State Health Benefits Premiums Deduction holiday

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:50:43 -0400
benefits

This is a notification that the paycheck on Friday, June 6, 2025 will have no deductions for the following State of Maryland benefits, due to the normally scheduled State Health Benefits premium deduction holiday schedule for Regular employees:

Medical

Prescription

Dental

State of Maryland MetLife Term Life insurance

MetLife Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance

Healthcare FSA and Dependent Care FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts)

This premium deduction holiday does not apply to University System of Maryland (USM) MetLife deductions for Long Term Disability (LTD) and/or Optional Term Life insurance coverages.

Employee contributions to their supplemental retirement accounts (SRA) are not impacted by the premium deduction holidays, so the SRA contributions will occur per usual on the June 6, 2026 paycheck.

Health Benefits deduction holidays for Regular State of Maryland employees typically occur twice a year. The next deduction holiday is anticipated to occur in Winter 2026.

Please send any questions to hrbenefits@umbc.edu.