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Your Health Insurance
Enrolling in the Plan
You may enroll yourself and your eligible dependents
in the FEHB Program. After you enroll in one of the FEHB plans,
you'll receive an identification card showing your identification
number. Present this card to health care providers and hospitals
to verify coverage.
Download the Employee
Health Benefits Election form (849 KB PDF)
Employees
The chart below includes information on how to enroll
in the Plan and the effective date of your coverage.
| IF YOU ARE... |
THEN YOUR COVERAGE IS
EFFECTIVE... |
| an eligible employee
and you enroll within 60 calendar days of your hire date |
the first day of the biweekly pay
period following your enrollment, as long as you are in a pay
and duty status on that day |
| an eligible employee
and you enroll during the annual open season |
the following January |
| an eligible temporary
employee and you enroll when you are first eligible |
the first day of the biweekly pay
period following your enrollment, as long as you are in a pay
and duty status on that day |
| an eligible temporary employee and
you enroll during the annual open season |
the following January |
If you don't enroll when you are
first eligible, you must wait until the next annual open season,
unless you have a qualified family status event. Generally, if you
have a family status event, you may enroll for or change coverage
within 60 days of the event. For a full list of opportunities to
change health coverage and the related effective dates, please see
a Benefits Counselor. You must provide proof of the event to qualify.
Domestic Partner Benefits
Health Insurance Premium Reimbursement Program
Health Insurance Reimbursement Form (17 KB PDF)
Health Insurance Premium Reimbursement FAQs
Dissolution of Partnership (4 KB PDF)
Declaration of Domestic Partnership form (112 KB PDF)
Spouse and Children
The chart below includes information on enrolling
your spouse and children in the Plan.
| IF YOU... |
THEN... |
enroll your eligible
dependents at the same time you enroll yourself for coverage
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their coverage is effective at the
same time as your coverage
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do not enroll your spouse
and children when they are first eligible
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you must wait until the next annual
open season, and their coverage will be effective the following
January
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have no eligible dependents
when you first become an FEHB participant
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you may change to family coverage
within 60 days of adding your first eligible dependent with
proof
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| have eligible dependents when you
first become an FEHB participant, but they have coverage through
another source and then subsequently lose their coverage |
you may change to family
coverage within 60 days of your dependents' loss of coverage
with proof |
If you do not enroll your dependents
within the time limits listed in the chart above, you will have
to wait until the next annual open season.
If You and Your Spouse Both
Work for the Board
You cannot be covered as both an employee and a dependent
in the FEHB Program. If you and your spouse both work for the Board
(or another government agency) and are eligible for FEHB coverage,
one of you (but not both) may enroll your dependents in a plan.
If you don't have any children or your children are not eligible,
you and your spouse may each choose "self only" coverage.
Coverage Levels
The FEHB Program offers two coverage levels from
which to choose. You may elect:
- Self only coverage; or
- Family coverage.
If you choose family coverage, all of your eligible
dependents will be enrolled in your FEHB coverage. You can't choose
to cover certain eligible dependents and not others.
The Plan Year
Open season changes are effective the first
day of the first full pay period in January.
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