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Changes for 2026

To-dos:

  1. Review all benefit options within this guide.
  2. For new hire enrollment and open enrollment, you will receive a task in your Workday inbox to complete your enrollment.
  3. Click on the link in the task and follow the instructions to submit your elections.
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Welcome to your Benefits Package!

St. Johns County BOCC offers a comprehensive health care program.

During benefits Open Enrollment, you have the opportunity to review your coverage needs, consider the benefits plans available to you, and select those that will provide the most value to you and your family.

Benefit News - Life & Disability Carrier Change

Effective April 1, 2026, our Life and Disability benefits will transition from The Standard to New York Life.

What's Changing

The following plans will move to New York Life:

  • Basic Life & AD&D
  • Voluntary Life
  • Short-Term Disability (STD)
  • Long-Term Disability (LTD)

What You Need to Know

  • Your current coverage will automatically carry over — no action is required.
  • A special open enrollment period will be offered for employees who want to make changes.

Special Open Enrollment: March 2 - March 13, 2026

During this time, you may:

  • Enroll in or increase Voluntary Life coverage.
  • Enroll in Short-Term Disability (STD).

These options are available with Guaranteed Issue, meaning no medical questions are required for:

  • Increasing Employee Voluntary Life up to $300,000. (Amounts above $300,000 require medical questions)
  • Increasing Spouse Voluntary Life by up to $25,000.
  • Enrolling in Short-Term Disability.

Visit the Life and Disability page for more information.

Questions? Contact Benefits Team Email: bccbenefits@sjcfl.us Phone: 904.209.0635 option 4

Text "SJCBENEFITS" to 844-678-0490

to opt-in to benefits-related text messages.

Who is Eligible?

Full-time employees working 30 or more continuous hours per week are eligible for the benefits outlined in this overview.

  • Your spouse (legally valid existing marriage)
  • Your dependent children under the age of 26 (employee's natural, newborn, adopted, foster, step child(ren), or a child for whom Employee has been court-appointed as legal guardian or legal custodian)
  • Your grandchildren under the age of 18 months (newborn child of a covered dependent child)

See Required Documentation below.

How do I Enroll for Annual Enrollment?

  • Annual Enrollment is 10/1 - 10/15 of each year.
  • All employees who wish to make changes to their current benefits or enroll in an FSA MUST complete online enrollment.
  • The deadline to complete online enrollment is Wednesday, 10/15/25.

When Does Coverage Begin?

  • Annual Enrollment - Benefits begin on 1/1/2026.
  • New Employees - Benefits begin on the first of the month following 30 days of employment.

Changing Your Benefits

Generally, you cannot change your benefit elections during the year unless you experience a qualifying life event.

See Benefit Changes page for more information.

Dependent Documentation

Qualified life event requests and supporting documentation must be submitted in Workday within 30 days of the date of your life event.

Select Benefits and Pay from the Workday menu. Click on the Change Benefits icon at the top of the screen, under Tasks and Reports, to begin your Life Event. Select a life event change reason. You will be required to upload supporting documentation before making your elections. Supporting documentation must contain the reason for the change, the date of the event, and the family members who are affected by the event.

IMPORTANT: If you do not request a change in the enrollment site or do not provide the documentation within 30 days, you will have to wait until the next open enrollment to add or drop yourself or your dependents.

Changes to your elections are governed by the Section 125 Plan.

Eligible Dependents
Required Documentation
Spouse
The employee's spouse under a legally valid existing marriage.
Marriage certificate
Dependent Child(ren)
The employee's natural, newborn, adopted, foster, or step child(ren) (or a child for whom the Employee has been courtappointed as legal guardian or legal custodian). Can be covered on the plan up to the end of the month in which they turn 26 (regardless of marital or school status) or is no longer eligible under the Foster Child Program.
Birth Certificate, hospital footprint record, or hospital record, naming the employee as the child's parent OR appropriate court order/ adoption decree naming the employee or employee's spouse as the child's legal guardian.
For stepchild(ren): Birth Certificate naming spouse as the child's parent AND above documentation required for a spouse.
Newborn Grandchild(ren)
The newborn child of a covered dependent child. Coverage for such newborn child will automatically terminate 18 months after the birth of the newborn child.
Birth Certificate naming employee's dependent child as the parent.
Disabled Dependents
Dependents who become totally and permanently disabled before age 26 and rely on you for support may be eligible.
Proof of the disability will be a statement from the dependent's physician certifying that the dependent was incapacitated or disabled prior to the limiting age, is incapable of self sustaining employment by reason of mental or physical disability, and is fully dependent upon the contract holder for support.

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This Digital Benefits Guide only summarizes your benefit plans. If there is a discrepancy between the information in this document and the carrier plan document, the carrier plan documents will always govern.