[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4932 Introduced in House (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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2008

               Ms. Bordallo introduced the following bill

                            January 15, 2008

             Referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 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)''.
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