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[CITE: 5USC9001]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
                  CHAPTER 90--LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
 
Sec. 9001. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter:
        (1) Employee.--The term ``employee'' means--
            (A) an employee as defined by section 8901(1);
            (B) an individual described in section 2105(e); and
            (C) an individual employed by the Tennessee Valley 
        Authority,

    but does not include an individual employed by the government of the 
    District of Columbia.
        (2) Annuitant.--The term ``annuitant'' has the meaning such term 
    would have under paragraph (3) of section 8901 if, for purposes of 
    such paragraph, the term ``employee'' were considered to have the 
    meaning given to it under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
        (3) Member of the uniformed services.--The term ``member of the 
    uniformed services'' means a member of the uniformed services, other 
    than a retired member of the uniformed services, who is--
            (A) on active duty or full-time National Guard duty for a 
        period of more than 30 days; and
            (B) a member of the Selected Reserve.

        (4) Retired member of the uniformed services.--The term 
    ``retired member of the uniformed services'' means a member or 
    former member of the uniformed services entitled to retired or 
    retainer pay, including a member or former member retired under 
    chapter 1223 of title 10 who has attained the age of 60 and who 
    satisfies such eligibility requirements as the Office of Personnel 
    Management prescribes under section 9008.
        (5) Qualified relative.--The term ``qualified relative'' means 
    each of the following:
            (A) The spouse of an individual described in paragraph (1), 
        (2), (3), or (4).
            (B) A parent, stepparent, or parent-in-law of an individual 
        described in paragraph (1) or (3).
            (C) A child (including an adopted child, a stepchild, or, to 
        the extent the Office of Personnel Management by regulation 
        provides, a foster child) of an individual described in 
        paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), if such child is at least 18 
        years of age.
            (D) An individual having such other relationship to an 
        individual described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) as the 
        Office may by regulation prescribe.

        (6) Eligible individual.--The term ``eligible individual'' 
    refers to an individual described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), 
    or (5).
        (7) Qualified carrier.--The term ``qualified carrier'' means an 
    insurance company (or consortium of insurance companies) that is 
    licensed to issue long-term care insurance in all States, taking any 
    subsidiaries of such a company into account (and, in the case of a 
    consortium, considering the member companies and any subsidiaries 
    thereof, collectively).
        (8) State.--The term ``State'' includes the District of 
    Columbia.
        (9) Qualified long-term care insurance contract.--The term 
    ``qualified long-term care insurance contract'' has the meaning 
    given such term by section 7702B of the Internal Revenue Code of 
    1986.
        (10) Appropriate secretary.--The term ``appropriate Secretary'' 
    means--
            (A) except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the 
        Secretary of Defense;
            (B) with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating 
        as a service of the Navy, the Secretary of Transportation;
            (C) with respect to the commissioned corps of the National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Secretary of 
        Commerce; and
            (D) with respect to the commissioned corps of the Public 
        Health Service, the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

(Added Pub. L. 106-265, title I, Sec. 1002(a), Sept. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 
762.)

                       References in Text

    Section 7702B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in 
par. (9), is classified to section 7702B of Title 26, Internal Revenue 
Code.


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 106-265, title I, Sec. 1003, Sept. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 770, 
provided that: ``The Office of Personnel Management shall take such 
measures as may be necessary to ensure that long-term care insurance 
coverage under title 5, United States Code, as amended by this title 
[enacting this chapter], may be obtained in time to take effect not 
later than the first day of the first applicable pay period of the first 
fiscal year which begins after the end of the 18-month period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 19, 2000].''


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 106-265, title I, Sec. 1001, Sept. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 762, 
provided that: ``This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 
`Long-Term Care Security Act'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9002, 9004, 9008 of this 
title.
