[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5222-5223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1852]
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Notice of Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program Open Season
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Long Term Care Insurance Open Season.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is announcing an Open
Season for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP). All
eligible individuals who are not currently enrolled in FLTCIP may apply
for coverage, including employees, annuitants, and other members of the
Federal family. Active workforce members, their spouses, and same-sex
domestic partners of civilian active workforce members will be subject
to abbreviated underwriting. The addition of same-sex domestic partners
of civilian active workforce members as a new type of qualified
relative eligible to apply for FLTCIP coverage is pursuant to the
President's Memorandum of June 17, 2009 on Federal Benefits and Non-
Discrimination which requested that OPM, in consultation with the
Department of Justice, extend certain benefits that can be provided to
same-sex domestic partners of Federal employees consistent with Federal
law. All other qualified relatives will be subject to the Program's
standard requirements for full underwriting of applications.
DATES: The Open Season will run from April 4 through May 27, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please call
1-800-LTC-FEDS (1-800-582-3337) (TTY: 1-800-843-3557) or visit http://www.ltcfeds.com.
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For purposes of this Federal Register notice, the contact at OPM is
John Cutler, at [email protected] or (202) 606-0004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Long-Term Care Security Act (Pub. L.
106-265) permits OPM to provide for periodic opportunities for eligible
individuals to apply for coverage in the FLTCIP. OPM has issued
regulations (5 CFR Part 875, sections 402-404) which set forth
procedures for FLTCIP open seasons. This notice is issued under section
875.402(b). Under that provision, OPM will specify beginning and ending
dates, as well as the requirements for applicants during this period,
in Federal Register Notices. OPM may provide for abbreviated
underwriting requirements for specified eligible groups when OPM
determines it is in the best interest of the FLTCIP.
Eligible Individuals: Active civilian workforce members and their
spouses or same-sex domestic partners who are not currently enrolled in
FLTCIP are eligible to apply during this Open Season with abbreviated
underwriting. Active civilian workforce members include Federal
civilian or U.S. Postal Service employees whose current position
conveys eligibility for Federal Employees Health Benefits coverage,
subject to the exceptions contained in section 875.201. Members of the
uniformed services--those who are on active duty or full-time National
Guard duty for more than a 30-day period or are active members of the
selected reserve--and their spouses who are not currently enrolled in
FLTCIP are eligible to apply during this Open Season with abbreviated
underwriting. Non-enrolled annuitants as described in sections 875.202
and 875.203, retired members of the uniformed services as described in
section 875.205, and qualified relatives other than spouses of active
workforce members and same-sex domestic partners of active civilian
workforce members can apply for coverage with a full underwriting
application.
Underwriting requirements: Eligible applicants who are active
workforce members, their spouses and same-sex domestic partners of
active civilian workforce members, who are not currently enrolled in
FLTCIP, are able to apply during the Open Season subject to the
abbreviated underwriting standards in effect for the FLTCIP as of April
4, 2011. Eligible applicants other than active workforce members, their
spouses, and same-sex domestic partners of active civilian workforce
members, are subject to the full underwriting standards in effect for
the FLTCIP as of April 4, 2011.
Billing age: Premiums are based on the enrollee's age upon receipt
of his or her application by the program administrator, Long Term Care
Partners, and the options selected.
Effective date: The effective date of coverage will be the first
day of the month after an application is approved. However, in
accordance with Sec. 875.404(b)(2), workforce members who apply for
coverage under abbreviated underwriting must be actively at work in
order for coverage to become effective.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 9008; 5 CFR 875.402.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-1852 Filed 1-27-11; 8:45 am]
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