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[CITE: 5USC8913]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
                      CHAPTER 89--HEALTH INSURANCE
 
Sec. 8913. Regulations

    (a) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations 
necessary to carry out this chapter.
    (b) The regulations of the Office may prescribe the time at which 
and the manner and conditions under which an employee is eligible to 
enroll in an approved health benefits plan described in section 8903 or 
8903a of this title. The regulations may exclude an employee on the 
basis of the nature and type of his employment or conditions pertaining 
to it, such as short-term appointment, seasonal or intermittent 
employment, and employment of like nature. The Office may not exclude--
        (1) an employee or group of employees solely on the basis of the 
    hazardous nature of employment;
        (2) a teacher in the employ of the Board of Education of the 
    District of Columbia, whose pay is fixed by section 1501 of title 
    31, District of Columbia Code, on the basis of the fact that the 
    teacher is serving under a temporary appointment if the teacher has 
    been so employed by the Board for a period or periods totaling not 
    less than two school years;
        (3) an employee who is occupying a position on a part-time 
    career employment basis (as defined in section 3401(2) of this 
    title); or
        (4) an employee who is employed on a temporary basis and is 
    eligible under section 8906a(a).

    (c) The regulations of the Office shall provide for the beginning 
and ending dates of coverage of employees, annuitants, members of their 
families, and former spouses under health benefit plans. The regulations 
may permit the coverage to continue, exclusive of the temporary 
extension of coverage described by section 8902(g) of this title, until 
the end of the pay period in which an employee is separated from the 
service, or until the end of the month in which an annuitant or former 
spouse ceases to be entitled to annuity, and in case of the death of an 
employee or annuitant, may permit a temporary extension of the coverage 
of members of his family for not to exceed 90 days.
    (d) The Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe regulations to 
effect the application and operation of this chapter to an individual 
named by section 8901(1)(H) of this title.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 607; Pub. L. 95-437, 
Sec. 4(c)(1), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1058; Pub. L. 95-454, title IX, 
Sec. 906(a)(2), (3), (c)(2)(F), (H), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224, 1227; 
Pub. L. 98-615, Sec. 3(7), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3204; Pub. L. 99-53, 
Sec. 2(a), June 17, 1985, 99 Stat. 94; Pub. L. 100-654, title III, 
Sec. 301(c), Nov. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 3846.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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(a)................  5 U.S.C. 3009(a).             Sept. 28, 1959, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-382, Sec.
                                                    10(a), 73 Stat. 715.
(b)................  5 U.S.C. 3002(a) (words       Sept. 28, 1959, Pub.
                      between 1st and 4th commas    L. 86-382, Sec.
                      of 1st sentence, and 2d       3(a) (words between
                      sentence), (f) (words         1st and 4th commas
                      between 1st and 2d commas     of 1st sentence, and
                      of 1st sentence).             2d sentence), 73
                                                    Stat. 710.
                                                   July 1, 1960, Pub. L.
                                                    86-568, Sec.  115(d)
                                                    ``(f) (words between
                                                    1st and 2d commas of
                                                    1st sentence)'', 74
                                                    Stat. 303.
                     ............................  Oct. 6, 1964, Pub. L.
                                                    88-631, Sec.  1, 78
                                                    Stat. 1007.
(c)................  5 U.S.C. 3009(b).             Sept. 28, 1959, Pub.
                                                    L. 86-382, Sec.
                                                    10(b), 73 Stat. 715.
(d)................  5 U.S.C. 3002(f) (2d          July 1, 1960, Pub. L.
                      sentence).                    86-568, Sec.  115(d)
                                                    ``(f) (2d
                                                    sentence)'', 74
                                                    Stat. 303.
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    In subsection (b)(2), the words ``section 1501 of title 31, District 
of Columbia Code'' are substituted for ``section 1 of the District of 
Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 521), as amended (sec. 
31-1501, D.C. Code, 1961 edition)''.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 100-654 added par. (4).
    1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-53 inserted reference to section 8903a 
of this title.
    1984--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-615, Sec. 3(7), substituted 
``employees, annuitants, members of their families, and former spouses'' 
for ``employees and annuitants and members of their families'', and ``in 
which an annuitant or former spouse'' for ``in which an annuitant''.
    1978--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 906(a)(2), (3), 
substituted ``Office of Personnel Management'' for ``Civil Service 
Commission'' and ``Office'' for ``Commission'' wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 906(c)(2)(F), (H), substituted 
``3401'' for ``3391''.
    Pub. L. 95-437 added par. (3).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 906(a)(3), substituted ``Office'' 
for ``Commission''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-654 effective 120 days after Nov. 14, 1988, 
see section 301(d) of Pub. L. 100-654, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 8906a of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-615 effective May 7, 1985, with enumerated 
exceptions, and applicable to any individual who is married to an 
employee or annuitant on or after that date, see section 4(a)(2) of Pub. 
L. 98-615, as amended, set out as a note under section 8341 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8901 of this title.
