5 CFR § 894.811 - I am a TEI family member of a sponsor who is a retiree or Retired Reserve member who is not on active duty. My sponsor is a TEI-D but is not enrolled in a FEDVIP dental plan. Can I enroll in a FEDVIP dental plan even though my sponsor is eligible to enroll but is not enrolled?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s894.811"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 894.811 - I am a TEI family member of a sponsor who is a retiree or Retired Reserve member who is not on active duty. My sponsor is a TEI-D but is not enrolled in a FEDVIP dental plan. Can I enroll in a FEDVIP dental plan even though my sponsor is eligible to enroll but is not enrolled?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "894.811"
section_name: "I am a TEI family member of a sponsor who is a retiree or Retired Reserve member who is not on active duty. My sponsor is a TEI-D but is not enrolled in a FEDVIP dental plan. Can I enroll in a FEDVIP dental plan even though my sponsor is eligible to enroll but is not enrolled?"
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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# 894.811 I am a TEI family member of a sponsor who is a retiree or Retired Reserve member who is not on active duty. My sponsor is a TEI-D but is not enrolled in a FEDVIP dental plan. Can I enroll in a FEDVIP dental plan even though my sponsor is eligible to enroll but is not enrolled?
Generally, if your *sponsor* is a *TEI-D,* he or she must enroll in a FEDVIP dental plan in order to cover *TEI family members.* As an exception, however, a *TEI family member* can accept the responsibility to self-certify and enroll in a FEDVIP dental plan as a *TEI certifying family member,* and cover other *TEI family members,* if the *sponsor* who is a *TEI-D* (eligible for FEDVIP dental benefits) is not enrolled and the *sponsor* meets at least one of the following conditions identified in § 894.309(a)(3)(iii):
(a) The retiree *sponsor* receives VA dental services;
(b) The retiree *sponsor* has employer-sponsored dental coverage without a family coverage option; or
(c) The retiree *sponsor* has a medical or dental condition that prevents him or her from obtaining dental benefits.