§8913 Regulations

Summary

The Office of Personnel Management can make rules needed to run this chapter. The rules can set when and how an employee may sign up for the approved health plans in sections 8903 or 8903a. The Office can exclude workers because of the kind of job they have, like short-term, seasonal, or similar work, but it cannot exclude someone only because the job is hazardous; a District of Columbia teacher paid under section 1501 of title 31 who has worked at least two school years under a temporary appointment; a part‑time career employee (see section 3401(2)); or a temporary employee who is eligible under section 8906a(a). The rules must say when coverage for employees, retirees, family members, and former spouses starts and ends. They may let coverage continue until the end of the pay period for a separated employee or until the end of the month for an annuitant or former spouse, and may allow family coverage to continue up to 90 days after an employee’s or annuitant’s death. The Secretary of Agriculture must make rules to apply this chapter to the person named in section 8901(1)(H).