State of California
   
   M E M O R A N D U M
   
   REFERENCE CODE:
   PML 96-050
   
   DATE:
   September 27, 1996
   
   TO:
   Personnel Officers
   Personnel Transactions Supervisors
   Personnel Transactions Staff
   
   
   FROM:
   Department of Personnel Administration
   Benefits Division
   
   
   SUBJECT:
   Extension of Long Term Disability Open Enrollment
   (October 1, 1996 - November 30, 1996)
   
   
   CONTACT: 
   Desi Rodrigues, Personnel Management Technician 
   (916) 324-0533 or CALNET 454-0533
   Office Vision:  DPA(DXRodrigues)
   INTERNET:  DXRODRIGUES@SMTP.DPA.CA.GOV
   
   The Long Term Disability (LTD) open enrollment was
   originally scheduled for October l-3l, l996.  This is to
   advise you that the open enrollment period has been
   extended by one month and will end on November 30, l996.
   
   The LTD informational materials (i.e., cover letter, one-
   page summary of plan benefits and a MetLife postcard) were
   scheduled to be mailed to eligible employees' homes on
   September 11, l996.  This would have provided employees
   with adequate advance notification of the open enrollment
   and sufficient time to mail the return postcard to MetLife
   to request the LTD brochure and enrollment form. However,
   due to an unforeseen mailing delay, the informational
   materials were not mailed until September 25, l996. 
   Eligible employees should start to receive these materials
   within the next week.  The one month extension of the open
   enrollment period will ensure that employees have adequate
   time to request their enrollment packets from MetLife and
   submit their enrollment forms to their personnel office by
   the new deadline. 
   
   
   During the past few weeks, DPA staff have filled numerous
   requests from State departments for additional LTD
   enrollment forms and brochures.  As a result, we have a
   very limited supply remaining.  MetLife has already
   prepared a large number of enrollment packets in
   anticipation of eligible employees returning their
   postcards as directed in the cover letter.  Therefore, we
   recommend that if your personnel office has a small supply
   or runs out of the enrollment forms and brochures, you
   encourage employees to mail their return postcards to
   MetLife to request these materials.  If you have employees
   who did not receive the cover letter and postcard, they
   can call MetLife directly at (800) 252-8524 to request
   that the enrollment materials be mailed to them.
   
   If you have any further questions regarding the open
   enrollment you can call Desi Rodrigues at (9l6) 324-0533
   or Calnet 454-0533.
   
   
   
   Patricia Pavone, Chief
   Benefits Division