[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR875.206]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 875_FEDERAL LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Eligibility
 
Sec.  875.206  As a new active workforce member, when may I apply?

    (a) As a new, newly eligible, or returning active workforce member, 
you may apply as follows:

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    (1) If you are a new active workforce member entering a position 
that conveys eligibility, you may apply for coverage within 60 days 
after becoming eligible.
    (2) If you are entering a position that conveys eligibility as an 
active workforce member from a position that did not convey eligibility, 
you may apply for coverage within 60 days after becoming eligible.
    (3) If you return to active service after a break in service of 180 
days or more to a position that conveys eligibility, you may apply for 
coverage within 60 days after becoming eligible.
    (b) Your spouse may also apply during that 60-day period after you 
become eligible.
    (c) The underwriting requirements that will be required will be 
those applicable to active workforce members and their spouses during 
the last open season for enrollment before the date of your application.
    (d) After the 60-day period ends, you may still apply for coverage, 
as may your spouse, but full underwriting requirements will apply.
    (e) If your employing office determines that you were unable, for a 
cause beyond your control, to submit an application during the initial 
60-day period, you may submit an application within 60 days after your 
employing office advises you of that determination. Similarly, your 
employing office may make this determination if your spouse is unable to 
submit an application during the same time period for a cause beyond 
his/her control. This employing office authority only applies within 6 
months after the beginning date of the initial eligibility period. The 
underwriting requirements will be as specified in paragraph (c) of this 
section.
    (f) Your other qualified relatives may apply for coverage at any 
time. They will be subject to full underwriting requirements.

[68 FR 5534, Feb. 4, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 30607, May 27, 2005]