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Section 100
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General Information
The Department of Personnel Administration (DPA), Benefits Division, is responsible for administering many benefit programs for State employees. Individual personnel departments are responsible for providing information and assistance to their employees. The Benefits Administration Manual (BAM) is designed to provide departmental staff with current information and changes to the benefits. Although it is the responsibility of each personnel office to provide required notices and COBRA information to their employees, this manual includes a section on COBRA as it relates to programs administered by DPA. 101. Manual Revisions Revisions to the BAM will be updated on DPA's Web site as needed. The electronic BAM will be updated as needed and any significant changes to the BAM sections will be listed at the beginning of each section. Many of the Benefits Programs will issue PML's to notify departments of future changes to their respective program information and procedures. 102. Communication Methods The Benefits Division provides program information to departments through Personnel Management Liaison Memos (PML's), Management Memos (MM's), PROFS (Office Vision), DPA's Bulletin Board, and DPA's Web site. In addition, a Benefits newsletter is issued every other month, which provides important information on current benefit issues such as open enrollment periods, changes to benefit programs and/or reporting requirements, etc. 103. Contact Questions regarding revisions to this manual should be directed to the Benefits Division at (916) 327-6429 or CALNET 467-6429. Also, questions can be sent directly to Susan Coats via email.
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