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How to Choose & Enroll in Your Benefits

Here for open enrollment? Just start a new job? Or have a baby? Start here to find out when you can enroll or make changes to your benefits and the steps to make those changes

Plan Year
  • 2025
Program Option
  • Local Health Plan with Uniform Dental (PO6) & Supplemental Benefits

Guardianship

A guardian is appointed by a court when a person is unable to make or communicate medical decisions, financial decisions, or both. Learn how Letters of Guardianship can impact a WRS account.

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Long-Term Care Insurance

Available to state employees and retirees. Long-term care insurance covers medical services, such as nursing care or therapies. It also includes supportive services, such as bathing, dressing, getting in and out of bed, taking medicines, or preparing meals.

Program Option
  • State Employee and Retiree Health Plan & Supplemental Benefits

What a Guardian Can Do

Each time a guardian makes a request on behalf of a member, ETF will review the Letters of Guardianship of the Estate. The request will be approved or denied based on the authority granted in the letters.

My Benefits

With My Benefits, you can securely access your Statement of Benefits or apply for a disability retirement benefit.

Transit Account

A Transit Account allows you use pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible mass transit expenses related to your commute to and from work.

Plan Year
  • 2025
Program Option
  • State Employee and Retiree Health Plan & Supplemental Benefits

What Your Agent Can Do

Your financial power of attorney document determines the scope of your agent's authority. You may give your agent the ability to make many changes to your WRS account or limit them to a few actions.

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Long-Term Care Insurance Standards

This document, “Long-Term Care Insurance Standards,” serves as a resource for insurers interested in offering state employees and retirees long-term care insurance (LTCI).