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Retirement Information & Services

1998 Benefits Administration Letters

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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has Government wide responsibility and oversight for Federal benefits administration. These pages contain the Benefits Administration Letters (BALs) used for program administration. The BALs provide guidance to agencies on various aspects of Federal benefits administration.

BAL Number Date Subject Format

100 Series

 

Retirement Policy and Process Issues

 

98-101

02/10/98

North Dakota State Tax Deductions from Annuity Payments under the Civil Service and Federal Employees Retirement Systems

PDF File
[16 KB]

98-102

03/02/98

Availability of Revised FERS Death Benefit Application Form, SF 3104

PDF File
[16 KB]

98-103

03/02/98

Revision of Standard Form (SF) 3107, Application for Immediate Retirement, Federal Employees Retirement System

PDF File
[14 KB]

98-104

03/12/98

How Annuitants Should Contact Us

PDF File
[10 KB]

98-105

03/16/98

FERS Election Opportunities

PDF File
[12 KB]

98-106

05/08/98

Designations of Beneficiary to Trusts

PDF File
[17 KB]

98-107

05/08/98

Preparing for a FERS Open Season

PDF File
[24 KB]

98-108

05/12/98

SF 3106, Application for Refund of Retirement Deductions under FERS

PDF File
[13 KB]

98-109

5/13/98

FERS Open Season Implementation Instructions

PDF File
[139 KB]

98-110

05/15/98

Social Security Administration Mailing of the Personal Earnings and Benefits Estimates Statement (PEBES)

PDF File
[123 KB]

98-111

06/26/98

New Law Affecting Voluntary Early Retirement Authority-- To view the regulations click here.

PDF File
[15 KB]

98-112

09/17/98

FERS Transfer Model

PDF File
[24 KB]

98-113

10/05/98

Reporting Requirements for the FERS Open Season

PDF File
[34 KB]

98-114

11/5/98

Notifying Employees Who May be Affected by the Decision of the Court in the Case of Conner v. OPM

PDF File
[111 KB]

200 Series

 

Insurance Policy and Process Issues

 

98-201

03/09/98

Federal Employees Group Life Insurance and Federal Employees Health Benefits: Reissuing Important Information

PDF File
[121 KB]

98-202

03/09/98

Federal Employees Group Life Insurance: Designations to a Trust

PDF File
[24 KB]

98-203

06/02/98

Implementing the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (Patient's Bill of Rights) in the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program

PDF File
[76 KB]

98-204

06/04/98

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Revised FEGLI Booklet

PDF File
[16 KB]

98-205

09/17/98

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Court Orders

PDF File
[17 KB]

98-206

10/21/98

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Proposed Effective Date Regulations

PDF File
[11 KB]

98-207

10/21/98

Use of the SF 2810 when individuals separate from Federal service

PDF File
[12 KB]

98-208

11/9/98

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: New FEGLI Legislation

PDF File
[23 KB]

98-209

12/18/98

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Public Law 105-311- Foster Children and Miscellaneous Updates

PDF File
[32 KB]

98-210

12/29/98

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: New Codes for SF 50

PDF File
[27 KB]

300 Series

 

Reserved for Future Use on Payroll Office Issues

 

400 Series

 

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season Guidance

 

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

PDF File
[13 KB]

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

PDF File
[12 KB]

98-403

02/11/98

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Special Enrollment Opportunity for Certain Members of United HealthCare of Illinois (Code FP)

PDF File
[13 KB]

98-404

03/06/98

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Termination of Health Power HMO, Code 3R

PDF File
[12 KB]

98-405

03/12/98

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Special Enrollment Opportunity for Members of Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Code XC (Indiana).

PDF File
[9 KB]

98-406

05/26/98

1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Open Season Materials.

PDF File
[12 KB]

98-407

06/26/98

1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Electronic Transfers of Enrollment Transactions.

PDF File
[12 KB]

98-408

08/6/98

1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Introduction

PDF File
[14 KB]

98-409

8/6/98

1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Ordering and Distribution of Open Season Materials

PDF File
[25 KB]

98-410

8/27/98

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Termination of Personal Physician Care, Code PL

PDF File
[19 KB]

98-411

9/22/98

1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Significant Plan Changes

PDF File
[58 KB]

98-412

09/17/98

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Conducting the 1998 Open Season

PDF File
[28 KB]

98-413

10/02/98

1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Notice to Employees

PDF File
[22 KB]

98-414

10/08/98

1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Carrier Contacts

PDF File
[1.3 MB]

98-415

10/08/98

1998 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Processing Open Season Changes

PDF File
[17 KB]

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

PDF File
[11 KB]

98-418

11/05/98

Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Expanded Coverage of Contraceptives for 1999.

PDF File
[13 KB]

500 Series

 

Reserved for Future Use on Retirement and Insurance Handbook Issues

 

600 Series

 

Reserved for Future Use on Retirement and Insurance Regulations

 

700 Series

 

Miscellaneous Issues

 

98-701

01/26/98

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Customer Feedback Survey

PDF File
[80 KB]

98-702

02/23/98

New Area Code

PDF File
[16 KB]

98-703

03/16/98

Rider Information

PDF File
[43 KB]

98-704

03/16/98

Availability of CSRS and FERS Handbook on disk.

PDF File
[27 KB]

98-705

07/15/98

Availability of the New FEGLI Handbook on CD ROM.

PDF File
[26 KB]


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