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[CITE: 5USC8910]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
                      CHAPTER 89--HEALTH INSURANCE
 
Sec. 8910. Studies, reports, and audits

    (a) The Office of Personnel Management shall make a continuing study 
of the operation and administration of this chapter, including surveys 
and reports on health benefits plans available to employees and on the 
experience of the plans.
    (b) Each contract entered into under section 8902 of this title 
shall contain provisions requiring carriers to--
        (1) furnish such reasonable reports as the Office determines to 
    be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this 
    chapter; and
        (2) permit the Office and representatives of the General 
    Accounting Office to examine records of the carriers as may be 
    necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

    (c) Each Government agency shall keep such records, make such 
certifications, and furnish the Office with such information and reports 
as may be necessary to enable the Office to carry out its functions 
under this chapter.
    (d) The Office, in consultation with the Department of Health and 
Human Services, shall develop and implement a system through which the 
carrier for an approved health benefits plan described by section 8903 
or 8903a will be able to identify those annuitants or other individuals 
covered by such plan who are entitled to benefits under part A or B of 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to ensure that payments 
under coordination of benefits with Medicare do not exceed the statutory 
maximums which physicians may charge Medicare enrollees.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 606; Pub. L. 95-454, title IX, 
Sec. 906(a)(2), (3), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 101-508, 
title VII, Sec. 7002(d), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-330.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 3010.                Sept. 28, 1959, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-382, Sec.  11,
                                                    73 Stat. 716.
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    In subsection (b), the word ``agency'' is substituted for 
``department, agency, and independent establishment''.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

                       References in Text

    The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is act Aug. 14, 
1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Parts A and B of title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act are classified generally to parts A (Sec. 1395c 
et seq.) and B (Sec. 1395j et seq.), respectively, of subchapter XVIII 
of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and 
Tables.


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-508 added subsec. (d).
    1978--Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 95-454 substituted ``Office of 
Personnel Management'' for ``Civil Service Commission'' and ``Office'' 
for ``Commission'' wherever appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-508 applicable with respect to contract 
years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 1991, see section 7002(g) of Pub. L. 
101-508, set out as a note under section 8902 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment 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.
