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Postal Service Health Benefits Program: Additional Requirements and Clarifications
The Personnel Management Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on October 24, 2024. It took effect on October 24, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this final rule to clarify and establish additional requirements regarding the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, which was established pursuant to the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA). This final rule expands on previous regulations concerning the PSHB Program and is intended to provide greater detail and clarity necessary to properly implement PSHB in 2025 and beyond. In particular, this final rule includes details on reconsideration of PSHB eligibility decisions, the Medicare Part B enrollment requirement, allocation of reserve credits, calendar year alignment of Government contribution requirements, financial reporting and actuarial calculations, premium payment prioritization from the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, and Medicare Part D integration.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-24796
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Personnel Management Office
- Published
- October 24, 2024
- Takes effect
- October 24, 2024
- Dates
- This final rule is effective October 24, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket ID: OPM-2024-0002
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3206-AO59
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 5 CFR 890
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Government employees; Health facilities; Health insurance; Health professions; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Retirement
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 23
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