Under Civil Service Commission regulations, Federally-appointed cooperative employees
serving with non-Federal agencies and paid in whole or part from non-Federal funds
(e.g., county agricultural agents) may enroll under FEHBA if the non-Federal agency
arranges with the Commission for the payment of premiums. In the absence of such arrangements,
these employees and their spouses would not be considered to have had an opportunity
to enroll in a FEHBA plan. They would not, therefore, be precluded from entitlement
to HI under the deemed insured provision. Those who retired before an arrangement
was made would also not be precluded from HI entitlement.
Most of these arrangements under the Civil Service Commission regulations have been
made through the Department of Agriculture and only with State Extension Services
in the following States:
State |
Effective Date of Agreement |
Alaska |
May 31, 1968 |
Arizona |
October 30, 1960 |
Arkansas |
June 1, 1961 |
Colorado |
November 30, 1964 |
Delaware |
May 30, 1970 |
Hawaii |
August 31, 1960 |
Kansas |
June 1, 1960 |
Kentucky |
June 1, 1960 |
Maine |
February 14, 1961 |
Minnesota |
September 14, 1960 |
Mississippi |
October 30, 1967 |
Montana |
August 31, 1960 |
Nebraska |
August 1, 1960 |
Nevada |
January 29, 1962 |
New Hampshire |
May 1, 1963 |
New Mexico |
August 31, 1960 |
North Dakota |
August 1, 1960 |
Oklahoma |
June 1, 1960 |
Oregon |
May 30, 1972 |
South Carolina |
May 31, 1968 |
Utah |
June 6, 1961 |
Vermont |
November 30, 1967 |
Virgin Islands |
November 6, 1966 |
Washington |
December 30, 1967 |
West Virginia |
July 1, 1962 |
If consistent with the above information, accept the statement of a Federally-appointed
cooperative employee (or a civil service annuitant who formerly was such an employee)
that had no opportunity to enroll under FEHBA. If, on the other hand, such employee
served in one of the listed States after the date of the arrangement with the Civil
Service Commission, apply the rules in HI 00801.081.