first for the dental services then submits completed claim form. Claim must be made within 180 calendar days of dental service • Claim form may be downloaded at http://www.hcde.org/dental

Employee Contributions BlueCross BlueShield PPO or CIGNA HMO Plan EE Only $ 46.15 per pay period EE + Spouse $225.34 per pay period $129.97 per pay period EE Child(ren) Family $246.28 per pay period EyeMed Voluntary Vision Plan EE Only $2.57 per pay period EE + Spouse $4.88 per pay period EE + Children $5.14 per pay period Family $7.55 per pay period Supplemental Life Insurance See rates at http://www.hcde.org/life

Medical Plans BlueCross BlueShield PPO In-Network • $450 calendar year deductible • Plan pays 90% you pay 10% • Individual out of pocket $1,750 • Family out of pocket $4,750 Out of Network • $800 calendar year deductible • Plan pays 70% you pay 30% • Individual out of pocket $3,000 • Family out of pocket $9,000 Prescriptions (CVS Caremark) $5 Generic/$20 Brand/$30 Non-Preferred Brand 90 day supply with one co-pay at mail order

Medical Plans CIGNA HMO In-Network Providers Only • Office visit co-pay family doctor $15 • Office visit co-pay specialist $20 • In-patient hospital co-pay $100 • Emergency room co-pay $100 • Out patient surgery co-pay $50 • Urgent Care Facility co-pay $50 • Plan pays 100% after co-pays • External Prosthetics $200 deductible then plan pays 100% Prescriptions $10 Generic/$20 Brand $40 non-preferred brand Mail order 90 day supply $25 generic $55 brand $115 non-preferred brand

Medical Plans CIGNA High Deductible Plan In-Network • $5,000 calendar year deductible • Plan pays 80% you pay 30% • Individual out of pocket $6,300 • Family out of pocket $12,600 Out of Network • $10,000 calendar year deductible • Plan pays 60% you pay 40% • Individual out of pocket $12,600 • Family out of pocket $25,200 Prescriptions 30% Generic/40% Preferred Brand/50% Non- Preferred Brand

Employee Contributions CIGNA High Deductible Health Plan EE Only $ 23.08 per pay period EE + Spouse $120.00 per pay period $ 69.23 per pay period EE Child(ren) Family $138.46 per pay period

Medical Plans All Medical Plans cover Preventative Services at 100%

EyeMed Voluntary Vision Plan • Wide network of Independent and national retail providers such as LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sunglass Hut, Sears, JCPenney and Target Optical. • $10 copay for annual eye exam • $15 copay for lenses • Frames 100% up to $120 and 20% discount over this amount

Supplemental Life Insurance • Employees earning more than $20,000 annually may purchase in increments of $10,000 to a max of $300,000 without medical questions and $500,000 with medical underwriting • $5,000 or $10,000 policy options for your spouse • $5,000 per child policy available • Rate information available at http://www.hcde.org/life

Voluntary Benefits • Offered by Washington National Insurance Company and Liberty National • Call Nick Barratini at 1-800-628-6428 ext. 7251or Wanda Sear at 443-2480 • Life • Cancer • Short Term Disability • Heart/Stroke • Hospital Indemnity • Intensive Care

Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA’s) • Calendar year election • Money is deducted from paycheck pre-tax • Money in the health care account may be used to pay for medical/dental services that are not reimbursed by insurance (example, deductibles or co-pays) • Money in dependent care account may be used to pay child care expenses • Plan regulated and subject to IRS rules • More information available at http://www.hcde.org/fsa

403B Retirement Savings • Retirement Savings in addition to TCRS pension plan • Enroll by contacting the vendor of your choice • Vendor list at http://www.hcde.org/403bvendors

Enrollment • Full-time employees enroll 1 st of month following the 60 th day of employment • Must complete benefit enrollment form even if declining health/dental coverage to receive Board provided benefits (life insurance and long term disability) • Beneficiary required on enrollment form in the event of death

Life Status Changes • Benefit changes not allowed during the year except in the event of a life status change such as – Birth/adoption of a child (even if you already have family coverage) – Marriage – Legal Separation – Divorce – Change in spouse’s employment Must notify and submit proof of life event to Benefits Department within 30 days of event. Changes submitted past 30 days are not accepted.

Open Enrollment Period Open enrollment held the month of October allows employees to make benefit changes such as:  elect new coverage  change or delete coverage  add or delete dependents Elections/changes made during the open enrollment period are effective January 1 st of The following year. Elections/changes are done via Employee Online. Employees are notified of open enrollment via Global e-mail.

Benefits Department Contact Information • Phone: (423) 209-8566 • Fax: (423) 209-8649 • Address: 3074 Hickory Valley Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421 • Email: Torrance_K@hcde.org

Benefits Information Available on Website http://www.hcde.org/benefits