Benefit Updates for Plan Year 2010
2010 Rates will be effective September 1, 2009
Summer Open Enrollment July 6 through July 31. 2009
Health Premium
Increased Rates for Plan Year 2010
Short-term Disability rates
will decrease from $0.32 per $100 to
$0.29 per $100 of monthly covered
salary.
Long-term Disability rates
will stay the same
$0.70 per $100 of monthly covered
salary
Voluntary Accidental Death &
Dismemberment (AD&D) rates will stay
the same
Optional Term Life rates and
Dependent Term Life rates will
stay the same
Rates are per $1,000 of Annual
Salary
Dental Coverage changes -
ERS' two dental plans will be
offered by HumanaDental. The State
of Texas Dental Choice PlanSM will
keep its name, but drop the
three-year wait for maximum
benefits. Participants will now
receive maximum benefits beginning
on day one. Also, the maximum annual
benefit available in the State of
Texas Dental Choice PlanSM will
increase 20 percent to $1,500.
The benefits under the HumanaDental DHMO plan (formerly Aetna DMO) will stay the same. 
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