48 CFR 1609.7002 - 1609.7002 Minimum standards for Postal Service Health Benefits Carriers.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 07, 2024

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Apr 07, 2025

View all text of Subpart 1609.70 [1609.7001 - 1609.7002]

1609.7002 - 1609.7002 Minimum standards for Postal Service Health Benefits Carriers.

(a) The carrier of a PSHB plan shall meet the minimum standards as described in 1609.7001.

(b) To the greatest extent practicable, an FEHB Carrier (defined in 1602.170-1) that offers an FEHB plan (defined in 1602.170-9) in which the total enrollment includes 1,500 or more Postal Service employees or Postal Service annuitants in the contract year beginning January 2023 must offer a PSHB plan in the initial contract year. OPM may exempt a comprehensive medical plan, as described in 5 U.S.C. 8903(4), from the requirement in this paragraph (b).

[88 FR 20408, Apr. 6, 2023]

authority: 5 U.S.C. 8903c and 8913; 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 48 CFR 1.301

cite as: 48 CFR 1609.7002