State of Alaska employees have access to a variety of employee benefits, including health coverage and Voluntary Supplemental Benefits such as life or disability insurance. The following information is intended to guide eligible State of Alaska employees with instructions and timelines for enrolling in these benefits.

Please note: the enrollment information on this page applies specifically to the AlaskaCare Employee Health Plan as well as the Voluntary Supplemental Benefits (VSB). Although most State employees are eligible to enroll in VSB, only certain bargaining units participate in the AlaskaCare health plan. Other bargaining units belong to health trusts and must enroll in health benefits through their union.

Please visit the What Plan/Tier Am I In? page to find the specific health plan for your bargaining unit.

For all benefits, you must make your elections within 30 days of your hire date or within 30 days of a Qualified Status Change. You may also enroll in or change your benefits during the annual Open Enrollment period.

Before enrolling in or changing your elections, please review the different options and latest changes to the benefits and plan premiums for the AlaskaCare Employee Health plan and Voluntary Supplemental Benefits to decide which benefits will be most appropriate for you and your family.

You may add, change, or delete dependents covered under your AlaskaCare health benefits by logging in to your myAlaska account. Be sure to also update your beneficiaries for your VSB’s on the Benefitfocus platform.

Note: You must first add your dependents before you can elect a family health plan with AlaskaCare.

A Qualified Status Change is a change in your family or employment status which allows you to make changes to your coverages.

If you have a "qualified status change" during the year, you can make changes to your coverages (subject to limitations). Changes must be made within 30 days of the event. This provision applies to AlaskaCare and VSB. Examples of qualified status changes include the following:

• You gain or lose a dependent, through birth or adoption, marriage, divorce, or death.
• Your dependent is no longer eligible.
• Your spouse terminates employment, begins an extended period of leave or layoff without pay, or begins new employment.
• Your spouse or you change employment status from full-time to part-time or from part-time to full-time.
• Your spouse has a significant change in his or her health coverage caused by their employment.

You may also change benefits if you move from a non-AlaskaCare participating union to an AlaskaCare participating union.

Open Enrollment is the annual time of year when all employees, no matter what bargaining unit they belong to, can make changes to their current benefits for the upcoming benefit year. For AlaskaCare and VSB, Open Enrollment typically occurs during the first three weeks of November. Unless you are a new hire or have had a Qualified Status Change, this is the only time during the year when you may make changes to your benefits. Bargaining Units that are not part of AlaskaCare have a different Open Enrollment period for their health benefits, but during the AlaskaCare Open Enrollment period, all employees are eligible to enroll/update their VSB elections.

For instructions on how to enroll in AlaskaCare health plan benefits, visit the Employee Health Plan webpage, Enrollment Instructions section. Please read all the information on that page carefully, as you have a limited amount of time to make the correct election.

For instructions on how to enroll in Voluntary Supplemental Benefits, visit our Employee Group Life & Voluntary Supplemental Benefits.

During Open Enrollment (typically the first three weeks of November), enrollment information can be found here:

• AlaskaCare Open Enrollment
• Voluntary Supplemental Benefits (VSB) Open Enrollment

Enrollments must be made online. If you experience technical difficulties while trying to enroll, contact the AlaskaCare Member Education Center at:

Juneau: (907) 465-4460
Outside Juneau: (800) 821-2251
Monday - Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Alaska Time)