{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-890.1606","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 890.1606","heading":"Opportunities to enroll, change enrollment, or reenroll; effective dates.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, a Postal Service employee may enroll or change enrollment, as provided by § 890.301, in a PSHB plan and may not enroll in a FEHB plan as a Postal Service employee.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, a Postal Service annuitant may change enrollment or reenroll as provided by § 890.306, in a PSHB plan and may not enroll or reenroll in a FEHB plan as a Postal Service annuitant.\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, reinstatement of enrollment in accordance with § 890.305 is permitted in a PSHB plan.\n(d) Initial decisions and reconsiderations of PSHB eligibility or enrollment will be made pursuant to § 890.1607.\n(e) Under this subpart, an enrollment, change of enrollment, or reenrollment made during Open Season takes effect on January 1 of the next year.\n(f) Under this subpart, OPM will effectuate the following health benefits actions: to enroll or change enrollment; to elect not to enroll; and to reenroll. The employing office makes determinations of eligibility under 5 U.S.C. chapter 89, pursuant to application of 39 U.S.C. 1005.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 890—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM","Subpart P—Postal Service Health Benefits Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"eb97059c8c36f18e99e4d703eded38b50ea270297e0a6b45dfd7f8d993e25d85","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-890.1605","next":"us/5-cfr-890.1607"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}