[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: 5CFR890.1205]

[Page 513]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 890_FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart L_Benefits for United States Hostages in Iraq and Kuwait and 
               United States Hostages Captured in Lebanon
 
Sec. 890.1205  Change in type of enrollment.

    (a) Individuals covered under this subpart or eligible survivors 
enrolled under this subpart may change from self only to self and family 
coverage if they acquire an eligible family member. The change may be 
made at the written request of the enrollee at any time after the family 
member is acquired. A change in enrollment under this paragraph becomes 
effective on the 1st day of the pay period after the pay period during 
which the request is received by the U.S. Department of State, except 
that a change based on the birth or addition of a child as a new family 
member is effective on the 1st day of the pay period during which the 
child is born or otherwise becomes a new family member.
    (b) Individuals covered under this subpart or eligible survivors 
enrolled under this subpart may change from a self and family enrollment 
to a self only when the last eligible family member (other than the 
enrollee) ceases to be a family member. The change may be made at the 
written request of the enrollee at any time after the last family member 
is lost and it becomes effective on the 1st day of the pay period after 
the pay period during which the request is received by the U.S. 
Department of State.
    (c) A family member may file a request to change the type of 
enrollment on behalf of a hostage during the period of hostage status or 
on behalf of an eligible former hostage who cannot file the election on 
his or her own behalf because of a mental or physical disability.