102 STAT. 3842 PUBLIC LAW 100-654—NOV. 14, 1988

"(B) on the day before so ceasing to meet the require-
ments referred to in subparagraph (A), was covered under a
health benefits plan under this chapter as a member of the
family of an employee or annuitant; and

"(C) would not otherwise be eligible for any benefits
under this chapter (determined without regard to any tem-
porary extension of coverage and without regard to any
benefits available under a nongroup contract).

Regulations. "(cXD The Office shall prescribe regulations and provide for the

Contracts. inclusion of appropriate terms in contracts with carriers to provide

that—

"(A) with respect to an employee who becomes (or will
become) eligible for continued coverage under this section as a
result of separation from service, the separating agency shall,
before the end of the 3(Kday period beginning on the date as of
which coverage (including any temporary extensions of cov-
erage) would otherwise end, notify the individual of such
individual's rights under this section; and

Children and "(B) with respect to a child of an employee or annuitant who

y°uth. becomes eligible for continued coverage under this section as a

result of ceasing to meet the requirements for being considered
a member of the employee's or annuitant's family—

"(i) the employee or annuitant may provide written
notice of the child's change in status (complete with the
child's name, address, and such other information as the
Office may by regulation require)—

"(I) to the employee's employing agency; or
"(ID in the case of an annuitant, to the Office; and
"(ii) if the notice referred to in clause (i) is received within
60 days after the date as of which the child involved first
ceases to meet the requirements involved, the employing
agency or the Office (as the case may be) must, within 14
days after receiving such notice, notify the child of such
child's rights under this section.

"(2) In order to obtain continued coverage under this section, an
appropriate written election (submitted in such manner as the
Office by regulation prescribes) must be made—

"(A) in the case of an individual seeking continued coverage
based on a separation from service, before the end of the 60-day
period beginning on the later of—

"(i) the effective date of the separation; or
"(ii) the date the separated individual receives the notice
required under paragraph (1XA); or

"(B) in the case of an individual seeking continued coverage
based on a change in circumstances making such individual
ineligible for coverage as an unmarried dependent child, before
the end of the 60-day period beginning on the later of—

"(i) the date as of which such individual first ceases to
meet the requirements for being considered an unmarried
dependent child; or

"(ii) the date such individual receives notice under para-
graph (IXBXii);

except that if a parent fails to provide the notice required under
paragraph (IXBXi) in timely fashion, the 60-day period under
this subparagraph shall be based on the date under clause (i),
irrespective of whether or not any notice under paragraph
(IXBXii) is provided.