[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: 5CFR891.501]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 891--RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart E--Standards for Uniform Plan and Carrier
 
Sec. 891.501  Standards for uniform plan.


    The uniform plan shall be open to all eligible retired employees and 
members of their families, without regard to race, sex, health status, 
or age. It shall not deny or limit benefits because of any preexisting 
condition. It shall offer basic plus major medical coverage. It shall 
provide a 31-day extension of coverage on termination of subscription 
other than by change of election or termination of the contract. A 
person confined in hospital for care or treatment on the 31st day of the 
extension of coverage shall be entitled to

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continuation of the benefits of the contract during the continuance of 
the confinement, but not beyond the 60th day following the end of the 
extension of coverage. The uniform plan shall be experience-rated.

[33 FR 12516, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 43 FR 35018, Aug. 8, 1978]