PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT 2061 Subtitle C—Health Care Services for Medicare-Eligible Department of Defense Beneficiaries SEC. 721. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO INCLUDE CERTAIN COVERED BENEFICIARIES WITHIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM. (a) FEHBP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. —(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
- §1108. Health care coverage through Federal Employees
Health BeneHts program: demonstration project "(a) FEHBP OPTION DEMONSTRATION.— The Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the other administering Secretaries, shall enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a demonstration project (in this section referred to as the 'demonstration project*) under which eligible beneficiaries described in subsection (b) and residing within one of the areas covered by the demonstration project may enroll in health benefits plans offered through the Federal Employees Health Benefits program under chapter 89 of title 5. The number of eligible beneficiaries and family members of such beneficiaries under subsection (b)(2) who may be enrolled in health benefits plans during the enrollment period under subsection (d)(2) may not exceed 66,000. "(b) ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES; COVERAGE.- - (1) An eligible beneficiary under this subsection is— "(A) a member or former member of the uniformed services described in section 1074(b) of this title who is entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIH of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395c et seq.); "(B) an individual who is an unremarried former spouse of a member or former member described in section I072(2)(F) or 1072(2)(G)); "(C) an individual who is— "(i) a dependent of a deceased member or former member described in section 1076(b) or 1076(a)(2)(B) of this title or of a member who died while on active duty for a period of more than 30 days; and "(ii) a member of family as defined in section 8901(5) of title 5; or "(D) an individual who is— "(i) a dependent of a living member or former member described in section 1076(b)( 1) of this title who is entitled to hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIH of the Social Security Act, regardless of the member's or former member's eligibility for such hospital insurance benefits; and "(ii) a member of family as defined in section 8901(5) of title 5. "(2) Eligible beneficiaries may enroll in a Federal Employees Health Benefit plan under chapter 89 of title 5 under this section for self-only coverage or for self and family coverage which includes any dependent of the member or former member who is a family member for purposes of such chapter.
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