Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§6386 Health insurance
Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart E— - Attendance and Leave › Chapter CHAPTER 63— - LEAVE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE › § 6386
Summary
An employee in the health plan under chapter 89 who is placed on leave under section 6382 can choose to keep their health coverage while on that leave, as long as they arrange to pay the employee share of premiums into the Employees Health Benefits Fund (see section 8909).
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Title 5, §6386
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
An employee enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 who is placed in a leave status under section 6382 may elect to continue the health benefits enrollment of the employee while in such leave status and arrange to pay currently into the Employees Health Benefits Fund (described in section 8909), the appropriate employee contributions.
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Effective Date
Section effective 6 months after Feb. 5, 1993, see section 405(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–3, set out as a note under section 2601 of Title 29, Labor.
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Citation
5 U.S.C. § 6386
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73