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• Verify Your State Benefit Elections

  Jul 16, 2025 2:30 pm79 views

  The new plan year for State benefits (health/vision, dental, and life insurance, and flexible spending and health savings accounts) started on July 1, 2025. If you made any changes during Benefit Choice, you should have received a mailing from CMS at your home address confirming your Benefit Choice elections. Any changes you made went into effect on July 1, 2025.

• State Health Plan Transition of Services

  Jul 1, 2025 11:00 am43 views

  The following is important information for employees enrolled in State of Illinois health insurance coverage who made a health plan change for the new plan year, beginning July 1.  

• Health Alliance Participants: the Benefit Choice Deadline is Approaching

  May 29, 2025 3:00 pm40 views

  The following information is intended for Health Alliance plan participants:

  If you fail to make elections prior to midnight on June 2^nd, you and any covered dependents will be defaulted into the Quality Care Health Plan effective July 1, 2025.

• Deadline Approaching: Benefit Choice ends June 2nd

  May 22, 2025 4:00 pm82 views

  The last day to make Benefit Choice changes will be here soon! Remember, you only have until June 2 to make your State benefit elections or changes for the upcoming plan year on https://MyBenefits.illinois.gov

• Benefit Choice: Submit Your Documentation

  May 14, 2025 2:00 pm144 views

  If you made a Benefit Choice change that requires supporting documentation. Please remember to provide your documents by the deadline!

• Benefit Choice Fairs available in May 2025

  Apr 25, 2025 10:00 am337 views

  Do you have questions about changes and plan options available during the FY2026 Benefit Choice period? The State of Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) Benefit Choice Open Enrollment Fairs will be held in-person and will have recordings available online throughout the month of May.