GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2001
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• Publication Date: December 7, 1978
• Content Type: REPORT

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1st Session 1 No. 93-706
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS
Mr. Dur.sKKT, from the committee of conference,
submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 9256]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 9256) to
increase the contribution of the Government to the costs of health
benefits for Federal employees, and for other purposes, having met,
after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do rec-
ommend to their respective Houses as follows :
That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 6 and 7.
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of
the Senate numbered 1, 5, and 8 and agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 2:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of
the Senate numbered 2 and agree to the same with an amendment as
follows :
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted in the House engrossed
bill by Senate amendment numbered 2 insert the following : in 1974
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 3:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of
the Senate numbered 3 and agree to the same with an amendment as
follows :
In the matter proposed to be inserted in the House engrossed bill by
Senate amendment numbered 3 strike out "55" and insert in lieu thereof
60
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 4:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of
the Senate numbered 4 and agree to the same with an amendment as
follows :
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In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted in the House engrossed
bill by Senate amendment numbered 4 insert the following: in 1975
and in each year thereafter
And the Senate agree to the same.
T. J. DULSKI,
DAVID N. HENDERSON.
JEROME R. WALDIE,
LAWRENCE J. HOGAN,
Managers on the Part of the House.
(aALE W. MCCrEE,
JENNINGS RANDOLPH,
QUENTIN BURDICK,
H. L. FONG,
TED STEVENS,
Man. ggers on the Part of the Senate.
B T. R. 706
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JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE
COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the con-
ference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 9256) to increase the contribution of
the Government to the costs of health benefits for Federal employees,
and for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the
House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed
upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanynig con-
ference report:
GOVERNMENT IIEALTII BENEFITS CONTRIBUTIONS
Amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5:
House Bill
The first section of the House bill amended section 8906 of title 5,
United States Code, to increase the Government's contribution for
Federal employees' health benefits plans from 40 to 55 percent be-
ginning in 1973, with an additional 5 percent increase in each subse-
quent year until 1977, when the Government's contribution would
reach 75 percent for 1977 and each year thereafter. Under section 4 of
the House bill, the initial increase from 40 to 55 percent world be-
come effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period which
begins on or after the 30th day following the date of enactment. Each
additional 5 percent increase would become effective in January of
each subsequent year.
Senate Amendments
Senate amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 amended the above-
discussed provisions of the House bill so as to provide, in aggregate
.effect, that the Government's contribution for Federal employees'
health benefits plans shall be increased from 40 to 50 percent beginning
in 1974 and from 50 to 55 percent beginning in 1975 and applicable in
each year thereafter.
Conference Agreement
Under section 8906 of title 5, United States Code, as modified by the
conference agreement, the Government's contribution for Federal em-
ployees' health benefits plans is increased from 40 to 50 percent be-
ginning in 1974 and from 50 to 60 percent beginning in 1975 and in
each year thereafter. The latter increase of 50 to 60 percent was not
contained in the House bill as proposed to be modified by Senate
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amendments nurrrhored 1, 2, 8, 4, and 5, and is considerably less than
the increases proposed by the House bill in the
the House. form in which it passed
.
ST CTDFINT Cl I ILD1SEN
Amendment numbered 6:
house Bill
The House bill, in the form in which it passed the House, contained
no provisions relating to student children.
SSc;nate Amendment
Seirate amendment numbered 1 proposed the insertion of a new
s,'etion 4 in the House bill which am^nded section 8'9O1(5) of title 5,
United States Code.. to extend health benefits coverage to an unmarried
child, regardless of age, who is dependent upon the enrolled parent
for more than half of his support and who is in. regular full-time at-
tendance at a lri;h school, trade school, technical or vocational insti-
tiite, junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized edu-
cational institution.
Covfere,.nce Agreement
The conference agreement does not contain the student children
trovisions of section 4 as proposed by Senate amendment numbered fi.
'I'K('IENiCAL All h' NI LATENT
A in('.n(fiment nnnimered 7:
Amendment numbered 7 is a purely technical amendment which
renumbers section 4 of the House, bill On the form in which it passed
the House) as section 5. This amendment is not necessary because of
the omission by the conference agreement of the new section 4, relat-
ito student- children, as proposed by Senate amendment numbered
0. The Senate recedes.
I;rAnNNIN(; DATE, uF TNCRE:ASEI4 IN GOVERNMENT 11EAUrIT IWNEVJ1rs
CONTRTRUT 1 ONS
Aurendme it, numbered S:
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Section 4 of the I-louse bill, relating to the beghadng date of the
i (Ties of increases proposed in Government health benefits contribu-
tions, provided that the first section shall become effective on the first
day of the first applicable pay period which begins on or after the
Ihirtieth day after the date of enactment.
~'ciwfe Amewhn?en.t
Senate amendment numbered S provided that such first section
shall become effective on the first. day of the first applicable pay period
which begins on or after January 1.1974-.
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Conference Agreement
Under the measure proposed by the conference agreement, the effec-
tive date of the first section, which provides the increases in Govern-
ment health benefits contributions, is that proposed by Senate amend-
ment numbered 8. This date is necessary to reflect the change from
1973 to 1974 made by the conference agreement in the calendar year
in which the series of such increases is to commence. The House
recedes.
T. J. DULSIu,
DAVID N. HENDERSON,
JEROME R. WALDIE,
LAWRENCE J. HOGAN,
Managers on the Part of the House.
GALE W. McGEI,,,
JENNINGS RANDOLrII1
QUENTIN BURDICx,
H. L. FONG,
TED STEVENS,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
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