5 CFR § 894.309 - I am a TEI-D or TEI-V. Am I eligible to enroll in FEDVIP, and cover my TEI family members?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s894.309"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 894.309 - I am a TEI-D or TEI-V. Am I eligible to enroll in FEDVIP, and cover my TEI family members?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "894.309"
section_name: "I am a TEI-D or TEI-V. Am I eligible to enroll in FEDVIP, and cover my TEI 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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# 894.309 I am a TEI-D or TEI-V. Am I eligible to enroll in FEDVIP, and cover my TEI family members?

(a) *FEDVIP dental plan.* (1) A *sponsor* who is a *TEI-D* is eligible to enroll and cover *TEI-D family members* under the enrollment.

(2) A *sponsor* who is a *TEI-D* but who does not enroll even though eligible, is not an *enrollee* and cannot enroll or cover *TEI family members.*

(3) A *TEI certifying family member* who is a *TEI-D* is eligible to enroll and to cover *TEI-D family members* under the enrollment when:

(i) The *sponsor* is not a *TEI-D;*

(ii) The *sponsor* is deceased; or

(iii) The *sponsor* is a *TEI-D* described at § 894.804(b)(1) or (2) who does not enroll (therefore is not an *enrollee* and cannot cover *TEI family members*) and the *sponsor:*

(A) Receives dental services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA);

(B) Has employer-sponsored dental coverage without a family coverage option; or

(C) Has a medical or dental condition that prevents him or her from obtaining dental benefits.

(b) *FEDVIP vision plan.* (1) A *sponsor* who is a *TEI-V* is eligible to enroll and cover *TEI-V family members.*

(2) A *TEI certifying family member* who is a *TEI-V* is eligible to enroll and cover *TEI-V family members* under the enrollment when:

(i) The *sponsor* is not a *TEI-V;* or

(ii) The *sponsor* is deceased.

(3) A *TEI former spouse* is eligible to enroll for self only, but may not elect a self plus one or self and family *type of enrollment* and may not cover *family members,* even if they are *TEI family members.*

[83 FR 58178, Nov. 19, 2018]