The central government allows married female employees under the Contributory Health Service Scheme (CHSS) to choose either their parents or parents-in-law as CHSS beneficiaries just once. But what happens if she gets divorced? Can her biological parents still be included in the CHSS? This was a question many married female employees directed to the central government’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
In response, the DAE explained that according to the ‘explanation’ under Rule 4(C) of CHSS Rules 1998, the one-time option to add either parents or parents-in-law as a CHSS beneficiary is available specifically to married female employees.
