§8913 Regulations

Summary

The Office of Personnel Management may make rules needed to carry out this chapter. The rules can set when and how employees enroll in the approved health plans under sections 8903 or 8903a. The Office can limit eligibility based on the kind of job or job conditions (for example, short-term, seasonal, or intermittent work). But the Office cannot exclude someone just because the job is hazardous, a District of Columbia teacher paid under section 1501 of title 31 who has worked temporary posts totaling at least two school years, a part-time career employee (see section 3401(2)), or a temporary worker who is eligible under section 8906a(a). The Office must also make rules for when coverage for employees, annuitants, family members, and former spouses starts and ends. The rules may let coverage continue until the end of the pay period when an employee leaves, or until the end of the month when an annuitant or former spouse loses an annuity. If an employee or annuitant dies, the rules may allow family coverage to continue for up to 90 days. The Secretary of Agriculture must make rules for how the chapter applies to the person named in section 8901(1)(H).