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B-198804 1 (1980-12-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadity0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -~777 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, O.C. 20548 FILE: B-198804 DATE: December 31, 1980 Zy N4TTER OF. Reimbursement for alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation expenses DIGEST: The Department of Housing and Urban De- velopment seeks approval to reimburse an employee for the hospital treatment of chronic alcoholism where the agency had incorrectly informed her that such expenses would be covered by her Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan. Because FPM Supp. 792-2, paragraph S6-3, states that the employee is responsible for the costs of treatment and rehabilitation, and since the Government may not be bound by the unauthorized acts of its employees, the Department may not reimburse the em- ployee for the claimed expenses. 62The Department of Housing and Urban Development asks whether it may reimburse an employee for rehabil- itation and treatment expenses incurred after she was -erroneously assured by Department officials that her Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan would cover the expenses:::> The record submitted by the Department shows that the employee was experiencing difficulty in the performance of her duties due to alcoholism. Despite repeated counseling, the problem continued. Finally, when the Department believed that the only alternative to treatment would be an adverse personnel action which might eventually lead to her dismissaljt re- commended that the employee check herself into a private hospital The employee questioned whether her Federal employees Health Benefits Plan (group health insurance) would cover the cost of treatment in the particular hospital that the Department had recommended to her because of s reputation for the effectiveness of its program (fficials of the De- partment advised the employee that her group health insurance carrier would cov the cost of treatments at the recommended hospital.

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