,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ba1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,carper7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the    
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management to take certain actions with
 respect to the health insurance program
 carried out under chapter #hi of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,,fehb ,protection  
,act4  #b4 ,,fehb improvements  7a7     
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,director ,the term ,director means the 
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management4  7#b7 ,employing office    
,the term employing office has the      
meaning given the term in section       
#hij4aja7;a7 of title #e1 ,code of      
,federal ,regulations1 or any successor 

regulation4  7#c7 ,health benefits plan2
 member of family ,the terms health     
benefits plan and member of family have 
the meanings given those terms in       
section #hija of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7#d7 ,open season ,the  
term open season means an open season   
described in section #hij4cja7;f7 of    
title #e1 ,code of ,federal             
,regulations1 or any successor          
regulation4  7#e7 ,program ,the term    
,program means the health insurance     
program carried out under chapter #hi of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1       
including the program carried out under 
section #hijc;c of that title4  7#f7    
,qualifying life event ,the term        
qualifying life event has the meaning   
given the term in section #hib4aja of   
title #e1 ,code of ,federal             
,regulations1 or any successor          
regulation4  7b7 ,verification          
requirements ,beginning on the date that
 is #ahj days after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director   

shall require each employing office to  
verify-- 7#a7 the veracity of any       
qualifying life event through which an  
enrollee in the ,program seeks to add a 
member of family with respect to the    
enrollee to a health benefits plan under
 the ,program2 and  7#b7 that1 when an  
enrollee in the ,program seeks to add a 
member of family with respect to the    
enrollee to the health benefits plan of 
the enrollee under the ,program during  
any open season1 the individual so added
 is actually a member of family with    
respect to the enrollee4  7c7 ,fraud    
risk assessment ,in any fraud risk      
assessment conducted with respect to the
 ,program on or after the date of       
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director   
shall include an assessment of          
individuals who are enrolled in1 or     
covered under1 a health benefits plan   
under the ,program even though those    
individuals are not eligible to be so   
enrolled or covered4  7d7 ,family member
 eligibility verification audit  7#a7   

,in general ,during the #e-year period  
beginning on the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 the ,director shall conduct a
 comprehensive audit regarding members  
of family-- 7,a7 who are covered under  
an enrollment in a health benefits plan 
under the ,program2 and  7,b7 with      
respect to whom the basis for the       
eligibility for the coverage described  
in subparagraph 7,a7 has not been       
verified4  7#b7 ,contents ,in conducting
 the audit required under paragraph     
7#a71 the ,director shall review        
marriage certificates1 birth            
certificates1 and other appropriate     
documents that are necessary to         
determine eligibility to enroll in a    
health benefits plan under the ,program4
  7e7 ,disenrollment or removal         
,beginning on the date of enactment of  
this ,act1 the ,director may disenroll  
or remove from enrollment any individual
 enrolled in1 or covered under1 a health
 benefits plan under the ,program if the
 ,director determines that such         

individual is not eligible to be so     
enrolled or covered4