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One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, concerning the Federal Employ-
ees 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, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employees Health Bene-
fits Children’s Equity Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN.
Section 8905 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h)(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 provide documentation showing that such coverage has been
provided through other health insurance, the employing agency
shall enroll the employee in a self and family enrollment 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 required 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 enrollment in the same or another health
benefits plan under 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 provided
through other health insurance, the employing agency 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 enrollment
in a plan that provides full benefits and services in the location
where the child resides, the employing agency shall change the
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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 section 8901(5), unless the employee
provides documentation showing that such coverage has been pro-
vided through other health insurance.’’.
SEC. 3. ANNUITY SUPPLEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8421a(b) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) through (4), the reduc-
tion required by subsection (a) shall be effective with respect
to the annuity supplement payable for each month in the 12-
month period beginning on the first day of the seventh month
after the end of the calendar year in which the excess earnings
were earned.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to reductions required to be made in
calendar years beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.