---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 870.1005"
title: "5"
number: "870.1005"
heading: "Premiums."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/870.1005"
---

# §870.1005. Premiums.

- (a) Government contributions and employee withholdings required under [subpart D](/cfr/5/subpartD.md) of this part are paid from the funds provided under [section 599C(e)](/cfr/5/599C.md?p=e) of Pub. L. 101-513 (104 Stat. 2035).
- (b) If an individual isn't insured for the full pay period, premiums are paid only for the days he/she is actually insured. The daily premium is the monthly premium multiplied by 12 and divided by 365.
- (c) OPM may accept the payments required by this section in advance from a State Department appropriation, if necessary to fund the 12-month period of coverage beginning the earlier of:
  - (1) The day after sanctions or hostilities end; or
  - (2) **The day after the individual's hostage status ends.**
- (d) OPM will place any funds received under [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section in an account set up for that purpose. OPM will make the deposit required under [5 U.S.C. 8714](/usc/5/8714.md) from the account when the appropriate pay period occurs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 48731, Sept. 17, 1997; 62 FR 52181, Oct. 6, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8716; Sec. 870.106 also issued under section 1110(b) of Pub. L. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1198 (5 U.S.C. 8702 note); Sec. 870.302(a)(3) also issued under sections 11202(f), 11232(e), and 11246(b) and (c) of Pub. L. 105-33, 111 Stat. 251, section 7(e) of Pub. L. 105-274, 112 Stat. 2419, and section 145 of Pub. L. 106-522, 114 Stat. 2472; Sec. 870.302(a)(3)(ii) also issued under section 153 of Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321; Secs. 870.302(b)(8), 870.601(a), and 870.602(b) also issued under Pub. L. 110-279, 122 Stat. 2604 (2 U.S.C. 2051); Subpart E also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8702(c); Sec. 870.601(d)(3) also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8706(d); Sec. 870.510 also issued under section 1622(b) of Pub. L. 104-106, 110 Stat. 521 (36 U.S.C. 5522); Sec. 870.703(e)(1) also issued under section 502 of Pub. L. 110-177, 121 Stat. 2542 (5 U.S.C. 8701 note); Sec. 870.705 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8714b(c) and 8714c(c); and Subpart J also issued under section 599C of Pub. L. 101-513, 104 Stat. 2064 (5 U.S.C. 5561 note), as amended.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 48731, Sept. 17, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 48731, Sept. 17, 1997; 62 FR 52181, Oct. 6, 1997]