l. To disclose information to health insurance carriers contracting with the Office to provide a health benefits
plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program information necessary to verify eligibility for
payment of a claim for health benefits.
m. By the agency maintaining or responsible for generating the records (or third parties under contract with the
agency) to locate individuals for health research or survey response and in the production of summary
descriptive statistics and analytical studies (e.g., epidemiological studies) in support of the function for which
the records are collected and maintained. While published statistics and studies do not contain individual
identifiers, in some instances the selection of elements of data included in the study might be structured in such
a way as to make the data individually identifiable by inference.
n. To disclose information to the Office of Federal Employees Group Life Insurance or Federal Retirement Thrift
Investment Board that is relevant and necessary to adjudicate claims.
o. To disclose information, when an individual to whom a record pertains is mentally incompetent or under
other legal disability, to any person who is responsible for the care of the individual, to the extent necessary.
p. To disclose to the agency-appointed representative of an employee, all notices, determinations, decisions, or
other written communications issued to the employee, in connection with an examination ordered by the
agency under medical evaluation (formerly Fitness for Duty) examinations procedures.
q. To disclose to a requesting agency, organization, or individual the home address and other information
concerning those individuals who it is reasonably believed might have contracted an illness or been exposed to
or suffered from a health hazard while employed in the Federal workforce.
r. To disclose information to a Federal agency, in response to its request or at the initiation of the agency
maintaining the records, in connection with the retention of an employee, the issuance of a security clearance,
the conducting of a suitability or security investigation of an individual, the classifying of jobs, the letting of a
contract, or the issuance of a license, grant, or other benefit by the requesting agency, or the lawful, statutory,
administrative, or investigative purpose of the agency, to the extent that the information is relevant and
necessary to the requesting agency's decision on the matter.
s. To disclose to any Federal, State, or local government agency, in response to its request or at the initiation of
the agency maintaining the records, information relevant and necessary to the lawful, statutory, administrative,
or investigatory purpose of that agency as it relates to the conduct of job related epidemiological research or
the assurance of compliance with Federal, State, or local government laws on health and safety in the work
environment.