5 CFR § 894.805 - I am not a TEI-D or TEI-V, but I am a sponsor. Am I eligible to cover my TEI family members?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s894.805"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 894.805 - I am not a TEI-D or TEI-V, but I am a sponsor. Am I eligible to cover my TEI family members?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "894.805"
section_name: "I am not a TEI-D or TEI-V, but I am a sponsor. Am I eligible to 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: "2026-04-05"
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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# 894.805 I am not a TEI-D or TEI-V, but I am a sponsor. Am I eligible to cover my TEI family members?

(a) *FEDVIP dental plan.* (1) No, a *sponsor* must be both a *TEI-D* and an *enrollee,* in order to cover *TEI family members* in a FEDVIP dental plan.

(2) However, a *TEI certifying family member* may enroll and cover *TEI family members* in a FEDVIP dental plan if the *sponsor* described at § 894.804 is a retiree or Retired Reserve Member who is a *TEI-D,* but who is not enrolled and the retiree or Retired Reserve Member:

(i) Receives VA dental services;

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

(iii) Has a medical or dental condition that prevents him or her from obtaining dental benefits. *See* § 894.309.

(b) *FEDVIP vision plan.* (1) No, a *sponsor* must be both a *TEI-V* and an *enrollee* in order to enroll and cover *TEI family members* in his or her FEDVIP vision plan.

(2) However, a *TEI certifying family member* may enroll *TEI family members.* A uniformed services member (active or Reserve Component) on active duty for more than 30 days described in § 894.804(c)(4) is not a *TEI-V* and is not eligible to enroll and cover *TEI family members. See* § 894.309.