---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 1609.7002"
title: "48"
number: "1609.7002"
heading: "Minimum standards for Postal Service Health Benefits Carriers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/1609.7002"
---

# §1609.7002. Minimum standards for Postal Service Health Benefits Carriers.

- (a) The carrier of a PSHB plan shall meet the minimum standards as described in 1609.7001.
- (b) To the greatest extent practicable, an FEHB Carrier (defined in 1602.170-1) that offers an FEHB plan (defined in 1602.170-9) in which the total enrollment includes 1,500 or more Postal Service employees or Postal Service annuitants in the contract year beginning January 2023 must offer a PSHB plan in the initial contract year. OPM may exempt a comprehensive medical plan, as described in [5 U.S.C. 8903(4)](/usc/5/8903.md?p=4), from the requirement in this [paragraph (b)](#b).

## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 20408, Apr. 6, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8903c and 8913; 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 48 CFR 1.301.

### Amendments

[88 FR 20408, Apr. 6, 2023]