The employee may not transfer money from one KanElect spending account into the other. Money from the dependent care account cannot be used to pay for health care expenses, and money from the health care account cannot be used to pay for dependent care expenses. To participate in the dependent care account, the employee must complete a KanElect enrollment form. 9-month employees will have deductions taken from the first 10 paychecks in the spring and the last 8 paychecks in the fall each calendar year. If the employee and their spouse are both State of Kansas employees and eligible for the KanElect dependent care flexible spending account, they may not deposit more than the defined maximum deduction per biweekly pay period between the two paychecks combined.
Accounts end at the end of the payroll period in which termination occurs.
Monies left in the dependent care flexible spending account at the end of the calendar year are forfeited if claims for services did not occur during the same calendar year. If an employee ends their employment with the State of Kansas or stops making deposits when they have a change if family status, they have until March 31 following the end of the plan year to file claims which were incurred up to the end of the payroll period of their termination of employment or family status change. The employee is responsible for reviewing the deduction on their paycheck Statement of Earnings as of the effective date of participation. If the amounts on the enrollment form and on the paycheck Statement of Earnings do not agree, the employee is to contact the Division of Human Resources within 14 days of the paycheck date to make corrections. If corrections are not requested within 14 days, changes will not be considered.