Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§8703 Benefit certificate
Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart G— - Insurance and Annuities › Chapter CHAPTER 87— - LIFE INSURANCE › § 8703
Summary
The Office of Personnel Management must give each insured employee a certificate stating their benefits, who gets paid, where to send claims, and the main policy rules, and this replaces the insurer’s certificate.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §8703
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The Office of Personnel Management shall arrange to have each insured employee receive a certificate setting forth the benefits to which he is entitled, to whom the benefits are payable, to whom the claims shall be submitted, and summarizing the provisions of the policy principally affecting him. The certificate is issued instead of the certificate which the insurance company would otherwise be required to issue.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 2098.Aug. 17, 1954, ch. 752, § 9, 68 Stat. 742. The words “each insured employee” are coextensive with and substituted for “each employee insured under such policy”. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1978—Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
5 U.S.C. § 8703
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73