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[CITE: 5USC8903b]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
                      CHAPTER 89--HEALTH INSURANCE
 
Sec. 8903b. Authority to readmit an employee organization plan

    (a) In the event that a plan described by section 8903(3) or 8903a 
is discontinued under this chapter (other than in the circumstance 
described in section 8909(d)), that discontinuation shall be 
disregarded, for purposes of any determination as to that plan's 
eligibility to be considered an approved plan under this chapter, but 
only for purposes of any contract year later than the third contract 
year beginning after such plan is so discontinued.
    (b) A contract for a plan approved under this section shall require 
the carrier--
        (1) to demonstrate experience in service delivery within a 
    managed care system (including provider networks) throughout the 
    United States; and
        (2) if the carrier involved would not otherwise be subject to 
    the requirement set forth in section 8903a(c)(1), to satisfy such 
    requirement.

(Added Pub. L. 105-266, Sec. 6(a)(1), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2368.)


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 105-266, Sec. 6(a)(3), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2369, 
provided that:
    ``(A) In general.--The amendments made by this subsection [enacting 
this section] shall apply as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
[Oct. 19, 1998], including with respect to any plan which has been 
discontinued as of such date.
    ``(B) Transition rule.--For purposes of applying section 8903b(a) of 
title 5, United States Code (as amended by this subsection) with respect 
to any plan seeking to be readmitted for purposes of any contract year 
beginning before January 1, 2000, such section shall be applied by 
substituting `second contract year' for `third contract year'.''
