---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 9008"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "9008"
heading: "Administrative functions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/9008"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities"
  - "Chapter 90 — Long-Term Care Insurance"
---

# §9008. Administrative functions

- (a) **In General.—** The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.
- (b) **Enrollment Periods.—** The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) shall provide for periodic coordinated enrollment, promotion, and education efforts in consultation with the [carriers](/usc/5/8901.md?p=7).
- (c) **Consultation.—** Any regulations necessary to effect the application and operation of this chapter with respect to an [eligible individual](/usc/5/8951.md?p=3) described in paragraph [(3)](/usc/5/9001.md?p=3) or [(4)](/usc/5/9001.md?p=4) of section 9001, or a [qualified relative](/usc/5/9001.md?p=5) thereof, shall be prescribed by the [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) in consultation with the [appropriate Secretary](/usc/5/9001.md?p=10).
- (d) **Informed Decisionmaking.—** The [Office](/usc/5/5402.md?p=3) shall ensure that each [eligible individual](/usc/5/8951.md?p=3) applying for long-term care insurance under this chapter is furnished the information necessary to enable that individual to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of obtaining long-term care insurance under this chapter, including the following:
  - (1) The principal long-term care benefits and coverage available under this chapter, and how those benefits and coverage compare to the range of long-term care benefits and coverage otherwise generally available.
  - (2) Representative examples of the cost of long-term care, and the sufficiency of the benefits available under this chapter relative to those costs. The information under this paragraph shall also include—
    - (A) the projected effect of inflation on the value of those benefits; and
    - (B) a comparison of the inflation-adjusted value of those benefits to the projected future costs of long-term care.
  - (3) Any rights individuals under this chapter may have to cancel coverage, and to receive a total or partial refund of premiums. The information under this paragraph shall also include—
    - (A) the projected number or percentage of individuals likely to fail to maintain their coverage (determined based on lapse rates experienced under similar group long-term care insurance programs and, when available, this chapter); and
    - (B)
      - (i) a summary description of how and when premiums for long-term care insurance under this chapter may be raised;
      - (ii) the premium history during the last 10 years for each [qualified carrier](/usc/5/9001.md?p=7) offering long-term care insurance under this chapter; and
      - (iii) if cost increases are anticipated, the projected premiums for a typical insured individual at various ages.
  - (4) The advantages and disadvantages of long-term care insurance generally, relative to other means of accumulating or otherwise acquiring the assets that may be needed to meet the costs of long-term care, such as through tax-qualified retirement programs or other investment vehicles.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–265, title I, § 1002(a), Sept. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 768.)