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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2842
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, concerning the Federal
Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, to enable the Federal
Government to enroll an employee and his or her family in the FEHB
Program when a State court orders the employee to provide health
insurance coverage for a child of the employee but the employee fails
to provide the coverage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Ms. NORTON, and Mrs. MORELLA) 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, con-
cerning the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)
Program, to enable the Federal Government to enroll
an employee and his or her family in the FEHB Pro-
gram when a State court orders the employee to provide
health insurance coverage for a child of the employee
but the employee fails to provide the coverage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employees
Health Benefits Children’s Equity Act of 1999’’.
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SEC. 2. Section 8905 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g);
(b) by inserting before subsection (g), as so re-
designated, the following new subsection:
‘‘(f)(1) An unenrolled employee who is required by
a court or administrative order to provide health insurance
coverage for a child who meets the requirements of section
8901(5) may enroll for self and family coverage in a health
benefits plan under this chapter. If such employee fails
to enroll for self and family coverage in a health benefits
plan that provides full benefits and services in the location
in which the child resides, and the employee does not pro-
vide documentation showing that such coverage has been
provided through other health insurance, the employing
agency shall enroll the employee in a self and family en-
rollment in the option which provides the lower level of
coverage under the Service Benefit Plan.
‘‘(2) An employee who is enrolled as an individual in
a health benefits plan under this chapter and who is re-
quired by a court or administrative order to provide health
insurance coverage for a child who meets the requirements
of section 8901(5) may change to a self and family enroll-
ment in the same or another health benefits plan under
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this chapter. If such employee fails to change to a self
and family enrollment and the employee does not provide
documentation showing that such coverage has been pro-
vided through other health insurance, the employing agen-
cy shall change the enrollment of the employee to a self
and family enrollment in the plan in which the employee
is enrolled if that plan provides full benefits and services
in the location where the child resides. If the plan in which
the employee is enrolled does not provide full benefits and
services in the location in which the child resides, or, if
the employee fails to change to a self and family enroll-
ment in a plan that provides full benefits and services in
the location where the child resides, the employing agency
shall change the coverage of the employee to a self and
family enrollment in the option which provides the lower
level of coverage under the Service Benefits Plan.
‘‘(3) the employee may not discontinue the self and
family enrollment in a plan that provides full benefits and
services in the location in which the child resides for so
long as the court or administrative order remains in effect
and the child continues to meet the requirements of sec-
tion 8901(5), unless the employee provides documentation
showing that such coverage has been provided through
other health insurance.’’.
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