You may enroll in FEHB if you are:

• a permanent Federal employee with a regularly scheduled tour of duty;
• a temporary employee with an appointment for longer than one year; or
• a temporary employee with an appointment limited to one year or less, and you have completed one year of current continuous employment (excluding any break in service of 5 days or less).

You are not eligible to enroll if you are an intermittent employee (you dont have a prearranged regular tour of duty) or if your position is excluded from coverage by law or regulation.

You may continue your FEHB enrollment after you retire if:

• you are entitled to retire on an immediate annuity under a retirement system for Federal civilian employees; and
• you have been continuously enrolled (or covered as a family member) in any FEHB plan(s) for the 5 years of service immediately before your annuity starts, or for the full period of service since your first opportunity to enroll (if less than 5 years).

The family members covered under your self and family enrollment are:

• Your spouse;
• Your unmarried dependent children under age 22. In addition to natural children of a marriage, this includes:
• Your legally adopted child;
• Your recognized natural child, if you live together in a parent-child relationship, or the child is financially dependent upon you, or if there is a judicial determination of support;
• Your stepchild, if you live together in a parent-child relationship;
• Your foster child, if you live together in a parent-child relationship and you expect to raise the child to adulthood;
• Your unmarried dependent child age 22 or over who is incapable of self-support because of a disability that existed before age 22. You must expect the disability to continue for at least one year, and the disability must be the reason the child isnt capable of self-support.

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