TITLE 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL

CHAPTER I - OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER B - CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS

PART 870 - FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM

subpart a - ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

870.105 - Initial decision and reconsideration.

  (a) An individual may ask his/her agency or retirement system to reconsider its initial decision denying life insurance coverage, the opportunity to change coverage, the opportunity to assign insurance, or the opportunity to elect portability for Option B coverage.

  (b) An employing office's decision is an initial decision when the employing office gives it in writing and informs the individual of the right to an independent level of review (reconsideration) by the appropriate agency or retirement system.

  (c) A request for reconsideration must be made in writing and must include the employee's (or annuitant's) name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, reason(s) for the request, and, if applicable, retirement claim number.

  (d) A request for reconsideration must be made within 30 calendar days from the date of the initial decision. This time limit may be extended when the individual shows that he/she was not notified of the time limit and was not otherwise aware of it or that he/she was unable, due to reasons beyond his/her control, to make the request within the time limit.

  (e) The reconsideration must take place at or above the level at which the initial decision was made.

  (f) After reconsideration, the agency or retirement system must issue a final decision to the insured individual. This decision must be in writing and must fully state the findings.

[62 FR 48731, Sept. 17, 1997. Redesignated and amended at 64 FR 72461, Dec. 28, 1999]