[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR892.209]

[Page 522-523]
 
                    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 B_Eligibility and Participation
 
Sec. 892.209  Can I cancel FEHB coverage at any time?

    If you are participating in premium conversion you may cancel your 
FEHB coverage:
    (a) During the annual open season. A cancellation made during the 
annual open season is effective at midnight of the day before the first 
day of the first pay period that begins in the next year.
    (b) Within 60 days after you have a qualifying life event. A 
cancellation made because of a qualifying life event takes effect at 
midnight of the last day of the pay period in which your employing 
office receives your appropriate request to cancel your enrollment. Your 
cancellation of coverage must be consistent with and correspond to your 
qualifying life event.

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For example, if you get married and you gain other insurance coverage 
because your spouse's employer provides health insurance for your spouse 
and you, then canceling FEHB coverage would be consistent with that 
qualifying life event. If you add an eligible family member, canceling 
coverage would generally not be consistent with that qualifying life 
event.
    (c) If you are subject to a court or administrative order as 
discussed in Sec. 890.301(g)(3) of this chapter, you cannot cancel your 
coverage as long as the court or administrative order is still in effect 
and you have at least one child identified in the order who is still 
eligible under the FEHB Program, unless you provide documentation to 
your agency that you have other coverage for your child or children.

[65 FR 44646, July 19, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 56525 and 56528, Oct. 
1, 2003]