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1.  Office of Personnel Management Says Dental and Vision Coverage Will Improve Next July
The Washington Post; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Apr. 20, 2005
Excerpt: "Enhanced dental and vision benefits will be available to federal employees and retirees in July 2006, the Office of Personnel Management said yesterday in a letter to insurance companies. The letter, sent to companies that participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, said OPM plans to issue a request for proposals on how to design a new dental and vision package by year's end."
2.  Federal Office of Personnel Management Letter to Health Insurance Companies Calls on Health Insurers to Focus on Illness Prevention
The Washington Post; subscription may be required Link to more items from this source
Apr. 9, 2010
Excerpt: OPM sends 'carrier' or 'call letters' to FEHBP insurance plans each year. The letters tell the companies what OPM would like to see in the offerings made to employees during the fall open season, when they can shop among a broad variety of plans. This year's call letter provided no big changes or surprises. But it did place even greater emphasis on illness prevention. 'We expect you to provide benefits for preventive care, immunizations, and screenings with no enrollee cost sharing,' the letter said. 'We expect you to offer comprehensive smoking cessation benefits that include coverage for counseling, medications, multiple quit attempts, no annual or lifetime limitations and no enrollee cost sharing.'
3.  GAO Report: Improvements Needed at Office of Personnel Management to Ensure Successful Retirement Systems Modernization
U.S. Government Accountability Office [GAO] Link to more items from this source
Feb. 1, 2008
68 pages. "GAO was asked to [1] determine whether OPM is effectively managing the RSM program to ensure that system components perform as intended and [2] evaluate the risks, cost, and progress of the RSM program. To meet these objectives, GAO analyzed program documentation against relevant plans, policies, and practices." [GAO-08-345, Jan. 31, 2008]
4.  Lawyer Sues Federal Office of Personnel Management over Same-Sex Benefits
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Jan. 21, 2010
Excerpt: Karen Golinski filed a lawsuit against the OPM on Wednesday for refusing to provide benefits to her wife, the Associated Press reported. The agency said it won't follow a court order to provide the benefits because it believes the order is in violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act[.]
5.  Text of OPM Final Regs: Coverage for Certain Firefighters and Intermittent Emergency Response Personnel under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (PDF)
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Nov. 18, 2016
"This final rule provides eligibility for health insurance coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program to certain wildfire protection employees and certain intermittent emergency response personnel.... OPM recognizes that there may be other groups of employees not currently eligible for the FEHB Program because of the nature of their work schedules, but who are similarly situated to firefighting personnel in that they perform emergency response services. Accordingly, OPM has also added a new subsection (i) to its regulations that permits agencies to request that OPM extend FEHB coverage to such employees. OPM intends to construe this subsection narrowly, applying it only to employees engaged in emergency response services similar to the services being performed by those responding to the wildfires, and only when requested by their employing agencies."
6.  Text of OPM FEHB Program Carrier Letter 2024-02: Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) Transparency Standards (PDF)
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Feb. 13, 2024
"This Carrier Letter clarifies Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Transparency Standards for fee-for-service (FFS) and experience-rated (ER) HMO Carriers.... OPM will decline any arrangements which may manipulate the prescription drug benefit design or incorporate any programs such as copay maximizers, copay optimizers, or other similar programs ... Carriers must exercise due diligence, implement these standards, and use transparent pass-through pricing and manufacturer payments when contracting with PBMs. Carriers are required to apply [these] transparency standards ... with current PBM contractors and subcontractors."
7.  Text of OPM Final Regs: Establishment of the Multi-State Plan Program for the Affordable Insurance Exchanges
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Feb. 20, 2015
69 pages. "The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule implementing modifications to the Multi-State Plan (MSP) Program based on the experience of the Program to date. OPM established the MSP Program pursuant to the [ACA]. This rule clarifies the approach used to enforce the applicable standards of the [ACA] with respect to health insurance issuers that contract with OPM to offer MSP options; amends MSP standards related to coverage area, benefits, and certain contracting provisions under section 1334 of the [ACA]; and makes non-substantive technical changes."
8.  Text of Final OPM Regulation Allowing Health Coverage for Children of Same-Sex Domestic Partnerships But Only in States Not Allowing Same-Sex Marriages
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Oct. 29, 2013
"The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB) regulations regarding coverage for children up to age 26. The regulations also allow children of same-sex domestic partners living in states that do not allow same-sex couples to marry to be covered family members under the FEHB and the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP).... OPM has decided to release this final regulation as proposed with several changes. The most significant change to this regulation is that eligibility for the children of same-sex domestic partners is limited to those states in which same-sex couples are unable to marry."
9.  Text of OPM Notice: Present Value Factors for Use by Civil Service Retirement System
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Apr. 2, 2015
"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of adjusted present value factors applicable to retirees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who elect to provide survivor annuity benefits to a spouse based on post-retirement marriage; to retiring employees who elect the alternative form of annuity, owe certain redeposits based on refunds of contributions for service ending before March 1, 1991, or elect to credit certain service with nonappropriated fund instrumentalities; or, for individuals with certain types of retirement coverage errors who can elect to receive credit for service by taking an actuarial reduction under the provisions of the Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Correction Act. This notice is necessary to conform the present value factors to changes in the economic and demographic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System."
10.  Text of OPM Notice: Present Value Factors for Use by Federal Employees' Retirement System
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Apr. 2, 2015
"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of adjusted present value factors applicable to retirees who elect to provide survivor annuity benefits to a spouse based on post-retirement marriage, and to retiring employees who elect the alternative form of annuity or elect to credit certain service with nonappropriated fund instrumentalities. This notice is necessary to conform the present value factors to changes in the economic and demographic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System."
11.  Text of OPM Proposed Regs for Federal Employees' Retirement System: Present Value Conversion Factors for Spouses of Deceased Separated Employees
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Apr. 2, 2015
"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to revise the table of reduction factors for early commencing dates of survivor annuities for spouses of separated employees who die before the date on which they would be eligible for unreduced deferred annuities. This rule is necessary to ensure that the tables conform to demographic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries and published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2015[.]"
12.  Text of OPM Proposed Regs: Family and Medical Leave Act; Definition of Spouse for Federal Employees
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
June 20, 2014
"The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing to revise the definition of spouse in its regulations on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) as a result of the decision by the United States Supreme Cour t holding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. The new definition will replace the existing definition, which contains language from DOMA that refers to 'a legal union between one man and one woman.' The new definition permits Federal employees with same-sex spouses to use FMLA leave in the same manner as Federal employees with opposite-sex spouses."
13.  Text of OPM Notice: Federal Employees' Retirement System; Normal Cost Percentages
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
May 21, 2014
"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of revised normal cost percentages for employees covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) Act of 1986.... The revised normal cost percentages are effective at the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after October 1, 2014. Agency appeals of the normal cost percentages must be filed no later than November 21, 2014." [Federal Register Doc. 2014-11771, May 21, 2014 issue.]
14.  Text of OPM Notice: Federal Employees' Retirement System; Present Value Factors
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
May 21, 2014
"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of adjusted present value factors applicable to retirees who elect to provide survivor annuity benefits to a spouse based on post-retirement marriage, and to retiring employees who elect the alternative form of annuity or elect to credit certain service with nonappropriated fund instrumentalities. This notice is necessary to conform the present value factors to changes in the economic and demographic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System.... The revised present value factors apply to survivor reductions or employee annuities that commence on or after October 1, 2014." [Federal Register Doc. 2014-11756, May 21, 2014 issue.]
15.  Text of OPM Notice: Civil Service Retirement System; Present Value Factors
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
May 21, 2014
"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing notice of adjusted present value factors applicable to retirees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who elect to provide survivor annuity benefits to a spouse based on post-retirement marriage and to retiring employees who elect the alternative form of annuity, owe certain redeposits based on refunds of contributions for service before March 1, 1991, or elect to credit certain service with nonappropriated fund instrumentalities. This notice is necessary to conform the present value factors to changes in the economic and demographic assumptions adopted by the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System.... The revised present value factors apply to survivor reductions or employee annuities that commence on or after October 1, 2014." [Federal Register Doc. 2014-11762, May 21, 2014 issue.]
16.  Text of Proposed OPM Regs Extending Coverage for Children of Same-Sex Domestic Partners Under Federal Employees Health, Dental and Vision, and Flexible Benefits Programs
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
July 19, 2012
"The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB) regulations regarding coverage for children up to age 26 and for children of the same-sex domestic partners of FEHB enrollees. The regulations also allow children of same-sex domestic partners to be covered family members under the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP)."
17.  Text of OPM Interim Final Rule and Comment Request: Paid Parental Leave for Federal Employees
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Aug. 6, 2020
85 pages. "The Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim final rule to implement the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, which provides 12 weeks of paid parental leave to certain Federal employees covered by the [FMLA]. Implementation of the new law also requires changes to OPM's existing FMLA regulations.... Effective date: October 1, 2020."
18.  Text of OPM Proposed Regs on Compensatory Time Off for Religious Observances and Other Miscellaneous Changes (PDF)
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Aug. 29, 2013
"The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing proposed regulations to amend its current regulations on compensatory time off for religious observances. The proposal would clarify employee and agency responsibilities, provide timeframes for earning and using religious compensatory time off, and define key terms. In addition, we are making other miscellaneous changes in the pay and leave area."
19.  Text of OPM Memo to Chief Human Capital Officers on the ACA and the Health Insurance Marketplace
U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM] Link to more items from this source
Aug. 28, 2013
"This memorandum provides information about some of the tools OPM is using to educate its employees about the ACA. In addition, OPM has developed [Q&As] to address concerns your employees may have about the impact of the ACA on the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) ... so that you will have the information you need to respond to FEHBP questions that may arise in connection with any ACA educational activities you conduct."
20.  Text of OPM Final Regs: Federal Employees' Retirement System; Government Costs
Office of Personnel Management Link to more items from this source
Oct. 24, 2017
"The Office of Personnel Management amends this rule to clarify the manner OPM uses for determining a supplemental liability under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), and to clarify the process by which the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury may request reconsideration of OPM's valuation of the supplemental liability. The rule also clarifies the employee categories OPM uses to compute the FERS normal cost percentages. The rule also amends the definitions of actuary, present value factor, and actuarial present value to ensure these definitions are uniform and appropriate."
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