Enrollment

If you're eligible for the City of Richmond CalPERS Health Program, you have 60 calendar days from your appointment date to request enrollment. Benefit enrollments will be initiated during a scheduled New Employee Onboarding in the Human Resources Management Department.

Below are other opportunities to enroll at a later date if you decline or cancel enrollment, or experience a qualifying life event.

Learn how to Enroll Family Members.

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment takes place each fall. Open Enrollment 2019 will take place September 9 – October 4. Changes made during Open Enrollment 2019 will take effect January 1, 2020.

Access your health information year-round, including Open Enrollment updates, by logging in to my|CalPERS, or learn more by visiting our Using my|CalPERS page.

Special Enrollment Opportunities

You can enroll yourself and eligible family members in a CalPERS health plan before the next Open Enrollment when you experience certain life events.

Special enrollment opportunities are available for:

• An eligible spouse, domestic partner, or minor child requiring health coverage because of a court order
• New children by birth or adoption, or placement of adoption
• New family members due to marriage or domestic partnership registration
• Those whose health plan was canceled due to an involuntary loss of coverage (you must provide proof your coverage ended)

You must submit your request within 60 days following the life event.

For more information about special enrollment opportunities, read the Health Program Guide (HBD 120) (PDF).

Late Enrollment

If you decline or cancel enrollment for yourself or your dependents and do not qualify for special enrollment, you or your dependents will have limited opportunities to enroll in the future. You may enroll during the next CalPERS Open Enrollment or at any time within a 90-day waiting period. The earliest effective date of enrollment will be the first of the month following the 90-day waiting period or the January 1 after Open Enrollment.