Sec. 5. Federal employee health benefit plans
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The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall issue such regulations as are necessary to ensure that pregnancy is considered a change in family status and a qualifying life event for an individual who is eligible to enroll, but is not enrolled, in a health benefit plan under chapter 89 title 5, United States Code. The requirement in paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to any contract entered into under section 8902 of such title beginning 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Section 8905 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Any services by an officer or employee under this chapter relating to enrolling individuals in a health benefits plan under this chapter, or changing the enrollment of an individual already so enrolled due to an event described in section 5(a)(1) of the Healthy MOM Act, shall be deemed, for purposes of section 1342 of title 31, services for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property. . The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall apply to any lapse in appropriations beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act.