5 CFR § 890.1606 - Opportunities to enroll, change enrollment, or reenroll; effective dates.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s890.1606"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 890.1606 - Opportunities to enroll, change enrollment, or reenroll; effective dates."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "890.1606"
section_name: "Opportunities to enroll, change enrollment, or reenroll; effective dates."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "890"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS 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. 8913; Sec. 890.102 also issued under sections 11202(f), 11232(e), and 11246 (b) of Pub. L. 105-33, 111 Stat. 251; Sec. 890.111 also issued under 36 U.S.C. 5522; Sec. 890.112 also issued under 2 U.S.C. 2051; Sec. 890.113 also issued under section 1110 of Pub. L. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1198 (5 U.S.C. 8702 note); Sec. 890.301 also issued under 26 U.S.C. 9801; Sec. 890.302(b) also issued under 42 U.S.C. 300gg-14; Sec. 890.803 also issued under 50 U.S.C. 3516 (formerly 50 U.S.C. 403p) and 22 U.S.C. 4069c and 4069c-1; subpart L also issued under section 599C of Pub. L. 101-513, 104 Stat. 2064 (5 U.S.C. 5561 note); subpart M also issued under 10 U.S.C. 1108 and 25 U.S.C. 1647b; and subpart P issued under 5 U.S.C. 8903c."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 12510, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "890"
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# 890.1606 Opportunities to enroll, change enrollment, or reenroll; effective dates.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, a Postal Service employee may enroll or change enrollment, as provided by § 890.301, in a PSHB plan and may not enroll in a FEHB plan as a Postal Service employee.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, a Postal Service annuitant may change enrollment or reenroll as provided by § 890.306, in a PSHB plan and may not enroll or reenroll in a FEHB plan as a Postal Service annuitant.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, reinstatement of enrollment in accordance with § 890.305 is permitted in a PSHB plan.
(d) Initial decisions and reconsiderations of PSHB eligibility or enrollment will be made pursuant to § 890.1607.
(e) Under this subpart, an enrollment, change of enrollment, or reenrollment made during Open Season takes effect on January 1 of the next year.
(f) Under this subpart, OPM will effectuate the following health benefits actions: to enroll or change enrollment; to elect not to enroll; and to reenroll. The employing office makes determinations of eligibility under 5 U.S.C. chapter 89, pursuant to application of 39 U.S.C. 1005.
[88 FR 20403, Apr. 6, 2023, as amended at 89 FR 37079, May 6, 2024; 89 FR 85029, Oct. 24, 2024]