103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 512

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

October 7 (legislative day, September 12), 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 512) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend chapter 87 of

title 5, United States Code, to provide that group life insurance benefits under such chapter may, upon application, be

paid out to an insured individual who is terminally ill, and

for other purposes’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

Page 7 after line 12 insert:

1 SEC. 5. CONTINUATION OF HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE

2 FOR INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN A PLAN AD3 MINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF THE COMP4 TROLLER OF THE CURRENCY OR THE OFFICE

5 OF THRIFT SUPERVISION.

6 (a) ENROLLMENT IN CHAPTER 89 PLAN.—For pur7 poses of the administration of chapter 89 of title 5, United

8 States Code, any period of enrollment under a health bene9 fits plan administered by the Office of the Comptroller of

10 the Currency or the Office of Thrift Supervision before the

11 termination of such plans on January 7, 1995, shall be

12 deemed to be a period of enrollment in a health benefits

13 plan under chapter 89 of such title.
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1 (b) CONTINUED COVERAGE.—(1) Any individual who,

2 on January 7, 1995, is covered by a health benefits plan

3 administered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Cur4 rency or the Office of Thrift Supervision may enroll in an

5 approved health benefits plan described under section 8903

6 or 8903a of title 5, United States Code—

7 (A) either as an individual or for self and fam8 ily, if such individual is an employee, annuitant, or

9 former spouse as defined under section 8901 of such

10 title; and

11 (B) for coverage effective on and after January

12 8, 1995.

13 (2) An individual who, on January 7, 1995, is entitled

14 to continued coverage under a health benefits plan adminis15 tered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or

16 the Office of Thrift Supervision—

17 (A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued

18 coverage under section 8905a of title 5, United States

19 Code, for the same period that would have been per20 mitted under the plan administered by the Office of

21 the Comptroller of the Currency or the Office of Thrift

22 Supervision; and

23 (B) may enroll in an approved health benefits

24 plan described under section 8903 or 8903a of such
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1 title in accordance with section 8905a of such title for

2 coverage effective on and after January 8, 1995.

3 (3) An individual who, on January 7, 1995, is covered

4 as an unmarried dependent child under a health benefits

5 plan administered by the Office of the Comptroller of the

6 Currency or the Office of Thrift Supervision and who is

7 not a member of family as defined under section 8901(5)

8 of title 5, United States Code—

9 (A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued

10 coverage under section 8905a of such title as though

11 the individual had, on January 7, 1995, ceased to

12 meet the requirements for being considered an unmar13 ried dependent child under chapter 89 of such title;

14 and

15 (B) may enroll in an approved health benefits

16 plan described under section 8903 or 8903a of such

17 title in accordance with section 8905a for continued

18 coverage effective on and after January 8, 1995.

19 (c) TRANSFERS TO THE EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENE20 FITS FUND.—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

21 and the Office of Thrift Supervision shall transfer to the

22 Employees Health Benefits Fund established under section

23 8909 of title 5, United States Code, amounts determined

24 by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, after

25 consultation with the Office of the Comptroller of the Cur-
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1 rency and the Office of Thrift Supervision, to be necessary

2 to reimburse the Fund for the cost of providing benefits

3 under this section not otherwise paid for by the individuals

4 covered by this section. The amounts so transferred shall

5 be held in the Fund and used by the Office in addition to

6 amounts available under section 8906(g)(1) of such title.

7 (d) ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS.—The Office

8 of Personnel Management—

9 (1) shall administer the provisions of this section

10 to provide for—

11 (A) a period of notice and open enrollment

12 for individuals affected by this section; and

13 (B) no lapse of health coverage for individ14 uals who enroll in a health benefits plan under

15 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, in ac16 cordance with this section; and

17 (2) may prescribe regulations to implement this

18 section.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend

chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that

group life insurance benefits under such chapter may,

upon application, be paid out to an insured individual

who is terminally ill; to provide for continuation of health

benefits coverage for certain individuals enrolled in health

benefits plans administered by the Office of the Comp-
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troller of the Currency or the Office of Thrift Supervision; and for other purposes.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.