July is Open Enrollment for Alachua County employees; this is the time to review your benefits, make changes to your insurance elections for the upcoming plan year and enroll or re-enroll in the flexible spending accounts.
The benefit elections you make continue through the plan year (October 1 - September 30), and cannot be changed unless you experience a qualified life or family status change.
There will be two in person open enrollment meetings this year, as well as six meetings held over Microsoft Teams. You do not need to register to attend a meeting.
Key Changes and Highlights for 2026
- Health Insurance
- There is no change to the current 05770 and 05781 plans. Open Enrollment is the only time you can change health plans.Premiums effective September 11, 2026 paycheck.
Biweekly
Premium05770
PPO Planper pay period increase
05781
HDHPper pay period increase
Emp Only $41.57 $1.59 $9.85 $0.38 Emp. + 1 $197.82 $7.60 $121.97 $4.69 Family $278.89 $10.73 $171.94 $6.62
- Pet Insurance
Premiums for pet insurance are 20% lower this upcoming plan year.
Biweekly premium without wellness with wellness Cat $8.96 $14.62 Dog $19.29 $26.33
- Dental Insurance
The Low, High and Plus PPO plans continue to be offered.
Open Enrollment is the only time you can change dental plans.
Biweekly premium PPO Choice Low PPO Choice High PPO Choice Plus Employee only $2.22 $2.94 $3.29 Employee + 1 $10.12 $15.99 $17.88 Family $18.97 $27.75 $31.04 The Humana Vision Plan and premiums remains the same.
Biweekly premium Employee Only $2.55 Employee + 1 $5.09 Family $9.49
- Dependent Verification documents are required to enroll or add dependents to your health insurance coverage
Employees who are newly enrolling dependents in the health insurance will have to provide copies of the required dependent verification documents and complete the dependent verification form. A list of eligible dependents and accepted documents can be found here. If required documents are not provided, you will not be able to enroll your dependents. A 30 day grace period will be allowed to provide the dependent verification documents.
- Flexible Spending Accounts Enrollment
Employees who wish to participate or continue to participate in either the medical or dependent care FSA plan must enroll annually during Open Enrollment. Please go online to Chard Snyder to register and make a plan election. Please follow the registration instructions to make your plan election.
- Summary of Benefits and Coverage
The summary of benefits and coverage is a health plan informational document required under the Affordable Care Act and will help you understand your benefits and coverage.
The summary of benefits and coverage can be viewed online after July or you can request a copy by contacting Risk Management at (352) 337-6180
Open Enrollment Document and Plan Summaries
- Overview
Open enrollment guide - important open enrollment information - Please read and share this information with your spouse and/or dependents
Open Enrollment Meetings Calendar
Rate Sheet 2026-27
- Florida Blue Health Plan Summaries
Alachua County Employees 2026 Benefits Summary
Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) will be posted when available.
Plan 05770
Plan 05781
- Florida Combined Life Dental Plan Summaries
- Humana Vision Summary
Enrollment and Change Forms
All Forms are due back to Risk Management no later than July 31, 2026
- Florida Blue Health Insurance
Florida Blue Change form - add/delete dependents, change plans or cancel coverage.
Florida Blue Enrollment form - enroll in the health insurance plan
Dependent Verification requirements - this form must be completed along with the required documents to enroll dependents in the health insurance plan.
- Florida Combined Life Dental Insurance
Dental Enrollment Form - Use this form to enroll if you don't currently have dental insurance
Bluedental Choice PPO change form - add/delete dependents or cancel your dental plan. Use this form to change from one ppo option to another, for example high to low or low to plus. (please write new ppo plan choice on form under remarks).
- Humana/CompBenefits Vision Insurance
Vision Enrollment form - enroll in vision plan
Vision change form - add/delete dependents or cancel coverage
- UsableLIfe Insurance - Life Insurance and AD&D
- Evidence of insurability form - use this form to apply for supplemental or dependent life insurance coverage.Coverage change form - use this form to cancel supplemental or dependent life coverage. Also use to enroll or change AD&D coverage.
- Chard Snyder Flexible Spending Accounts Enrollment
Employees must enroll in the flexible spending accounts with a new dollar amount each year. You must go online to the Chard Snyder website to enroll. Please follow the step by step instructions, there are instructions for new participants and also for current participants.
Chard Snyder registration and enrollment instructions
- Florida Blue
- Voluntary Supplemental Benefits (Board employees only)
Voluntary Benefits Summary booklet
Critical Illness, Accident (Standard)
Legal and ID Theft Protection (Legalshield)Pet Partners Pet Insurance - Board employees only
- Medicare D Creditable Coverage Notice
This creditable coverage notice is for retirees, employees or covered spouses who are eligible for Medicare.
