Tag: OPM
OPM Announces FEHB Healthcare Plans Cannot Have Blanket Exclusions on Transition-Related Care
Yesterday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that Federal Health Benefit Plan (FEHB) providers will no longer be permitted to have blanket exclusions on all transition-related services in their federal employee healthcare plans.
HRC Praises New Federal Guidance on Protecting Transgender Federal Workers
The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest LGBT civil rights organisation, today praised the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for publishing guidance regarding transgender federal employees. Pursuant to a June 2009 presidential memorandum regarding federal employees, OPM added gender identity to the categories protected under the equal employment opportunity policy for Executive Branch positions.