Public Employee Benefits Authority

 

The South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) was established July 1, 2012, by the General Assembly through Act No. 278. PEBA is responsible for the administration and management of the state’s employee insurance programs and retirement systems.

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  • Retirement enrollment guide for new hires 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2023-01-03)
    Making informed enrollment decisions about your retirement plan in a timely manner is your responsibility. As a new hire, you have an important decision to make. Before making your retirement plan election you should ...

  • Retiree insurance eligibility, funding 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2023-01-11)
    Eligibility for retiree group insurance is not the same as eligibility for retirement. Determining retiree insurance eligibility is complicated, and only PEBA can make that determination. It is very important to contact ...

  • GASB statements No. 67 and 68 accounting and financial reporting for pensions as of June 30, 2022 

    Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company; South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-06-30)
    This report contains information for each of the five retirement systems (i.e. South Carolina Retirement System, Police Officers Retirement System, Judges and Solicitors Retirement System, General Assembly Retirement System, ...

  • Optional employer handbook for the State Insurance Benefits Program 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2023-01-12)
    PEBA manages the South Carolina Group Health Benefits Plan and related insurance benefits programs. Information in this handbook will help you learn about the program and eligibility requirements; understand the requirements ...

  • Frequently asked questions medical spending account 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-04)
    This answers questions about PEBA provided medical spending accounts.

  • Frequently asked questions limited-use medical spending account 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-04)
    This answers questions about the PEBA sponsored limited-use medical spending account.

  • Frequently asked questions dependent care spending account 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-04)
    This answers questions about the PEBA sponsored dependent care spending account.

  • Frequently asked questions health savings account 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-04)
    This answers questions about PEBA provided health savings accounts.

  • Frequently asked questions ASIFlex card 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-04)
    The ASIFlex Card is a limited-use prepaid debit card that provides an easy way to pay for out-of-pocket health care expenses. This answers questions about the ASIFlex card.

  • Charter school handbook for the State Insurance Benefits Program 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2023-01-12)
    This handbook describes the group health plan for charter school employees.

  • Optional Retirement Program (State ORP) participant summary report 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority; Captrust (Firm) (South Carolina State Library, 2022-09-30)
    This quarterly document shows a comparision of the state ORP investment menu, the menu performance summary and vendor fee comparisons.

  • Prescription coverage reviews 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-30)
    Sometimes a prescription isn’t enough to determine if the State Health Plan will provide benefits. Express Scripts, the Plan’s pharmacy benefits manager, might need more information to determine coverage. Coverage reviews ...

  • Popular annual financial report 

    South Carolina Retirement Systems; South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-06-30)
    The Popular Annual Financial Report for the South Carolina Retirement Systems is intended to provide a summary of the Systems' annual financial information in an easily understandable format to supplement the more thorough ...

  • Paying retiree group insurance premiums 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-30)
    As a new retiree who meets the eligibility requirements for retiree group insurance, the type of employer from which you retired determines how you pay your premiums in retirement.

  • Locating enrollment documentation you might need 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-11-30)
    This is a list of acceptable documentation to prove the relationship of dependents you are adding to insurance coverage.

  • Select your retirement plan 2023 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-12-15)
    SC state government employees have the option to enroll in either the South Carolina Retirement System or the State Optional Retirement Program. This guide provides general information about and a comparison of the two ...

  • Insurance enrollment guide for new hires 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)
    Making informed enrollment decisions about your insurance benefits in a timely manner is your responsibility. As a new hire, there are valuable benefit options, and you have important decisions to make.

  • Insurance coverage for the Medicare-eligible member 2023 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (South Carolina State Library, 2022-12-14)
    This insurance benefits guide contains an abbreviated description of insurance benefits provided by or through the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority. The Plan of Benefits documents and benefits contracts ...

  • How the state health plan measures up 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)
    The State Health Plan is a self-funded insurance plan. That means employees’ and employers’ premiums are held in a trust fund, which pays for claims. PEBA regularly benchmarks the State Health Plan against other public ...

  • Traditional Medicare and the Medicare supplemental plan 

    South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority (2022-11-30)
    This chart is a summary of how PEBA’s Medicare Supplemental Plan coordinates (pays secondary) with traditional Medicare when Medicare is your primary coverage.

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