[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: 5CFR890.701]

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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 G_Benefits in Medically Underserved Areas
 
Sec. 890.701  Definitions.


For purposes of this subpart--
    Health benefits plan means the Government-wide Service Benefit Plan, 
the Government-wide Indemnity Benefit Plan, or an employee organization 
plan, as described under 5 U.S.C. 8903(1), (2), and (3), respectively.
    Medically underserved area includes any of the 50 States of the 
United States where the Office of Personnel Management determines that 
25 percent or more of the residents are located in primary medical care 
manpower shortage areas designated pursuant to section 332 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e).
    OPM makes its annual determination by comparing the latest 
Department of Health and Human Services state-by-state population counts 
on primary medical care manpower shortage areas with U.S. Census figures 
on state resident population. The determination will be made prior to 
the annual FEHB open season and will be for the next calendar year. OPM 
will announce the results of this determination before each open season 
in a public notice in the Federal Register.

[45 FR 48099, July 18, 1980, as amended at 45 FR 81728, Dec. 12, 1980; 
47 FR 17465, Apr. 23, 1982; 48 FR 14563, Apr. 5, 1983; 51 FR 28800, Aug. 
12, 1986; 52 FR 2666, Jan. 26, 1987; 53 FR 860, Jan. 14, 1988; 53 FR 
28366, July 28, 1988; 53 FR 28997, Aug. 2, 1988; 59 FR 60297, Nov. 23, 
1994]