2025 Open Enrollment and State of Florida Benefits
Benefits Open Enrollment for 2025 will offer eligible Valencia College employees more choices and more coverage as we transition into the State Group Insurance Program.
The State Group Insurance Program offers and manages a comprehensive package of health and welfare insurance benefits for eligible active and retired employees and their dependents, including health, dental, vision, life, and supplemental insurance plans and savings and spending accounts.
2025 Benefits Open Enrollment Dates
Monday, October 14 – Friday, November 1, 2024
Why Move Into the State Group Insurance Program Now?
In June 2024, House Bill 5101 was passed by the Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. This bill authorizes and mandates the participation of the 28 Florida College System (FCS) institutions, including Valencia College, in the State Group Insurance Program (SGIP).
In light of this, the college will transition employee benefits to the SGIP effective Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
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Since the State Group Insurance Program offers different benefit carrier and plan options than your current Valencia College benefits, you will be required to actively enroll during open enrollment in order to have insurance benefits for 2025.
If you do not actively enroll during open enrollment, you will not have benefits for 2025. The state does not provide for any default benefit enrollment if you fail to actively enroll.
Even if you would like to decline health and/or any other benefits, you must complete and finalize the active open enrollment process.
Miss the Benefits Tour or want to review the session again? Check out the on-demand links for a high-level overview of your 2025 benefits and what steps to take to complete your benefits selections during the 2025 Benefits Open Enrollment.
Se perdio el Corrido de Beneficios o quiere ver la session otra ves? Haz click al link en demanada para una descripción, de alta nivel, de sus beneficios del 2025 y para tomar los proximos pasos de completer su selección durante la Inscription Abierta de los Beneficios 2025.
People First: A New Way To Enroll
With the transition to the State Group Insurance Plan, Valencia College employees will log on to People First ― the State of Florida’s online, self-service, secure web-based portal to enroll in benefits.
2025 Open Enrollment: New Benefit Plans and Options
View the 2025 insurance plans, coverage details and employee premium rates on the following Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) resources:
Get info on the SGIP health and benefit plans and options.
Explore plan options to make an informed decision about your benefits.
Access all the state benefit plan webpages.
View short videos on the plan options in both English and Spanish.
Health Plan Options: PPO and HMO
The State offers multiple PPO and HMO options, including high-deductible health plan HSA options, for employee and family health insurance coverage:
PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) plans provides coverage both in and out-of-network. You can self-refer to many specialists, and you have access to a nationwide network. Valencia’s current UHC Choice Plus and Choice Plus Premium plans are PPO plans.
HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) plans covers only in-network services, except in certain emergency situations. You may be required to have a primary care provider and referrals to some specialists.
Start Exploring the Health Plans, Provider Networks and Pharmacy Benefits
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