5 CFR § 875.207 - What happens if I am in nonpay status during a special application period?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s875.207"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 875.207 - What happens if I am in nonpay status during a special application period?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "875.207"
section_name: "What happens if I am in nonpay status during a special application period?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "875"
part_name: "FEDERAL LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 9008; Pub. L. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1198 (5 U.S.C. 8956 note)."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 5534, Feb. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "875"
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# 875.207 What happens if I am in nonpay status during a special application period?
(a) If you return to pay status from nonpay status during a special application period, you have 60 days from the date of your return, or until the end of the special application period, whichever gives you more time, to apply for coverage pursuant to the rules of that special application period.
(b) If you return to pay status from nonpay status within 180 days after the end of the special application period, you have 60 days from the date of your return to apply for coverage pursuant to the rules of that special application period.
(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section apply only when you have been in nonpay status for more than one-half of a special application period, unless you went into nonpay status for a reason beyond your control.
[87 FR 68598, Nov. 16, 2022]