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NEWS TO USE

The South Carolina Budget and Control Board has approved a surcharge of $25 per month in health insurance premiums for employees who use tobacco or whose covered family members use tobacco.  The surcharge goes into effect January 1, 2010.

This surcharge, totaling $300 annually, goes into effect automatically unless you certify to the Employee Insurance Program (EIP) that you and your covered family members are tobacco free. To avoid this surcharge:

• You and all covered family members must be tobacco free for at least six months.
• You must certify that you and your covered family members are tobacco free by using the Certification Regarding Tobacco Use form or by completing the online certification process at MyBenefits (https://mybenefits.sc.gov).

The Division of Human Resources recommends that you complete certification by October 30, 2009, (which coincides with the end of Open Enrollment) to avoid the surcharge, which will be deducted in December 2009 to cover the January 2010 health insurance premium.

For more information, link to our webpage about the tobacco surcharge or go to the EIP webiste at http://www.eip.sc.gov/tobacco_use/.