[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR870.303]

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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 C--Eligibility
 
Sec. 870.303  Eligibility of foster children under Option C.

    (a) Effective October 30, 1998, foster children are eligible for 
coverage as family members under Option C.
    (b) To qualify for coverage as a foster child, the child must meet 
the following requirements:
    (1) The child must live with the insured employee, annuitant, or 
compensationer;
    (2) The parent-child relationship (as defined in Sec. 870.101) must 
be with the insured employee, annuitant, or compensationer, not the 
biological parent;
    (3) The employee, annuitant, or compensationer must be the primary 
source of financial support for the child; and
    (4) The employee, annuitant, or compensationer must expect to raise 
the child to adulthood.
    (c) A child placed in an insured individual's home by a welfare or 
social service agency under an agreement by which the agency retains 
control of the child or pays for maintenance does not qualify as a 
foster child.
    (d)(1) An insured individual wishing to cover a foster child must 
sign a certification stating that the child meets all the requirements 
and that he/she will notify the employing office or retirement system if 
the child marries, moves out of the home, or stops being financially 
dependent on the employee, annuitant, or compensationer.
    (2) The employing office or retirement system must keep the signed 
certification in the insured individual's file, along with other life 
insurance forms.
    (e) A foster child who moves out of the insured individual's home to 
live

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with a biological parent loses eligibility and cannot again be covered 
as a foster child unless:
    (1) The biological parent dies;
    (2) The biological parent is imprisoned;
    (3) The biological parent becomes unable to care for the child due 
to a disability; or
    (4) The employee, annuitant, or compensationer obtains a court order 
taking parental responsibility away from the biological parent.

[64 FR 72461, Dec. 28, 1999]