[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR870.501]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 870--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart E--Coverage
 
Sec. 870.501  Basic insurance: Effective dates of automatic coverage.


    (a)(1) When an employee is appointed or transferred to a position in 
which he/she is eligible for insurance, the employee is automatically 
insured for Basic insurance on the day he/she enters on duty in pay 
status, unless, before the end of the first pay period, the employee 
files a waiver of Basic insurance with the employing office or had 
previously filed a waiver which remains in effect.
    (2) An insured employee who moves to another covered position is 
automatically insured on the effective date of the move, unless the 
employee files a waiver of Basic insurance with the new employing office 
before the end of the first pay period in the new position.
    (3) When an employee of the District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority elects to be 
considered a Federal employee under section 153 of Pub. L. 104-134 (110 
Stat. 1321), he/she is automatically insured on (i) the date the 
employee enters on duty in pay status with the Authority, or (ii) the 
date the Authority receives the employee's election to be considered a 
Federal employee, whichever is later.
    (b) An employee who returns to pay and duty status after a period of 
more than 12 months of nonpay status is automatically insured at the 
time he/she actually enters on duty in pay status, unless, before the 
end of the first pay period, the employee files a waiver of Basic 
insurance coverage with the employing office or had previously filed a 
waiver which remains in effect.
    (c) For an employee who serves in cooperation with a non-Federal 
agency and who is paid in whole or in part from non-Federal funds, OPM 
sets the effective date. This date must be part of an agreement between 
OPM and the non-Federal agency. The agreement must provide either:
    (1) That the required withholdings and contributions be made from 
Federally controlled funds and deposited into the Employees' Life 
Insurance Fund on a timely basis, or
    (2) That the cooperating non-Federal agency, by written agreement 
with the Federal agency, make the required withholdings and 
contributions from non-Federal funds and transmit that amount to the 
Federal agency for deposit into the Employees' Life Insurance Fund on a 
timely basis.
    (d) If an employee waived Basic insurance on or before February 28, 
1981, the waiver was automatically cancelled effective on the 1st day 
the employee entered on duty in pay status on or after April 1, 1981. 
Basic insurance coverage was automatically effective on the date of the 
waiver's cancellation, unless the employee filed a new waiver of Basic 
insurance with the employing office before the end of the pay period 
during which the coverage became effective.