[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: 5CFR892.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 892--FEDERAL FLEXIBLE BENEFITS PLAN: PRE-TAX PAYMENT OF HEALTH BENEFITS PREMIUMS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A--Administration and General Provisions
 
Sec. 892.101  Definitions.


    Days mean calendar days.
    Dependent means a family member who is both eligible for coverage 
under the FEHB Program and a dependent as defined in section 152 of the 
Internal Revenue Code.
    FEHB Program means the Federal Employees Health BenefitsProgram 
described in 5 U.S.C. 8901.
    Open Season means the period of time each year as described in 
Sec. 890.301(f) of this chapter when all individuals eligible for FEHB 
coverage have the opportunity to enroll or change their enrollment. 
These changes become effective with the first pay period that begins in 
the following year. For additional open seasons authorized by OPM, the 
effective date is specified.
    OPM means the Office of Personnel Management.
    Qualifying life event means events that may permit election changes 
as described in Treasury regulations at 26 CFR 1.125-4 and includes the 
following:
    (1) Addition of a dependent;
    (2) Birth or adoption of a child;
    (3) Changes in entitlement to Medicare or Medicaid for you, your 
spouse or dependent;
    (4) Change in work site;
    (5) Change in your employment status or that of your spouse or 
Dependent

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from either full-time to part-time, or the reverse;
    (6) Death of your spouse or Dependent;
    (7) Divorce or annulment;
    (8) Loss of a Dependent;
    (9) Marriage;
    (10) Significant change in the health coverage of you or your spouse 
related to your spouse's employment;
    (11) Start or end of an unpaid leave of absence by you or your 
spouse; or
    (12) Start or end of your spouse's employment.