How to obtain TCC for children who lose FEHB coverage
If your child wants TCC, you must notify your
employing office within 60 days after the
qualifying event and supply the child's mailing
address. (Since the enrollment will be in the
child's name, the child must complete the
election form and the child will be billed for
the coverage.)
Within 14 days after it receives the information
about the child, the employing office must notify
the child of his or her TCC rights. The child
must make his or her election within 60 days
after the laterof:
- the date of the qualifying event, or
- the date the child receives the notice about
TCC (temporary continuation of coverage)
rights from your employing office, if you notified
the employing office within 60 days after
the qualifying event.
If you don't notify your employing office within
the 60-day time limit, the opportunity to elect
TCC ends 60 days after the qualifying event.
If someone other than you (the employee)
notifies the employing office about your child's
eligibility, your employing office will notify your
child of his or her TCC rights, but your child's
60-day time limit to elect TCC begins with the
qualifying event, not the date of the employing
office's notice of TCC rights.