American Worker Long-Term Care Affordability Act of 1999
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
American Worker Long-Term Care Affordability Act of 1999 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish and administer a program through which Federal employees and annuitants may obtain group or individual long-term care insurance for themselves, a spouse, or, to the extent permitted under the insurance contract terms, any other eligible relative.
Directs OPM to: (1) annually identify and list participating insurance carriers; (2) provide carrier application requirements; (3) publish in the Federal Register appropriate information concerning such carriers and the availability of such insurance to eligible individuals; (4) arrange to have covered individuals receive a copy of such insurance policy as well as a benefit certificate; and (5) undertake certain administrative functions with respect to employee or annuitant insurance enrollment and pay or annuity withholdings to cover the cost of such insurance.
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 36: American Worker Long-Term Care Affordability Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-36/
"S. 36: American Worker Long-Term Care Affordability Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-36/.
S. 36, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-36/.
[S. 36: American Worker Long-Term Care Affordability Act of 1999](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-36/)