5 U.S.C. § 8702 : US Code - Section 8702: Automatic coverage

Search 5 U.S.C. § 8702 : US Code - Section 8702: Automatic coverage

(a) An employee is automatically insured on the date he becomes
eligible for insurance and each policy of insurance purchased by
the Office of Personnel Management under this chapter shall provide
for that automatic coverage.
(b) An employee desiring not to be insured shall give written
notice to his employing office on a form prescribed by the Office.
If the notice is received before he has become insured, he shall
not be insured. If the notice is received after he has become
insured, his insurance stops at the end of the pay period in which
the notice is received.
(c) Notwithstanding a notice previously given under subsection
(b), an employee of the Department of Defense who is designated as
an emergency essential employee under section 1580 of title 10
shall be insured if the employee, within 60 days after the date of
the designation, elects to be insured under a policy of insurance
under this chapter. An election under the preceding sentence shall
be effective when provided to the Office in writing, in the form
prescribed by the Office, within such 60-day period.