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The difference between Co-pay, Deductible, and Out-of-Pocket Maximum.
Bonus: What are the respective amounts for In-Network?
What is
Deductible - The deductible is the amount you must generally pay for covered services before the plan begins to pay.
Copay (Copayment Amount) - The Copayment is a fixed dollar amount you pay for certain services.
OOPM - The most you could pay in a year for covered services. Once you reach this limit, the plan pays 100% of covered services for the rest of the plan year.
Bonus Response:
Deductible: $1,000/Individual; $2,000/Family
Copay: $25 - Office Visit; $35 - Specialty Visit
OOPM: $3,500/Individual; $7,000/Family
Me Tab > Benefits > Your Benefits > Date Track 1/1/2026
What is the place you can go and verify your Open Enrollment Results?
OR
What is the place an employee can go to view their benefits elections?
Brazos County's Wellness Program and a general overview of how it works.
What is Keys to Your Health? And what is every time an employee completes a qualifying Wellness Activity (pre-approved by HR), they can come to HR for a prize!
Section 1.02.5 of the Handbook.
Employment At-Will - What is either the Brazos County or an employee can terminate the relationship at any time, for any reason or no reason at all, as long as it's not for an illegal reason?
It’s late on a Friday afternoon, and most of the office has already started winding down. Your phone rings the caller ID says Reveille Real Estate LLC . On the other end is someone from an external agency, sounding urgent and stressed. They explain that they need immediate employment verification for one of your employees, Jamie Collins, because Jamie is trying to secure housing and the landlord won’t wait.
The caller presses for employment dates and pay rate over the phone, emphasizing that every minute counts and that Jamie could lose the apartment if you don’t comply immediately. They are able to confirm the employee's DOB and last four of the employee's SSN. You feel the tension and don't want Jamie to lose the apartment.
What is we can only provide employment verifications over email and need an authorization notice from the employee to be signed?
The retail pharmacies that are no longer in the TAC HEBP network starting January 1, 2026.
Bonus Points: The timeframe of when employees utilizing these pharmacies will receive notice with alternative options.
What are CVS, United Pharmacy, and Kroger?
Bonus Response: What is if you currently fill prescriptions at one of the pharmacies being removed from the network, you will receive a letter from Navitus 30 days before the effective date?
The last day an employee can take vacation before forfeiture occurs?
Bonus Points: The route employee can find their vacation loss in Oracle?
What is 12/31?
Bonus Response: What is Me > Time and Absences > Absence Balance > Vacation Plan hyperlink > Date Track to 1/1/2026 > Year-End Details
Online, self-paced resource for mental health concerns (anxiety, stress, depression, substance abuse) at no added cost.
What is Learn to Live?
The length of time an employee must be employed with Brazos County to receive Longevity.
The pay Longevity is always paid out.
What is one year as of 9/30?
What is the first pay of November unless they leave employment on or after 9/30 then it's paid out in their last check.
An employee comes in today, November 11th, 2025 and says they are here to pick up their service award. They do not have their anniversary slip, but state that their hire date was August 4th, 2025.
Employees do not need their anniversary slip. The employee is within their limits and can redeem their service award.
*If you do not know who the employee is, please verify identity via badge or ID.
A few (at least 3) of the many services that are free, confidential, and available to employees and their family members through our EAP.
What is Mental Health Session, Life Coaching, Financial Consultation, Legal Referrals, Work-Life Resources, and Medical Advocacy?
*any other responses will need to be considered and approved prior to receiving points.
A supervisor goes into an employee's record and sees that as of 10/24, an employee has 8.72 hours of Vacation in their Vacation Plan Balance (< 5 yrs). The supervisor is trying to use 8 hours of vacation on 10/21, but is getting an error in Oracle. Why is the supervisor getting an error? And how many hours does the employee have available for use on 10/21?
The supervisor is getting an error because as of 10/21, the employee has not received the 10/24 accrual.
The employee has 5.64 hours available to them on 10/21.
The purpose of Wellness in the workplace. List at least 3 genuine responses.
Participants' responses will need to be reviewed before approved.
The maximum number of hours allotted for an employee to attend a funeral of a relative who is not a member of the immediate family or the funeral of a friend.
What is 4 hours?
A retiree comes in an with their monthly premium check and says they want a receipt. What do you do?
What is stamp the check/money order with the deposit account stamp and put it in the lock box?
*You can also write them a paper receipt if they really want one. If not, let them know a receipt will be mailed to them.
4 of the 7 additional ways to earn service time with TCDRS. Be specific.
What is -
- Multiple TCDRS Accounts (entities other than Brazos County)
- Military or USERRA
- ERS (State of Texas)
- JRS (Courts)
- TRS (Schools)
- TMRS (Select Cities)
- COA (City of Austin)
The only benefits of our Open Enrollment package that is not passive.
What is Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account?
The platform that Healthy County Wellness is programed by.
Bonus Points: List a few things (at least 3) that employees can do on this platform.
WebMD ONE.
Bonus Response: Participants' responses will need to be reviewed before approved.
An employee has a workers’ comp claim approved and is released with restrictions. The supervisor says there’s no work that fits the restrictions. How do you respond, and what are the county’s responsibilities under Texas law?
Employer must attempt to accommodate restrictions if possible.
If no light-duty work is available, document the efforts with a bona fide offer letter.
Employee may continue receiving temporary income benefits through workers’ comp.
An employee comes in and says they owe money to David K. Young (DKY) due to an ineligible expense.
What is ask the employee for the DKY backup (usually an email), take payment from employee, take the check or money order & backup to the Treasurer's Office (with account numbers listed), scan a copy into LF and email DKY.
The one benefit plan rate that is changing for Calendar Year 2026.
*This does not include any benefit that is dependent on age or salary (e.g., Voluntary Life, LTD).
Bonus: The two maximum limits that are changing Calendar Year 2026.
What is Dental Rates?
Bonus Response: Flexible Spending Account ($3,400) and Dependent Care Account ($7,500)?
*Carryover went up to $680.
See handouts.
What is???
An innovative program that focuses on how you eat - more than what you eat - simultaneously reducing weight, metabolic risk factors and chronic disease risk.
Bonus Points: How long the program is.
What is Wondr Health?
*Bonus: What is 10 weeks?
An employee suffers a work-related injury and will be off work for 8 weeks. They request FMLA leave to run concurrently. During this leave, they post on social media photos of themselves jogging. How do you handle the situation?
Investigate with care: consult WC claims adjuster.
Avoid assuming fraud solely based on social media; gather facts.
Document findings and maintain compliance with FMLA/Workers’ Comp law.
What's the two step rule and how much is a step?
What is if someone (or their spouse) has never been denied for Voluntary Life Insurance, they are eligible for a two step increase ($20,000) without having to complete an EOI?