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FY2025 Benefit Choice Open Enrollment Period
May 1- May 31, 2024
MyBenefits Service Center (MBSC)| MyBenefits.illinois.gov
The annual State Employee’s Group Insurance Program (SEGIP) Benefit Choice open enrollment period begins Monday, May 1, 2024. You have until May 31, 2024, to make your changes and/or elections. Changes made during this time become effective on July 1, 2024.
The one-stop Benefit Choice shop allows you to:
- Change health plans.
- Add or drop dental coverage. Employees have the option to enroll in Dental Only coverage. However, if you enroll in health coverage and choose dental coverage, dependents must mirror the coverage of the member.
- Add or drop dependent coverage (Adding a dependent requires documentation).
- Increase or decrease option life insurance.
- Add or drop MyBenefit Plus coverage.
- Enroll in MCAP and/or DCAP. Employees must enroll in this program each year; previous enrollment in the program does not continue into the new plan year.
- Enroll in an HSA. The HSA is only available to employees enrolled in the Consumer Driven Health Plan. Employees must enroll in this program each year; previous enrollment in the program does not continue into the new plan year.
All Benefit Choice changes and elections are now completed through MyBenefits Service Center.
No paper forms are required or accepted.
Additional information, including step-by-step instructions for registration and log-on assistance, is available on MyBenefits Service Center section of the HR website.
Benefit Choice Options Booklet
The FY2025 booklet provides the current information regarding changes for the new plan year (July 1 – June 30). Please review the information provided in the booklet before making your elections or changes.
Need additional information about your benefits?
If you need assistance, CMS now has AVA, the interactive digital assistant, available online at MyBenefits.illinois.gov. You may also call the MyBenefits Service Center at 844/251-1777, or 844/251-1778 (TDD/TTY) with inquiries from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.