Open Enrollment

**Deadline for forms is Friday, October 30 at 4:00 p.m.

Please submit your 2027 Benefits Open Enrollment forms using the secure Upload Portal on the Benefits & Leave SharePoint page to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and other confidential information. This link will only work when using an SHA‑issued computer. If you are unable to access the portal, you may drop off your completed enrollment form at the HR office.

Maintaining your health and well-being is vital; now more than ever.  SHA offers employees wide-ranging benefit choices that support your and your family's health and financial security.  Open enrollment is a time to assess your needs for 2027 and make modifications to your benefit selections.  Open Enrollment begins Tuesday, October 13 and ends on Friday, October 30, 2026, at 4:00 p.m.  Information for Seattle Housing Authority employees and their dependents can be found on this page.

If you have questions that can't be answered on this page, contact the SHA Benefits Team at: HR-Benefits@seattlehousing.org. 

If you make changes during open enrollment, your new coverage is effective on January 1 of the new plan year. 

**Attend webinars to learn more about our benefits offerings. If you’re not able to attend live, the sessions will be recorded and available for viewing. Visit the bottom of this page for more information.

Adding your spouse or domestic partner to your coverage requires an Affidavit of Marriage/Domestic Partnership form.  This form only applies if you have not previously enrolled your spouse or domestic partner to your benefits. 

To ensure that the City is treating all employees fairly; operating our plans consistently and in accordance with our plan documents; and appropriately allocating funds, the City verifies the eligibility of all new dependents added to health care plans.  All SHA employees with City health care coverage are required to provide documentation for their covered dependents with the City’s business partner, Alight Solutions.  Employees covering dependents are asked to provide documentation of the nature of the relationship (such as marriage license, birth certificate, affidavit of domestic partnership, court documents, etc.) as well as the status of the relationship (such as a federal tax return, proof of joint ownership, etc.).  Alight Solutions will initiate the process in 2-4 weeks, communications will be mailed to you.  Please submit your documentation to Alight Solutions on time.  Failure to do so may result in losing your dependents coverage.

Open Enrollment is the time to enroll in the 2027 Flexible Spending Account program (Health Care and Day Care). You must re-enroll every year, even if you had an account the previous year.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  If you are making any changes to your 2027 benefits or enrolling in a 2027 FSA, your Benefits Enrollment Form and/or FSA Enrollment Form must be received by Human Resources by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2026.

No action or form is required if you do not want to make any changes to your 2027 benefits, except to enroll or re-enroll in a Flexible Spending Account.

 

Upcoming Webinars:

• Navia (FSA): Tuesday, October 13 at 11:00 AM - Click here to watch the recording.

• Aetna: Thursday, October 15 at 11:00 AM - Click here to watch the recording.

• Delta Dental: Tuesday, October 20 at 1:00 PM - Microsoft Teams Meeting

• Kaiser Permanente: Thursday, October 22 at 1:00 PM - Microsoft Teams Meeting

• Dental Health Services: - Click here to review the presentation.

Health FSA

  • Annual election maximum increased from $3,300 to $3,400
  • Healthcare Carryover 2027 – 2028 increased from $660 to $680

Day Care FSA

  • Annual election maximum remains at $7,500 per household (IRS limit)
  • Not eligible for carryover

Kaiser Permanente Standard and Deductible Plans

  • Out-of-Network Emergency Care- Decreasing out-of-network emergency copay to $100
  • Newborn Temporary - Coverage increasing temporary coverage for newborns to 31 days
  • Medbridge - Adding Medbridge, a web-based back and joint pain support application that has patient education and home exercise programs
  • Ambulance - Decreasing ambulance copay from 20% coinsurance to $100 copay

Kaiser Permanente Deductible

  • Mental Health Visits - Decreasing mental health care visit copay from $15 to $0

Aetna Preventative and Traditional Plans

  • Advocacy and Clinical Support - Call Aetna at 1-866-983-0051 for questions
  • New Member ID Card -  
    • New Aetna ID card and advocacy support phone number for both medical and pharmacy assistance 
    • Adding new CVS Virtual URL and phone number 
    • Updating 24-hour nurse line phone number
  • Aetna One Choice - Adding Aetna One Choice care management services for clinical support
  • Aetna Back and Joint Care Program - Adding Aetna Back and Joint Care (partnered with Hinge Health)
  • Aetna Second Opinion - Adding Aetna Second Opinion (powered by 2nd MD)
  • CVS Virtual Care - Changing from Teladoc to CVS Virtual Care for general and virtual mental health support

VSP Buy-up Plan

  • UV Coating- Adding UV coating covered in full, in-network
  • Increasing monthly premium from $12.04 to $12.74

Beneficiary Forms