(a) Employees and employees of the United States Postal Service pay premiums through payroll allotments.

(b) Annuitants and survivor annuitants pay premiums through annuity allotments.

(c) Compensationers pay premiums through allotments from compensation payments.

(d) In limited circumstances, individuals may make direct premium payments. See § 894.405.

(e) A sponsor, TEI certifying family member, TEI former spouse, or TEI who is an unremarried survivor pays premiums the following ways:

(1) A sponsor or TEI certifying family member who receives uniformed services pay or uniformed services retirement pay shall pay premiums through deduction from payroll (including uniformed services retirement pay deduction).

(2) A sponsor or TEI certifying family member who is not described in paragraph (e)(1) of this section, and a TEI former spouse or TEI who is an unremarried survivor shall pay premiums through:

(i) Automatic bank withdrawal; or

(ii) Direct premium payments.

The premiums you pay shall reasonably and equitably reflect the cost of the benefits provided.

(a) Your FEDVIP premiums are paid on a pre-tax basis (called premium conversion) if you are an active employee or employee of the United States Postal Service, your salary is sufficient to make the premium allotments, and your agency will be able to make pre-tax allotments.

(b) Your FEDVIP premiums are not paid on a pre-tax basis if:

(1) You are an employee or employee of the United States Postal Service in nonpay status or an employee or employee of the United States Postal Service whose salary is not high enough to make premium allotments, or your agency is unable to make pre-tax allotments;

(2) You are an annuitant, a survivorannuitant, or a compensationer;

(3) Your enrollment change was made effective retroactively which resulted in additional premium withholdings, unless it is as a result of birth or adoption of a child;

(4) You have been approved to pay premiums directly to the Administrator;

(5) You are a TEI; or

(6) You are an employee of the United States Postal Service not eligible to enroll in the FEHB Program under part 890 of this chapter.

No, all enrolled employees whose salary is sufficient to make premium allotments and whose agency is able to make pre-tax allotments must participate in premium conversion.

(a) If your pay, annuity, or compensation is too low to cover the premium allotments, or if you go into a nonpay status, contact the Administrator to arrange to pay your premiums directly to the Administrator.

(b) If you do not make the premium payments, your FEDVIP coverage will stop. You will not be able to reenroll until the next open season after:

(1) You are in pay status; or

(2) Your pay is sufficient to make the premium allotments.

(c) If you are a FEDVIP enrollee, who due to a lapse in appropriations is furloughed or excepted from furlough and working without pay due to such a lapse, your FEDVIP coverage will not stop during such a lapse. Upon the end of such a lapse, premiums will be paid to the Carrier from back pay made available as soon as practicable upon the end of such a lapse.

(a) You must contact the Administrator to arrange to pay your premiums by direct premium payment or automatic bank withdrawal to the Administrator.

(b) If you do not make the premium payments, your FEDVIP coverage will stop. You will not be able to reenroll until the next open season after:

(1) You are in pay status; or

(2) Your uniformed services pay or uniformed services retirement pay (retired, retainer, or equivalent) is sufficient to make the premium payment.

(c) If you are a FEDVIP enrollee who is furloughed or excepted from furlough and working without pay due to such a lapse, your coverage will not stop during such a lapse. Upon the end of such a lapse, premiums will be paid to the Carrier using back pay.