Pub. L. 102-393, tit. V, sec. 530

Sec. 530. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or otherwise carry out any change in the terms or conditions governing benefits under 106 STAT. 1762 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, if, or to the extent that, such change would— (1) affect only enrollees (including covered dependents) in health benefits plans who are (or, on proper application, would be) eligible for benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, or are within any subset of that class of individuals; and (2) with respect to any enrollees described in paragraph (1)— (A) eliminate, in whole or in part, the responsibility of any carriers to provide payment or reimbursement for that portion of nonparticipating Medicare providers’ allowable charges which exceeds the Medicare payment for participating Medicare providers; or (B) eliminate, in whole or in part, the waiver of deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments with respect to prescription drugs. (b) The changes with respect to which subsection (a) applies include both of the changes which the Office of Personnel Management proposes, in its Carrier Letter 92–04, to effect administratively.