Each year, the City of Portland reviews our benefits package to ensure that our insurance offerings continue to deliver excellent benefits and services to our employees and their families. We remain committed to developing and maintaining a range of benefits so that you can select those that best suit your individual needs. Your health and well-being is a top priority for the City of Portland, as our ability to provide excellent public service is dependent upon you! We’re very pleased to bring you several benefit enhancements this year, and we’ll continue to expand and develop in the coming years. We encourage you to take advantage of the broad range of available programs. Please explore this website and/or set up a time to meet with the benefits counselors to learn all of the information you will need to make your benefit elections.
Thank you for your dedication to the City of Portland!
We care about you. That’s why we offer benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial health.
The City of Portland appreciates your commitment to our success. We’re equally committed to providing you with competitive, affordable health and wellness benefits to help you take care of yourself and your family.
Who Is Eligible
Eligible Employees
Unless otherwise noted in this guide, you may enroll in benefits if you are a permanent City of Portland employee scheduled to work 18.75 or more hours per week. As a benefits-eligible employee, you have the opportunity to enroll in benefit plans as a new hire or during the annual open enrollment. If you’re enrolling as a new employee, you become eligible for benefits the first of the month following your hire date.
Dependent Eligibility
As you become eligible for benefits, so do your eligible dependents. In general, eligible dependents include:
Your spouse, this includes your legal spouse or domestic partner.
Your children up to the age of 26. This includes your natural children and those of your spouse, adopted children, stepchildren, foster children, or children obtained through court-appointed legal guardianship. If your child is mentally or physically disabled, coverage may continue beyond age 26 once proof of the ongoing disability is provided to and approved by HR. Additionally, children who have been named in a QMSCO are covered by our plan
Domestic Partner Benefits ➡️
Coverage for domestic partners and children of domestic partners is offered on the same terms as for other City employees. To qualify, you must be benefit eligible, satisfy certain criteria and have been in the relationship for six months and complete an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership found on the Domestic Partner tab or you can download it during your enrollment.
Benefit counselors are standing by between 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM EST. (language support is available).
- Call (866) 245-0753. Benefit counselors are standing by between 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST. (language support is available)
- Access PlanSource:
To Login, go to www.plansource.com/login and enter your username and password.- Username: Your username is the first initial of your first name, up to the first six letters of your last name, and the last four digits of your SSN. For example, if your name is Taylor Williams, and the last four digits of your SSN are 1234, your username would be twillia1234.
- Password: Your initial password is your birthday in the YYYYMMDD format. For example, if your birthdate is June 4, 1979, your password would be 19790604.
- The first time you log in, you will be prompted to change your password.
- Schedule an appointment with a benefits counselor by clicking below.