All employees are required to make health benefit changes on the Employee Self-Service Portal (ESS) for the 2025 Open Enrollment. Paper forms will only be available to those employees having a dependent aging out (turning 26 years old) from October 7, 2024, through December 31, 2024, or if an employee' is trying to re-enroll an eligible dependent who was removed during the 2021 Bolton Dependent Recertification, or trying to enroll a new dependent who is also a County employee or retiree. Employees experiencing any of these exceptions should submit a service request to obtain a paper enrollment form. All forms must be received by OHR by 5:00 PM EST on October 25, 2024. Forms can be submitted by secure fax: 240.777.5131 or mailed to the Office of Human Resources, 101 Monroe Street, 7th Floor, Rockville, MD 20850.