The FEHB Protection Act requires the Office of Personnel Management to strengthen oversight of the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, which provides health insurance to federal workers and their families. The legislation mandates that within one year, federal agencies must implement a verification process to confirm that people adding family members to health plans actually qualify as eligible family members and that any life events they cite are genuine. The bill also requires the Office of Personnel Management to conduct comprehensive audits over a three-year period starting one year after enactment, reviewing marriage certificates, birth certificates, and other documents to verify that family members currently enrolled are actually eligible for coverage. Additionally, the director must develop a process within six months to remove ineligible individuals from health plans, and must include assessments of ineligible enrollees in any fraud risk reviews of the program. The legislation aims to prevent improper enrollment and reduce fraud in the federal employee health insurance system, which covers millions of federal workers and their dependents.
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