5 CFR § 894.508 - When may I increase my type of enrollment?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s894.508"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 894.508 - When may I increase my type of enrollment?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "894.508"
section_name: "When may I increase my type of enrollment?"
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: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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# 894.508 When may I increase my type of enrollment?

(a) You may increase your *type of enrollment:*

(1) during the annual open season; or

(2) If you have a *QLE* that is consistent with increasing your *type of enrollment.*

(b) Increasing your *type of enrollment* means going from:

(1) Self only to self plus one;

(2) Self only to self and family; or

(3) Self plus one to self and family.

(c) You may increase your *type of enrollment* during the time period beginning 31 *days* before the *QLE* and ending 60 *days* after the *QLE.*

(d) Your new *type of enrollment* is effective the 1st *day* of the pay period following the pay period in which you make the change.

(e) You may not change from one dental or vision plan to another, except as stated in § 894.507.

[73 FR 50184, Aug. 26, 2008, as amended at 79 FR 41406, July 16, 2014]