Human Resources: Employee Benefits Enrollment
Hernando County Employee Benefit Enrollment Services are provided by BenTek.
Employees can access the BenTek web site 24 hours a day / 7days a week, to review benefit selections and make changes during the open enrollment period.
Benefit eligible employees will be automatically enrolled in the following core coverage's:
- Basic Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance: $10,000 Benefit Provided by Principal
- Employee Assistance Program
Provided by The Hartford: Customer Service: 1-800-96-HELPS (1-800-964-3577). - Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
Provided by The Hartford
Health Insurance
The County offers four health insurance plan options
provided by
BlueCross
BlueShield of Florida (BCBS of Florida has now
re-branded their name to “Florida Blue”).
- Blue Options Plan #03564 (formerly 1767 Plan)
- Blue Options Plan #03748 (formerly 1559 Plan)
- Blue Options Plan #5190/5191 (formerly 1160-1161) High Deductible Health Plan w/ HSA account
- BlueCare HMO Plan #042 (formerly Plan
#13)
Health Savings Account
Employees who elect coverage in the #5190/5191
(formerly 1160-1161)
are eligible to open and contribute to a Health Savings
Account (HSA) provided by
Mellon
Bank. Note: The County funds each HSA $1,000
each plan year. This is in addition to any voluntary
amount you elect.
Flexible Spending Accounts
The County offers two Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
plan options provided by AFLAC/FlexOne:
- Health Care FSA
- Minimum Contribution: $5.00 per pay period
- Maximum Contribution: $75.00 per pay period
- Dependent Care FSA
- Minimum Contribution: $5.00 per pay period
- Maximum Contribution: $200.00 per pay period
Dental Insurance
The County offers three dental insurance plan options:
- DHMO Provided by Humana/CompBenefits
- Traditional PPO Plan Provided by the Guardian
- Indemnity Plan Provided by the Guardian
Vision Insurance
The County offers vision insurance provided by
EyeMed and VSP
Vision Care.
Supplemental Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
(AD&D) Insurance
The County offers supplemental life insurance provided
by the
Principal.
- Benefit amount can be elected in increments of $10,000 to a maximum of $190,000
- Benefit election cannot exceed 6 times your annual salary
Dependent Life Insurance
The County offers dependent life insurance provided
by the
Principal.
Benefit eligible employees can elect dependent life
insurance for their spouse and / or child(ren) for $2,500
or $5.000. Dependent Life Insurance may also be elected
in the amount of $10,000 if your total Basic Life /
AD&D and Supplemental Life / AD&D benefit amount equals
$20,000 or greater.
Short Term Disability Insurance
The County offers short term disability insurance provided
by
MetLife.
Pre-Paid Legal Plans
The County offers two pre-paid legal plan options provided
by
Pre-Paid Legal:
AFLAC
The County offers a variety of supplemental insurance
plans provided by
AFLAC.
To learn more about the AFLAC plans listed below.
- Personal Accident Indemnity Plan
- Specified Health Event Protection Plan
- Personal Cancer Indemnity Plan
- Off-the-Job Accident Disability Rider
- Hospital Protection Plan
Colonial
The County offers a variety of supplemental insurance
plans provided by Colonial Insurance.
- Accident Plan
- Cancer Plan
- Sickness/Health Event Plan
- Hospitalization Plan
- Term Life

