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OPM is updating the Federal Employees Health Benefits Acquisition Regulations (FEHBAR) to include the self plus one” enrollment type to the carrier advertising instructions. This proposed regulation amends the FEHBAR at 48 CFR Part 1603 so that carriers will be required to list all current enrollment types when advertising their health plans’ enrollment codes and premium rates to enrollees. This change is a technical correction and does not alter current Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program family member eligibility guidelines. This regulation also provides notice to interested stakeholders that we are updating and clarifying the contract clause matrix.  Annually, OPM determines which Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and FEHBAR contract clauses are applicable to FEHB carrier contracts and we include the appropriate clauses in the carrier contracts. We also publish clauses and clause headings in the FEHBAR in order to give the clauses the strength of regulatory authority. This gives new carriers joining the FEHB Program the benefit of seeing OPM’s required clauses in regulation for consideration prior to submitting an application for participation in the FEHB Program. This regulation brings the contract clause matrix in line with the current FAR and FEHBAR contract clauses used in all FEHB Program carrier contracts.