Reference & Health Guides
The reference and health guides are designed to help you in your business and health transactions with CalPERS. We encourage you to make the applicable guides available to all staff who process enrollments or convey retirement and/or health benefit information.
Reference Guides
Health Benefits Guides
- Public Agency & Schools Health Benefits Guide (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- State Health Benefits Guide (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Retirement Resource Guides
These guides provide simplified explanations for often complex laws. Should there be a conflict between the language in either the reference or health guides, and the California Public Employees' Retirement Law (PERL) or Public Employees’ Medical & Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA), the PERL and PEMHCA will prevail. If you have comments or suggestions for future editions of these guides, contact us.
*For questions regarding account codes, or requests for account code corrections, adjustments, and/or verifications contact the State Controller's Office retirement liaison at (916) 324-1471.
Policies & Procedures
Resources
Forms & Publications
- Public Agency & Schools Health Benefits Guide (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Public Agency & Schools Reference Guide (PDF, 2.9 MB)
- State Health Benefits Guide (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- State Reference Guide (PDF, 2.8 MB)
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is the employer required to provide CalPERS with the original agreement?
An original or certified copy of the agreement is acceptable. If the employer wishes to have an original signed copy of the agreement, it should send two copies with original signatures to CalPERS. After approval, CalPERS will sign both copies and return one to the employer.