5 U.S.C. § 8906a — Temporary employees

submitted 38 years ago by Pub. L. 100-654 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 163 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lets temporary federal employees join a health benefits plan. They qualify after one continuous year of work, counting short breaks of 5 days or less. But unlike regular employees, these workers pay both their own share and the government's share of the cost.

(a)(1) OPM must issue regulations to offer health benefits plans to temporary employees who meet paragraph (2)'s requirement, under this chapter. (2) To be eligible, a temporary employee must have completed 1 year of current, continuous employment — a break in service of 5 days or less does not count against that continuity. (b) Despite section 8906's usual rules: (1) a temporary employee enrolled under this section has an amount withheld from their pay, as OPM determines, equal to both (A) the amount that would be withheld from a regular employee's pay under section 8906, and (B) the amount of the Government contribution a regular employee would get under section 8906; and (2) the temporary employee's employing agency does not pay the usual Government contribution under section 8906.

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(a)

(1)

The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to provide for offering health benefits plans to temporary employees (who meet the requirements of paragraph (2)) under the provisions of this chapter.

(2)

To be eligible to participate in a health benefits plan offered under this section a temporary employee shall have completed 1 year of current continuous employment, excluding any break in service of 5 days or less.

(b)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8906—

(1)

any temporary employee enrolled in a health benefits plan under this section shall have an amount withheld from the pay of such employee, as determined by the Office of Personnel Management, equal to—

(A)

the amount withheld from the pay of an employee under the provisions of section 8906; and

(B)

the amount of the Government contribution for an employee under section 8906; and

(2)

the employing agency of any such temporary employee shall not pay the Government contribution under the provisions of section 8906.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 100–654, title III, § 301(a), Nov. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 3846.)

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1988Enacted · Pub. L. 100-654 · 102 Stat. 3846

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