Employees who are entitled to continue their benefits while on leave without pay to work full-time for employee organizations, detailed to international organizations, or on temporary assignment to State, local, and Indian tribal governments, institutions of higher education, and other organizations eligible under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 do not have to return to pay and duty status with their Federal agency. However, they must meet the pay and duty status requirements at their current employment site and must provide proof that they meet these requirements before any coverage they elect during the open enrollment period can become effective. Annuitants cannot participate in the open enrollment period unless they are reemployed in a position in which they are eligible for coverage. Compensationers who are insured as compensationers cannot participate in the open enrollment period. Compensationers who are reemployed on a part-time basis are also eligible to participate, unless the position is excluded by law or regulation.
Employees can elect any and all coverage for which they are eligible.
It is important to note that employees making an open enrollment election must complete the form indicating ALL coverage they wish to have not just the new coverage. Any coverage not shown on the RI 76-27 will be considered to have been waived. Only employees who want to make a change in their coverage need to complete an enrollment form. A full-time employee must be in pay and duty status for 32 hours during the pay period before the one in which the coverage is to become effective. An intermittent employee or an employee without a regularly scheduled tour of duty must be in pay and duty status for one-half of the hours customarily worked in a pay period.