Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 4.djvu/872

 102 STAT. 3842

Regulations. Contracts.

Children and youth.

PUBLIC LAW 100-654—NOV. 14, 1988

"(B) on the day before so ceasing to meet the requirements referred to in subparagraph (A), was covered under a health benefits plan under this chapter as a member of the family of an employee or annuitant; and "(C) would not otherwise be eligible for any benefits under this chapter (determined without regard to any temporary extension of coverage and without regard to any benefits available under a nongroup contract). "(c)(1) The Office shall prescribe regulations and provide for the inclusion of appropriate terms in contracts with carriers to provide that— "(A) with respect to an employee who becomes (or will become) eligible for continued coverage under this section as a result of separation from service, the separating agency shall, before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date as of which coverage (including any temporary extensions of coverage) would otherwise end, notify the individual of such individual's rights under this section; and "(B) with respect to a child of an employee or annuitant who becomes eligible for continued coverage under this section as a result of ceasing to meet the requirements for being considered a member of the employee's or annuitant's family— "(i) the employee or annuitant may provide written notice of the child's change in status (complete with the child's name, address, and such other information as the Office may by regulation require)— "(I) to the employee's employing agency; or "(II) in the case of an annuitent, to the Office; and "(ii) if the notice referred to in clause (i) is received within 60 days after the date as of which the child involved first ceases to meet the requirements involved, the employing agency or the Office (as the case may be) must, within 14 days after receiving such notice, notify the child of such child's rights under this section. "(2) In order to obtain continued coverage under this section, an appropriate written election (submitted in such manner as the Office by regulation prescribes) must be made— "(A) in the case of an individual seeking continued coverage based on a separation from service, before the end of the 60-day period b a n n i n g on the later of— "(i) the effective date of the separation; or "(ii) the date the separated individual receives the notice required under paragraph (I)(A); or "(B) in the case of an individual seeking continued coverage based on a change in circumstances making such individual ineligible for coverage as an unmarried dependent child, before the end of the 60-day period b ^ i n n i n g on the later of— "(i) the date as of which such individual first ceases to meet the requirements for being considered an unmarried dependent child; or "(ii) the date such individual receives notice under paragraph (IXBXii); except that if a parent fails to provide the notice required under paragraph (IXBXi) in timely fashion, the 60-day period under this subparagraph shall be based on the date under clause (i), irrespective of whether or not any notice under paragraph (IXBXu) is provided.

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