Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60
§6386 Health Insurance
Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart E— Attendance and Leave › Chapter 63— LEAVE › Subchapter V— FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE › § 6386
Summary
If a federal worker in the government health plan goes on leave, they can choose to keep their health insurance while on that leave. They must arrange to keep paying their share of the premiums into the Employees Health Benefits Fund.
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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 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60