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HR 4932 IH
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4932
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain additional plans eligible to participate in the health benefits program under chapter 89 of such title.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2008
Ms. BORDALLO introduced the following bill
January 15, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain additional plans eligible to participate in the health benefits program under chapter 89 of such title.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL PLANS.
Section 8903 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(5) ADDITIONAL PLANS-
`(A) IN GENERAL- One or more plans (other than a Government-wide plan or an employee organization plan), which may be underwritten by carriers licensed in any number of States, offering one or more levels of benefits, under which payment is made by a carrier under contracts with physicians, hospitals, or other providers of health services for benefits of the types described by section 8904(5) of this title given to employees, annuitants, members of their families, former spouses, or persons having continued coverage under section 8905a of this title, or, under certain conditions, payment is made by a carrier to the employee, annuitant, family member, former spouse, or person having continued coverage under section 8905a of this title.
`(B) STATE DEFINED- For purposes of this paragraph, the term `State' means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.'.
SEC. 2. TYPES OF BENEFITS.
Section 8904(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
`(5) ADDITIONAL PLANS- Benefits of the types named under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection or both.'.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
Chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 8902(n) (in the matter before paragraph (1)), by striking `(1), (2), or (3)' and inserting `(1), (2), (3), or (5)'; and
(2) in section 8904(a) (in the matter after paragraph (4)), by striking `(1) and (2)' and inserting `(1), (2), and (5)'.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.4932 as Introduced in House To amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain additional plans eligible to part...
