48 CFR § 1609.7002 - 1609.7002 Minimum standards for Postal Service Health Benefits Carriers.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1609.7002"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1609.7002 - 1609.7002 Minimum standards for Postal Service Health Benefits Carriers."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1609.7002"
section_name: "1609.7002 Minimum standards for Postal Service Health Benefits Carriers."
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "1609"
part_name: "CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS"
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. 8903c and 8913; 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 48 CFR 1.301."
cfr_part: "1609"
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# 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]