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2027 Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits Open Enrollment for the 2027 plan year ended at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2026. All changes made during Open Enrollment will be effective January 1, 2027. Scroll down for links to 2027 benefits information.

If you made a change to your benefits on MCPS Hub+ during Open Enrollment, and have not reviewed or printed your Benefit Enrollment and Change Confirmation, you can do so by—

  1. logging back in in to Hub+,
  2. selecting the Benefits tile,
  3. selecting View All Enrollments, and
  4. clicking the Print All Benefits button at the top right of the screen.  

Check Your 2027 Benefits and Wellness Initiatives Status

To check the status of your 2027 benefits—

  1. log in to Hub+,
  2. select the Me tab, and
  3. select the Benefits tile

Under Enrollment Summary, you can choose to view your current benefits, your elections made during Open Enrollment, or your benefits as of a specific date.

To check your Wellness Initiatives participation status—

  1. log in to Hub+,
  2. select the Me tab,
  3. select the Personal Information tile,
  4. select the Additional Personal Info

From the Info Group dropdown, choose Wellness Initiatives Tracking. If you completed a biometric health screening and your medical plan’s online health risk assessment for 2027, you will see YES under both ESS Biometrics and ESS HRA under Start Date 1/1/27. Wellness Initiatives completed close to the participation deadline (Friday, October 2, 2026) may not be reflected until mid-December.

If you completed a biometric health screening and/or a health risk assessment between October 6, 2025 and October 2, 2026, and do NOT see the credit(s) indicated in Hub+ by December 31, 2026, please email ERSC the following:

  • Your name and employee ID number
  • The dates you completed your biometric health screening and/or health risk assessment
  • Where your biometrics health screening was held

Remember, to receive the rate reduction(s) in 2028, you will need to complete a biometric health screening and health risk assessment between October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2027.

2027 Employee Benefits Information

Your Benefit Options at a Glance

2027 Employee Benefit Summary: Contains a detailed summary of all benefits options effective January 1, 2027.

2027 Health Plan Rates: Informs you of the monthly cost to employees of all health plans, factoring in Wellness Initiatives credits or charges, effective January 1, 2027.

2027 Leave Health Plan Rates: Informs you of the cost of all health plans for employees currently on leave, effective January 1, 2027.

Wellness Initiatives program: Provides incentives to help you reduce your health insurance costs. This link takes you to a page with information about the program so you will be ready to take advantage of the rate reductions for 2028.

Flexible Spending Accounts: Save Money on Healthcare and Dependent Care!—This online booklet, effective January 1, 2027, contains additional details about FSAs, including the types of expenses for which you can receive reimbursement from an FSA, deadlines for submitting expenses, and the IRS "use it or lose it" rule.