United States

Office of Personnel Management

Retirement and Insurance Service

Benefits Administration Letter

Number: 99-102	Date:

Subject: Index of Benefits Administration Letters Issued During 1998

BAL Number Date Title 98-101 02/10/98 North Dakota State Tax Deductions from Annuity Payments under the Civil Service and Federal Employees Retirement Systems 98-102 03/02/98 Availability of Revised FERS Death Application Form, SF 3104 98-103 03/02/98 Revision of Standard Form SF 3107, Application for Immediate Retirement, Federal Employees Retirement System 98-104 03/12/98 How Annuitants Should Contact Us 98-105 03/16/98 FERS Elections Opportunities 98-106 04/08/98 Designations of Beneficiary to Trusts 98-107 05/08/98 Preparing for a FERS Open Season 98-108 05/12/98 SF 3106, Application for Refund of Retirement Deductions under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) 98-109 05/13/98 FERS Open Season Implementation Instructions 98-110 12/28/98 Social Security Administration Mailing of the Personal Earnings and Benefits Estimate Statement (PEBES) 98-111 06/17/98 New Law Affecting Voluntary Early Retirement Authority 98-112 09/17/98 FERS Transfer Model 98-113 10/05/98 Reporting Requirements for the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) Open Season 98-114 11/03/98 Notifying Employees Who May be Affected by the Decision of the Court in the Case of Conner v. OPM 98-201 03/09/98 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance and Federal Employees Health Benefits: Reissuing Important Information 98-202 03/09/98 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Designations to a Trust 98-203 Implementing the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (Patient's Bill of Rights) in the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program 98-204 06/04/98 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Revised FEGLI Booklet 98-205 09/17/98 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Court Orders 98-206 10/21/98 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Proposed Effective Dates Regulations 98-207 10/21/98 Use of the SF 2810 when Individuals Separate from Federal service 98-208 11/09/98 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: New FEGLI Legislation 98-209 12/18/98 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Public Law 105-311 - Foster Children and Miscellaneous Updates 98-210 12/29/98 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: New Codes for SF 50 98-401 01/14/98 1997 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Special Belated Open Season Change Opportunity for Certain Enrollees of the Washington, DC, Area Kaiser Permanente Plan 98-402 01/14/98 1997 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Special Belated Open Season Change Opportunity for Certain Enrollees of United HealthCare of Louisiana 98-403 02/11/98 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Special Enrollment Opportunity for Certain Members of United HealthCare of Illinois 98-404 03/06/98 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Termination of Health Power HMO, Code 3R 98-405 03/12/98 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Special Enrollment Opportunity for Members of Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Code XC (Indiana) 98-406 05/26/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Open Materials 98-407 06/26/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Electronic Transfer of Enrollment Transactions 98-408 08/06/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Open Season - Introduction 98-409 08/07/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Ordering and Distribution of Open Season Materials 98-411 09/22/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Significant Plan Changes 98-412 10/02/98 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Conducting the 1998 Open Season 98-413 10/02/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Notice to Employees 98-414 10/08/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Carrier Contacts 98-415 10/08/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Processing Open Season Changes 98-416 10/14/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Withdrawal of American HMO Health Plan 98-417 10/23/98 1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Withdrawal of Regence HMO Oregon and Regence Health Maintenance of Oregon 98-418 11/06/98 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Expanded Coverage of Contraceptives for 1999 98-701 01/26/98 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Customer Feedback Survey 98-702 02/23/98 New Area Code 98-703 03/16/98 Rider Information 98-704 03/16/98 Availability of the CSRS and FERS Handbook on Disk 98-705 07/15/98 Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: The New FEGLI Handbook

These Benefits Administration Letters are available on Agency Services Division web site at www.opm.gov/asd .

Mary M. Sugar, Chief

Agency Services Division