31-Day Extension of Coverage
Your enrollment terminates on the date shown in Part A, item 8, on the
front of this form. Coverage under your enrollment continues temporarily
for 31 days from the date shown. If you, or any covered member of
your family, are a patient in a hospital on the 31st day of this temporary
extension, benefits of the plan may continue for the rest of that
confinement, but not beyond 60 more days.
Conversion to Nongroup Contract
You may convert your enrollment to a nongroup contract, without
evidence of good health. The nongroup contract to which you may
convert is one regularly offered by your plan. It may differ from your
group plan in benefits, or cost, or both, and you will have to pay the
entire cost of the nongroup contract directly to the plan. The nongroup
contract is effective on the day after your 31-day extension of coverage
ends.
If you are interested in converting to a nongroup contract, write for
information to the nearest office of the plan in which you have been
enrolled (see the plan’s brochure or ask your employing office for the
address of the plan’s nearest office). The plan will promptly send you an
application form and details concerning benefits and rates of the
nongroup contract to which you may convert.
Time Limit on Conversion
Normally, to be eligible for conversion, you must send your written
request for information to your plan within 31 days after the date shown
in Part H. However, if the date shown in Part H is more than 60 days
after the date your enrollment terminates (Part A, item 8), you must
forward it to your plan within 91 days after the date shown in Part A,
item 8.
If you are prevented by causes beyond your control from submitting a
timely request for information about conversion to a nongroup contract,
you should write to your plan as soon as possible asking approval of a
belated conversion opportunity. Explain fully the circumstances that
Part B - Termination
If Part B on the other side of this form is checked, read the following instructions carefully.
prevented earlier action and attach proof of the loss of group coverage
(e.g., Standard Form 50 terminating Federal employment). A plan may
consider requests filed within 6 months after group eligibility ends. If
your plan needs assistance in processing your request, it should contact
OPM.
Temporary Continuation of Coverage
If you are an employee whose enrollment is terminating because you are
separating from service (including separation for retirement), you may be
eligible to temporarily continue your benefits coverage under the Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program after separation. Within 61 days
after the date shown in Part A, item 8, on the front of this form, your
employing office will formally notify you of your rights regarding
temporary continuation of coverage and tell you where you may obtain
additional information. You will have 60 days after the later of (1) your
date of separation from service, or (2) the date you receive the notice
from your employing office in which to elect temporary continuation of
coverage.
When your temporary continuation of coverage expires, you will be
entitled to the 31-day extension of coverage and the opportunity to
convert to a nongroup contract.
Entry on Active Military Duty
If you elected to terminate your enrollment because you are entering
military service, you may convert to a nongroup contract even though
your family members are entitled to care under the Uniformed Services
Health Benefits Program. If you return to civilian duty in the exercise of
reemployment rights, your enrollment will be reinstated effective on the
day you return to active duty. If you return to civilian duty not in the
exercise of reemployment rights, you must, if eligible for coverage,
register again the same as a new employee. If you are an annuitant,
your enrollment will be reinstated on the day you are separated from
military service. You must notify your retirement system of this event
by furnishing a copy of your separation papers.
Part C - Transfer of Enrollment
If Part C on the other side of this form is checked, read carefully whichever of the following instructions applies:
Keep This Form For Your Records
Transfer of Employment
Your enrollment has been transferred from your previous agency or
payroll office to the agency or payroll office shown in Part H. If you are
in a prepaid comprehensive medical plan and you left the area served by
the plan, you may be able to change to another plan. For details about
your right to change plans, check with your employing office.
Retirement
Your enrollment has been transferred from your employing agency to the
retirement system shown in Part H. Your enrollment continues
automatically during retirement if you retire on an immediate annuity and
you have been enrolled under the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program for the lesser of (1) all your service since your first opportunity
to enroll, or (2) the 5 years of service immediately preceding retirement.
Your share of the cost of your enrollment will be withheld from your
annuity.
Death
The enrollment of the deceased employee named in Part A has been
transferred to the retirement system shown in Part H. If the deceased
employee or annuitant was enrolled for self and family at the time of
death, and if at least one member of the family is entitled to a survivor
annuity (or the widow(er) is entitled to the Basic Employee Death
Benefits under FERS), coverage for each family member who was
covered by the employee’s enrollment continues automatically.
If there is only one eligible survivor, the enrollment will be changed from
family coverage to self only. The survivor’s share of the cost of the
enrollment will be deducted from the annuity. Application for Death
Benefits (Standard Form 2800 or the equivalent) should be filed
promptly to avoid any question about health benefits coverage. When
the survivor annuity is approved, another form like this one will be
issued to show that the enrollment is being continued in the survivor’s
name.
Employees' Compensation
Your enrollment has been transferred to the Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs. Your enrollment continues automatically while
you receive monthly compensation from the Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs if the Secretary of Labor has held that you are
unable to return to duty and if you have been enrolled under the Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program for the lesser of (1) all your service
since your first opportunity to enroll, or (2) the 5 years of service
immediately preceding the start of your compensation. Enrollment of
covered family members of a deceased employee or compensationer
also continues automatically while they receive monthly compensation,
if (1) the deceased employee or compensationer was enrolled for self
and family at the time of death, and (2) at least one of the covered
family members is entitled to compensation as a surviving beneficiary
under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act. The compensationer’s
or survivor’s share of the cost of the enrollment will be deducted from
the compensation checks.
Back, Copy 1
Standard Form 2810
Revised June 1995