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2003 Benefits Administration Letters

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has Government wide responsibility and oversight for Federal benefits administration. These pages contain the Benefits Administration Letters (BALs) used for program administration. The BALs provide guidance to agencies on various aspects of Federal benefits administration.

BAL Number	Date	Subject	Format
100 Series		Retirement Policy and Process Issues
03-101	01/9/03	Annual Changes	[129 KB]
03-101	01/9/03	Attachment A - Benefits Changes Chart	[89 KB]
03-102	01/22/03	Crediting Service with a DoD or Coast Guard Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality for CSRS or FERS Immediate Retirement Under Public Law 107-107, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002	[125 KB]
		Attachment 1 - Examples: Who Can Elect to Use NAF Service to Qualify for CSRS or FERS Immediate Retirement under Section 1132 of Public Law 107-107 and Who Cannot	[108 KB]
		Attachment 2 - Computing Annuity Estimates When NAF Service is Used to Qualify for Immediate Retirement under Section 1132 of Public Law 107-107	[666 KB]
		Attachment 3 - Election Form RI 38-145	[84 KB]
		Attachment 4 - Model Request for Verification of NAF Service; Names and Addresses of NAF Employers; Verification of NAF Service Form (revised 2/11/03)	[111 KB]
		Attachment 5 - NAF Service Credit Flag	[81 KB]
		Attachment 6 - Charts	[175 KB]
03-103	02/26/03	Benefit Officers Resource Center (BORC) Emergency Customer Service	[127 KB]
03-103	02/26/03	Attachment A - BORC Emergency Operations Liaison Designations	[105 KB]
03-104	04/15/03	Retirement Coverage Error Correction: Correction of Errors that do not Provide an Election	[172 KB]
		Attachment A - Common Retirement Plans & Corresponding Codes	[59 KB]
		Attachment B - Examples of Distribution of Monies Between Retirement & Social Security	[89 KB]
03-105	06/25/03	Computing the Post-1956 Military Deposit for Employees On LWOP-US Who Receive Civilian Pay During Their Active Military Duty	[129 KB]
03-105	06/25/03	Attachment A - Sample Request for Estimated Military Earnings	[126 KB]
03-106	07/30/03	Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000	[49 KB]
200 Series		Insurance Policy and Process Issues
03-201	01/31/03	Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Opportunity for Certain Former CareFirst Blue Choice and Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) Service Benefit Plan Members to Change Enrollment	[92 KB]
03-202	02/11/03	Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Opportunity for Affected Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) Service Benefit Plan Members in Tennessee, Enrollment Codes 104, 105, 111, and 112, to Change Enrollment (The HCA Hospitals are located in the Chattanooga/Nashville area.)	[123 KB]
03-203	02/11/03	Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Opportunity for Certain Former Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) Service Benefit Plan Members in Florida, Enrollment Codes 104, 105, 111, and 112, to Change Enrollment (The BayCare Health System is located in the Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg area.)	[92 KB]
03-204	03/18/03	Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Level Orange Alert	[140 KB]
03-205	03/25/03	Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Effect of the Retroactive Pay Raise on the Amount of FEGLI Coverage and on Life Insurance Certifications	[149 KB]
03-206	06/06/03	FEHB Program: Opportunity for Enrollees of PrimeHealth of Alabama, Inc., Enrollment Code AA, to Change Enrollment	[47 KB]
03-207	06/10/03	Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Table of Permissible Changes for Employees Electing Premium Conversion	[80 KB]
03-207	06/10/03	Attachment A - Permissible Changes Table	[45 KB]
03-208	10/21/03	Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: New Option B Premiums	[41 KB]
03-209	10/29/03	Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB): The FEHB Clearinghouse	[64 KB]
300 Series		Payroll and Financial Management Guidance
03-301	01/9/03	Preliminary Information about Flexible Spending Accounts	[162 KB]
03-302	01/15/03	Cost Factors for First Quarter of FY 2003	[179 KB]
03-303	02/10/03	March 2003 Headcount	[94 KB]
03-304	03/18/03	FEHB Imputed Cost Factor for the Second Quarter of FY 2003	[25 KB]
03-305	03/26/03	2003 Retroactive Pay Raise - Effect on CSRS/FERS and FEGLI	[152 KB]
03-306	03/31/03	Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Program: Payroll Specifications	[160 KB]
03-307	06/13/03	Disposition of Individual Retirement Records when Discontinuing Payroll Services	[47 KB]
03-308	06/17/03	Imputed Cost Factor Related to the FEHB for the Third Quarter of FY 2003	[123 KB]
03-309	9/15/03	Fiscal Year 2003 Factors for Calculating Imputed Costs	[95 KB]
03-310	10/15/03	2004 FEHB Withholdings and Contribution Rates	[38 KB]
03-311	11/21/03	Calendar Year 2004 Interest Rate	[50 KB]
03-311	11/21/03	Attachment	[87 KB]
03-312	12/1/03	New Option B Withholding Rates	[36 KB]
03-313	12/18/03	Imputed Cost Factors for First Quarter of FY 2004	[51 KB]
400 Series		Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season Guidance
03-402	09/17/03	Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season 2003 Rider Information	[56 KB]
03-403	11/3/03	2003 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Significant Plan Changes	[56 KB]
03-403	11/3/03	Attachment - Changes	[161 KB]
03-404	09/04/03	2003 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Open Season: Ordering and Distribution of Material	[60 KB]
500 Series		Reserved for Future Use on Retirement and Insurance Handbook Issues
600 Series		Reserved for Future Use on Retirement and Insurance Regulations
700 Series		Miscellaneous Issues
800 Series		Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Issues
03-801	04/25/03	Federal FSA Program: Information for Agency Human Resources Staff Corrected copy posted 5/20/03	[154 KB]
03-802	05/19/03	The Federal FSA Program Open Season	[92 KB]
03-803	06/03/03	Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts and other Child Care Subsidies	[34 KB]
03-804	06/16/03	Enrollments Begin for the Federal FSA Program	[52 KB]
03-805	06/19/03	Billing Process for FSA Fees Paid By Agencies	[52 KB]
		Attachment 1 - FAX Response Form	[14 KB]
		Attachment 2 - Invoicing Procedural Process	[1.8 MB]
900 Series		Long Term Care Insurance Issues
03-901	11/10/03	Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program: Payroll/Annuity Deduction Information	[62 KB]
03-902	11/12/03	Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program: Participation in Agency Retirement Seminars	[40 KB]
03-902	11/12/03	Attachment - Memorandum from Director James	[107 KB]
1000 Series		Federal Work Life Programs Issues
03-1001	06/13/03	Federal Work Life Programs	[68 KB]

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