5 CFR § 894.307 - Are disabled children age 22 or over eligible as family members?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s894.307"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 894.307 - Are disabled children age 22 or over eligible as family members?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "894.307"
section_name: "Are disabled children age 22 or over eligible as family members?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "894"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8962; 5 U.S.C. 8992; Subpart C also issued under section 1 of Pub. L. 110-279, 122 Stat. 2604 (2 U.S.C. 2051); and Sec. 894.601(b) also issued under Pub. L. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1198 (5 U.S.C. 8956 note)."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 50184, Aug. 26, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "894"
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# 894.307 Are disabled children age 22 or over eligible as family members?
(a) Except as provided at paragraph (b) of this section, a *child* age 22 or over is an eligible *family member* if the *child* is incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental disability that existed before the *child* reached age 22.
(b) A *TEI child* is a *TEI family member* as long as the *TEI child* is under the age of 21 or 23 as provided at 10 U.S.C. 1072(2)(D) or (I), and, if disabled during the age of eligibility, the *TEI child* remains a *TEI family member* regardless of age as long as the *TEI child* meets the standard for incapacity and support at 10 U.S.C. 1072(2)(D)(iii) or incapacity and dependency at 10 U.S.C. 1072(2)(I)(ii)(III), (iii), (iv) and (v).
[83 FR 58178, Nov. 19, 2018]