,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #igc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #a1 #bjai,ms4
 ,smith introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to continue supplemental dental and     
vision benefits and long-term care      
insurance coverage for ,federal         
employees affected by a ,government     
shutdown1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,ensuring ,,fedvip and ,,fltcip     
,coverage ,during ,shutdowns ,act4  #b4 
,continuing supplemental dental and     
vision benefits and long-term care      
insurance coverage during a ,government 
shutdown  7a7 ,in general ,subpart ,g of
 part ,,iii of title #e1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in section    
#hief1 by adding at the end the         
following3  7d7 ,with respect to an     
employee enrolled in a dental benefits  

plan under this chapter who is placed in
 a nonpay status because of a lapse in  
appropriations1 the coverage under the  
dental benefits plan shall continue     
during the lapse in appropriations and  
may not be cancelled as a result of     
nonpayment of premiums or other periodic
 charges due to the lapse in            
appropriations4  2  7#b7 in section     
#hihf1 by adding at the end the         
following3  7d7 ,with respect to an     
employee enrolled in a vision benefits  
plan under this chapter who is placed in
 a nonpay status because of a lapse in  
appropriations1 the coverage under the  
vision benefits plan shall continue     
during the lapse in appropriations and  
may not be cancelled as a result of     
nonpayment of premiums or other periodic
 charges due to the lapse in            
appropriations4  2 and  7#c7 in section 
#ijjc1 by adding at the end the         
following3  7e7 ,effect of ,government  
shutdown ,with respect to an employee or
 member of the uniformed services       

enrolled under a master contract for    
long-term care insurance under this     
chapter who is placed in a nonpay status
 because of a lapse in appropriations1  
coverage under the master contract shall
 continue during the lapse in           
appropriations and may not be cancelled 
as a result of nonpayment of premiums or
 other periodic charges due to the lapse
 in appropriations4  4  7b7 ,regulations
 ,the ,director of the ,office of       
,personnel ,management shall prescribe  
regulations under which premiums for    
supplemental dental1 supplemental       
vision1 or long-term care insurance     
under chapter #hi;,a1 #hi;,b1 or #ij    
7respectively7 of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 7as amended by subsection
 7a77 that are unpaid by an employee or 
member of the uniformed services 7as the
 case may be71 as a result of that      
employee or member being placed in a    
nonpay status because of a lapse in     
appropriations1 are paid to the         
applicable carrier from back pay made   

available to the employee or member as  
soon as practicable upon the end of the 
lapse in appropriations4  7c7           
,application ,the amendments made by    
subsection 7a7 shall apply to any       
contract for supplemental dental1       
supplemental vision1 or long-term care  
insurance under chapter #hi;,a1 #hi;,b1 
or #ij 7respectively7 of title #e1      
,united ,states ,code1 entered into     
before1 on1 or after the date of        
enactment of this ,act4