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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2752 
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to make available 
to Federal employees the option of obtaining health benefits coverage 
for dependent parents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2005 
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to 
make available to Federal employees the option of obtain-
ing health benefits coverage for dependent parents. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NEW ENROLLMENT OPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 8905 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) An employee may enroll in an approved health 
benefits plan described by section 8903 or 8903a either— 
‘‘(1) as an individual; 
‘‘(2) for self and family; or
‘‘(3) for self and extended family.’’. 
(b) MEMBER OF EXTENDED FAMILY DEFINED.— 
Section 8901 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (10), by strik-
ing the period at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting 
‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) ‘member of the extended family’ means, 
with respect to an employee or annuitant, any indi-
vidual who is— 
‘‘(A) a member of the family of such em-
ployee or annuitant; or 
‘‘(B) a dependent parent of such employee 
or annuitant.’’. 
(c) TEST FOR DEPENDENCY OF A PARENT.—Para-
graph (9) of section 8901 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘(9)(A)’’, by 
inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon, and by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(B) ‘dependent’, in the case of any parent, 
means a parent who is at least 55 years of age at 
the time of enrollment and who satisfies such other 
tests of dependency as the Office shall by regulation 
prescribe based on section 152 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, but does not include an indi-
vidual who—
‘‘(i) is entitled to benefits under part A of 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act; or 
‘‘(ii) has adequate health benefits under 
another group health plan, as determined under 
such regulations;’’. 
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRIBU-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 8906(a) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) enrollments under this chapter for self and 
extended family.’’. 
(b) FIRST-YEAR RULE.—The Office of Personnel 
Management shall by regulation establish the method by 
which the provisions of section 8906 of title 5, United 
States Code, relating to computation of Government con-
tributions, shall be applied in connection with coverage for 
self and extended family during the first year in which 
such coverage is provided.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 8902(e) by striking ‘‘exclusive of 
family members,’’ and inserting ‘‘exclusive of family 
members and dependent parents,’’; 
(2) in subsections (g), (j) and (k)(1) of section 
8902, section 8902a(a)(1)(B), and section 8903(1) 
by inserting ‘‘dependent parent,’’ after ‘‘family mem-
ber,’’ each place it appears; 
(3)(A) in section 8903(1) and the first sentence 
of section 8913(c) by inserting ‘‘dependent parents,’’ 
after ‘‘members of their families,’’; 
(B) in section 8903(3) by striking ‘‘and mem-
bers of their families,’’ and inserting ‘‘members of 
their families, and their dependent parents,’’; and 
(C) in section 8903a(b)(4) by striking ‘‘fami-
lies.’’ and inserting ‘‘families and their dependent 
parents.’’; 
(4) in subsections (b)(2) and (f) of section 8905 
by inserting ‘‘or extended family’’ after ‘‘family’’; 
(5) in section 8905(e) by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The Office shall by regulation ensure 
that the purposes of this subsection continue to be 
carried after coverage for self and extended family 
becomes available under this chapter.’’;
(6) in section 8906(e)(1)(A) and the second 
sentence of 8913(c) by inserting ‘‘or dependent par-
ents’’ after ‘‘family’’; and 
(7) in section 8907(b) by inserting ‘‘or depend-
ent parents’’ after ‘‘family members’’ each place it 
appears. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to coverage during years beginning at least 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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