---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 894.508"
title: "5"
number: "894.508"
heading: "When may I increase my type of enrollment?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/894.508"
---

# §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](/cfr/5/894.507.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

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).

### Source

Source: 73 FR 50184, Aug. 26, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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