---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 875.402"
title: "5"
number: "875.402"
heading: "When will open seasons be held?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/875.402"
---

# §875.402. When will open seasons be held?

- (a) **There are no regularly scheduled open seasons for long term care insurance.** OPM may have special application periods in which active workforce members and their spouses may apply based on abbreviated underwriting.
- (b) In situations where OPM determines that it is appropriate to have a special application period, OPM will announce any such period via publication of a document in the Federal Register. The document will include the requirements for eligible applicants during the special application period.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 68598, Nov. 16, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 9008; Pub. L. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1198 (5 U.S.C. 8956 note).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 5534, Feb. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 68598, Nov. 16, 2022]