FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFIT AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1988, H.R. 5102

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• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: August 12, 1988
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12 August 1988
OCA 2715-88
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Administrative Law Division/OGC
FROM:
Office
Legislation Division STAT
of Congressional Affairs
SUBJECT: Federal Employees Health Benefits Amendments Act
of 1988, H.R. 5102
1. Attached for your information is a copy of the above-
captioned bill, which extends health benefits coverage to former
employees, dependents, former spouses, and annuitants. The
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service marked it up on
10 August 1988. While the Office of Personnel had previously
indicated that the bill would pose a substantial administrative
burden, the committee would accept no amendments. However, the
staff members did indicate that they did not believe the bill took
into account agencies administering their own programs and may be
amenable to report language.
2. On 12 August 1986, the Office of Personnel indicated that
there was another problem with the bill in that it allowed
potential disclosure of covert employees through the disclosure of
information regarding these employees and annuitants, their
dependents and former spouses. Accordingly, and I STAT
have drafted the attached report language designed to take care of
these problems.
3. It is likely that this bill will pass the House this
session. However, no companion bill exists in the Senate. If you
have any questions, please contact me on
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100TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 5102
To amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the health
benefits program for Federal employees and certain other individuals.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 28, 1988
Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mrs. MORELLA, MS. OAKAR, Mr. MYERS of Indiana,
and Mr. LELAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To amend the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating
to the health benefits program for Federal employees and
certain other individuals.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the "Federal Employees
5 Health Benefits Amendments Act of 1988".
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FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1988
H.R. 5102
Report Language
This measure does not aim to interfere with agencies which
administer their own health benefits programs. For instance,
for reasons of national security the Central Intelligence
Agency manages its own insurance program. Information
concerning certain employees, dependents, former employees,
former spouses, and annuitants is classified and must be
treated with certain precautions. The dissemination of this
information should thus be proscribed whenever possible and the
Director of the CIA given the flexibility to prescribe
regulations consistent with, but perhaps not identical to,
those prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management and
which protect sensitive intelligence information. This does
not allow the CIA the right to grant persons who may be
enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5
lesser substantive benefits than other Government employees,
their former spouses, and their family members. Rather, the
CIA may deviate from the law's requirements only when necessary
to protect intelligence sources and methods.
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