October 25, 2022. Under the “Improving Affordability and Access to Healthcare” provision in the Memorandum of Understanding with the Service Employees International Union – Local 1000 (SEIU), the state agreed to provide 24 monthly payments in the amount of $260 during the period of July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022, to SEIU-represented employees and related excluded employees who were eligible for health benefits, including those who were not enrolled in a health plan.
Some SEIU-represented and related excluded employees who enrolled in the FlexElect or CoBen Cash Option program effective July 1, 2022, did not receive their last monthly $260 cash payment for June 2022. Instead, they received the applicable FlexElect or CoBen Cash Option payment.
The state will issue payment for the gross difference between the FlexElect or CoBen Cash received by employees and the $260 monthly cash benefit.
Detailed information for state personnel offices, including specific instructions regarding distribution of the employee announcement, is contained in this memorandum to departmental personnel offices.
For information on the FlexElect or CoBen cash option benefit please visit the benefits website.