On December 27, 2020, the President signed the COVID-19 Relief Bill, which allows for changes to flexible spending accounts.

Effective January 4, 2021, Empower Retirement (Empower) acquired the retirement plan business of MassMutual, one of the State ORP service providers.

The annual open enrollment period for all participants of the State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP) is January 1 to March 1 of each year.

PEBA, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and Express Scripts are closely monitoring the latest information about the COVID-19 vaccines.

At a special called meeting of the PEBA Board of Directors on April 17, 2020, the Board took action to implement the permissive provisions of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act)