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Employees who are enrolled in the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) may select a different health plan for the 2018 plan year during the Option Transfer Period. Employees will have 30 days from the date the 2018 rates are approved and published to change their health insurance carriers.

The New York State Employee Benefits Division will mail information about the new health plan rates and deadline dates to enrolled employees' home addresses. This information will also be announced in the Daily Bulletin when available. The 2018 booklet "Choices" (PDF, 1.7 MB), a comparison of the insurance plans, is now available for review on the Human Resource Management website.

Representatives from the Empire Plan, BlueCross BlueShield of WNY, and Independent Health will be on campus during the NYS Employee Health Benefits Fair on Thursday, December 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Butler Library 210 to answer questions about current health insurance plans and anticipated changes in coverage for 2018.

For additional information, please call Employee Benefits at 878-4821.