[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR890.1304]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 890_FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart M_Department of Defense Federal Employees Health Benefits 
                      Program Demonstration Project
 
Sec. 890.1304  Enrollment.

    (a) Open Season for eligible beneficiaries will be held concurrent 
with the Open Season for regular FEHB enrollees. Open Seasons will be 
held in the years 1999, 2000 and 2001. Eligible beneficiaries will be 
able to enroll for coverage, change enrollment tiers (e.g., self-only or 
self and family), or change health benefit plans or plan options during 
these periods.
    (b) Enrolled eligible beneficiaries are required to pay associate 
membership dues if they enroll in open employee organization sponsored 
plans that are participating in the demonstration project.
    (c) DoD will deny enrollment of eligible beneficiaries when the 
total number of eligible beneficiaries and family members enrolled in 
the demonstration project reaches 66,000.
    (d) Eligible beneficiaries can enroll only in health plans offered 
by health benefit carriers who are participating in the demonstration 
project.
    (e) Eligible beneficiaries and family members enrolled in the 
demonstration project are not eligible to obtain services from military 
medical treatment facilities or to enroll in a health care plan under 
the TRICARE Program.
    (f) An eligible beneficiary enrolled in an FEHB plan under the 
demonstration project may change health benefits

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plans and coverage in the same manner as any other FEHB Program 
enrollee, except as provided for in this subpart.