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PUBLIC LAW 86-882-8EPT. 28, 1969

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(d) The Commission shall make available to each employee eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under this Act such information, in a form acceptable to the Commission after consultation with the carrier, as may be necessary to enable such employee to exercise an informed choice among the types of plans referred to in section 4. Each employee enrolled in such a health benefits plan shall be issued an appropriate document setting forth or summarizing the services or benefits (including maximums, limitations, and exclusions), to which the employee, or the employee and members of his family, are entitled thereunder, the procedure for obtaining benefits, and the principal provisions of the plan affecting the employee or members of his family. STUDIES, REPORTS, AND AUDITS

SEC. 11. (a) The Commission shall make a continuing study of the operation and administration of this Act, including surveys and reports on health benefits plans available to employees and on the experience of such plans. (b) The Commission shall include provisions in contracts with carriers which would require carriers to (1) furnish such reasonable reports as the Commission determines to be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this Act, and (2) permit the Commission and representatives of the General Accounting Office to examine records of the carriers as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (c) Each Government department, agency, and independent establishment shall keep such records, make such certifications, and furnish the Commission with such information and reports as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this Act. REPORTS TO CONGRESS

SEC. 12. The Commission shall transmit to the Congress annually a report concerning the operation of this Act. ,

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

SEC. 13. The Chairman of the Commission shall appoint a committee composed of five members who shall serve without compensation, to advise the Commission regarding matters of concern to employees under this Act. Each member of such committee shall be an employee enrolled under this Act or an elected officer of an employee V organization. SEC. 14. (a) The Chairman of the Commission is authorized to appoint in grade 18 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of " u ^s' c^ lb 7 I l^^^j ^s amended, an officer who shall have such functions and duties note. with respect to retirement, life insurance, and health benefits programs as the Commission shall prescribe. Such positions shall be in addition to the number of positions otherwise authorized by law to be placed in such grade. (b) The rate of basic compensation of the Executive Director of the United States Civil Service Commission shall be $19,000 per annum. JURISDICTION O F COUKl'S

SEC. 15. The district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the Court of Claims, of any civil action or claim against the United States founded upon this Act.

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