§457.420. Benchmark health benefits coverage.
42 C.F.R. § 457.420
Benchmark coverage is health benefits coverage that is substantially equal to the health benefits coverage in one of the following benefit plans:
Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP). The standard Blue Cross/Blue Shield preferred provider option service benefit plan that is described in, and offered to Federal employees under, 5 U.S.C. 8903(1).
State employee plan. A health benefits plan that is offered and generally available to State employees in the State.
Health maintenance organization (HMO) plan. A health insurance coverage plan that is offered through an HMO (as defined in section 2791(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act) and has the largest insured commercial, non-Medicaid enrollment in the State.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Source
Source: 66 FR 2678, Jan. 11, 2001, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.
Source
Source: 65 FR 33622, May 24, 2000, unless otherwise noted.