---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8913"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "8913"
heading: "Regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/8913"
units:
- "Part III — Employees"
- "Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities"
- "Chapter 89 — Health Insurance"
---
# §8913. Regulations
- (a) The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.
- (b) The regulations of the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) may prescribe the time at which and the manner and conditions under which an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) is [eligible](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-3) to enroll in an approved [health benefits plan](/usc/5/8901.md?p=6) described by section [8903](/usc/5/8903.md) or [8903a](/usc/5/8903a.md) of this title. The regulations may exclude an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) on the basis of the nature and type of his employment or conditions pertaining to it, such as short-term appointment, seasonal or intermittent employment, and employment of like nature. The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) may not exclude—
- (1) an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) or group of [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) solely on the basis of the hazardous nature of employment;
- (2) a teacher in the employ of the [Board](/usc/5/8401.md?p=5) of Education of the District of Columbia, whose [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) is fixed by [section 1501 of title 31](/usc/31/1501.md), District of Columbia Code, on the basis of the fact that the teacher is serving under a temporary appointment if the teacher has been so employed by the [Board](/usc/5/8401.md?p=5) for a period or periods totaling not less than two school years;
- (3) an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) who is occupying a [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) on a [part-time career employment](/usc/5/3401.md?p=2) basis (as defined in [section 3401(2) of this title](/usc/5/3401.md?p=2)); or
- (4) an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) who is employed on a temporary basis and is [eligible](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-3) under [section 8906a(a)](/usc/5/8906a.md?p=a).
- (c) The regulations of the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) shall provide for the beginning and ending dates of coverage of [employees](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2), [annuitants](/usc/5/8401.md?p=2), [members](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) of their families, and [former spouses](/usc/5/8401.md?p=12) under [health benefits plans](/usc/5/8901.md?p=6). The regulations may permit the coverage to continue, exclusive of the temporary extension of coverage described by [section 8902(g) of this title](/usc/5/8902.md?p=g), until the end of the [pay](/usc/5/7511.md?p=a-4) period in which an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) is separated from the [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26), or until the end of the month in which an [annuitant](/usc/5/8401.md?p=2) or [former spouse](/usc/5/8401.md?p=12) ceases to be entitled to annuity, and in case of the death of an [employee](/usc/5/4701.md?p=a-2) or [annuitant](/usc/5/8401.md?p=2), may permit a temporary extension of the coverage of [members](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) of his family for not to exceed 90 days.
- (d) The [Secretary](/usc/5/9901.md?p=2) of Agriculture shall prescribe regulations to effect the application and operation of this chapter to an individual named by [section 8901(1)(H) of this title](/usc/5/8901.md?p=1-H).
## Source credit
(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 607; Pub. L. 95–437, § 4(c)(1), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1058; Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(a)(2), (3), (c)(2)(F), (H), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1224, 1227; Pub. L. 98–615, § 3(7), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3204; Pub. L. 99–53, § 2(a), June 17, 1985, 99 Stat. 94; Pub. L. 100–654, title III, § 301(c), Nov. 14, 1988, 102 Stat. 3846.)
## Notes
| Historical and Revision Notes | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and
Statutes at Large |
| (a) | 5 U.S.C. 3009(a). | Sept. 28, 1959, Pub. L. 86–382, § 10(a), 73 Stat. 715. |
| (b) | 5 U.S.C. 3002(a) (words between 1st and 4th commas of 1st sentence, and 2d sentence), (f) (words between 1st and 2d commas of 1st sentence). | Sept. 28, 1959, Pub. L. 86–382, § 3(a) (words between 1st and 4th commas of 1st sentence, and 2d sentence), 73 Stat. 710.
July 1, 1960, Pub. L. 86–568, § 115(d) “(f) (words between 1st and 2d commas of 1st sentence)”, 74 Stat. 303. |
| | | Oct. 6, 1964, Pub. L. 88–631, § 1, 78 Stat. 1007. |
| (c) | 5 U.S.C. 3009(b). | Sept. 28, 1959, Pub. L. 86–382, § 10(b), 73 Stat. 715. |
| (d) | 5 U.S.C. 3002(f) (2d sentence). | July 1, 1960, Pub. L. 86–568, § 115(d) “(f) (2d sentence)”, 74 Stat. 303. |
In subsection (b)(2), the words “section 1501 of title 31, District of Columbia Code” are substituted for “section 1 of the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 521), as amended (sec. 31–1501, D.C. Code, 1961 edition)”.
Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
### Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1988—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 100–654 added par. (4).
1985—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–53 inserted reference to section 8903a of this title.
1984—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–615, § 3(7), substituted “employees, annuitants, members of their families, and former spouses” for “employees and annuitants and members of their families”, and “in which an annuitant or former spouse” for “in which an annuitant”.
1978—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 95–454, § 906(a)(2), (3), substituted “Office of Personnel Management” for “Civil Service Commission” and “Office” for “Commission” wherever appearing.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 95–454, § 906(c)(2)(F), (H), substituted “3401” for “3391”.
Pub. L. 95–437 added par. (3).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–454, § 906(a)(3), substituted “Office” for “Commission”.
### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–654 effective 120 days after Nov. 14, 1988, see section 301(d) of Pub. L. 100–654, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8906a of this title.
### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–615 effective May 7, 1985, with enumerated exceptions, and applicable to any individual who is married to an employee or annuitant on or after that date, see section 4(a)(2) of Pub. L. 98–615, as amended, set out as a note under section 8341 of this title.
### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.