5 USC § 6386 - Health insurance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s6386"
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title: "5 USC § 6386 - Health insurance"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "6386"
section_name: "Health insurance"
chapter_number: 63
chapter_name: "LEAVE"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–3, title II, § 201(a)(1), Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 23.)"
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# § 6386. Health insurance

An employee enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 who is placed in a leave status under section 6382 may elect to continue the health benefits enrollment of the employee while in such leave status and arrange to pay currently into the Employees Health Benefits Fund (described in section 8909), the appropriate employee contributions.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–3, title II, § 201(a)(1), Feb. 5, 1993, 107 Stat. 23.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 6 months after , see , set out as a note under , Labor.