; and (3) in section 9003, by adding at the end the following: (e) Effect of Government shutdown With respect to an employee or member of the uniformed services enrolled under a master contract for long-term care insurance under this chapter who is placed in a nonpay status because of a lapse in appropriations, coverage under the master contract shall continue during the lapse in appropriations and may not be cancelled as a result of nonpayment of premiums or other periodic charges due to the lapse in appropriations. . (b) Regulations The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations under which premiums for supplemental dental, supplemental vision, or long-term care insurance under chapter 89A, 89B, or 90 (respectively) of title 5, United States Code, (as amended by subsection (a)) that are unpaid by an employee or member of the uniformed services (as the case may be), as a result of that employee or member being placed in a nonpay status because of a lapse in appropriations, are paid to the applicable carrier from back pay made available to the employee or member as soon as practicable upon the end of the lapse in appropriations. (c) Application The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to any contract for supplemental dental, supplemental vision, or long-term care insurance under chapter 89A, 89B, or 90 (respectively) of title 5, United States Code, entered into before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.