S 561
107th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil service retirement
Coast guard
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Military personnel
Personal income tax
Public health personnel
Retired military personnel
Retiree health benefits
Tax deductions
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Federal Employees Health Insurance Premium Conversion Act of 2001
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 20, 2001
Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services.
Mar 19, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Mar 19, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2474)
Mar 19, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Federal Employees Health Insurance Premium Conversion Act of 2001 - Requires the Office of Personnel Management to make available to Federal annuitants the option to pay their Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program enrollment charges through a health insurance premium conversion arrangement beginning on the same date as when such option first becomes available to Federal employees generally, but no later than the deadline specified below.
Requires the Secretary of Defense (or each appropriate Secretary with respect to the Coast Guard and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service) to establish such a plan for members and retired members of the uniformed services. Requires that all such plans be completed so that such option shall become available not later than the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
What's happening now
Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services.