3206-AN44 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3206 Office of Personnel Management OPM Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program: Coverage of Children

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to amend the meaning of child for eligibility to become enrolled as family members in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB). Consistent with goals of the Affordable Care Act, OPM issued a regulation that expanded coverage under FEHB Program at 78 FR 64873 to include children up to age 26. This regulation furthered the goals of the Affordable Care Act, to expand healthcare coverage. This proposed rule clarifies that child means an unmarried dependent under age 26, which includes an adopted or natural child, foster child or stepchild that is under age 26. 

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 5 CFR 890 5 U.S.C. ch 89 No NPRM 11/00/2016 No No None No No No No Julia Elam Healthcare and Insurance 3206 Office of Personnel Management OPM 202 606-1560 julia.elam@opm.gov 1900 E Street NW, Washington DC 20415