---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 894.805"
title: "5"
number: "894.805"
heading: "I am not a TEI-D or TEI-V, but I am a sponsor. Am I eligible to cover my TEI family members?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/894.805"
---

# §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](/cfr/5/894.804.md) 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](/cfr/5/894.309.md).
- (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)](/cfr/5/894.804.md?p=c-4) is not a TEI-V and is not eligible to enroll and cover TEI family members. See [§ 894.309](/cfr/5/894.309.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 83 FR 58180, Nov. 19, 2018, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.