FEHBP Dependent Coverage Extension Act

FEHBP Dependent Coverage Extension Act - Extends eligibility for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to a federal employee's, annuitant's, or former spouse's dependent child (currently, unmarried dependent child) who is under age 26 (currently, under age 22) or incapable of self-support because of mental or physical disability which existed before age 26 (currently, before age 22).

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5200 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5200

    To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend eligibility for 
   coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program with 
     respect to certain adult dependents of Federal employees and 
    annuitants, in conformance with amendments made by the Patient 
                  Protection and Affordable Care Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2010

Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Ms. Norton, and 
 Mrs. Dahlkemper) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend eligibility for 
   coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program with 
     respect to certain adult dependents of Federal employees and 
    annuitants, in conformance with amendments made by the Patient 
                  Protection and Affordable Care Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FEHBP Dependent Coverage Extension 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEPENDENT COVERAGE UNDER FEHBP.

    (a) Provisions Relating to Age.--Chapter 89 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 8901(5)--
                    (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``22 years of age'' and inserting ``26 years 
                of age''; and
                    (B) in the matter after subparagraph (B), by 
                striking ``age 22'' and inserting ``age 26''; and
            (2) in section 8905(c)(2)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``22 years of age'' 
                and inserting ``26 years of age''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``age 22'' and 
                inserting ``age 26''.
    (b) Provisions Relating to Marital Status.--Chapter 89 of title 5, 
United States Code, is further amended--
            (1) in section 8901(5) and subsections (b)(2)(A), 
        (c)(2)(B), (e)(1)(B), and (e)(2)(A) of section 8905a, by 
        striking ``an unmarried dependent'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``a dependent''; and
            (2) in section 8905(c)(2)(B), by striking ``unmarried 
        dependent'' and inserting ``dependent''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
become effective as if included in the enactment of section 1001 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), except 
that the Director of the Office of Personnel Management may implement 
such amendments for such periods before the effective date otherwise 
provided in section 1004(a) of such Act as the Director may specify.
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