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5 U.S.C. § 8955 — Information to individuals eligible to enroll
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**(a)** The qualified companies 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. at the direction and with the approval of the Office, shall make available to each individual eligible to enroll in a dental benefits plan information on services and benefits (including maximums, limitations, and exclusions), that the Office considers necessary to enable the individual to make an informed decision about electing coverage.
**(b)** The Office shall make available to each individual eligible to enroll in a dental benefits plan, information on services and benefits provided by qualified companies participating under chapter 89.
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**(a)** The qualified companies 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. at the direction and with the approval of the Office, shall make available to each individual eligible to enroll in a dental benefits plan information on services and benefits (including maximums, limitations, and exclusions), that the Office considers necessary to enable the individual to make an informed decision about electing coverage.
**(b)** The Office shall make available to each individual eligible to enroll in a dental benefits plan, information on services and benefits provided by qualified companies participating under chapter 89.
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In this chapter:
(1) The term “employee” means an employee defined under section 8901(1) and an employee of the District of Columbia courts.
(2) The terms “annuitant”, “member of family”, and “dependent” have the meanings as such terms are defined under paragraphs (3), (5), and (9), respectively, of section 8901.
(3) The term “eligible individual” refers to an individual described in paragraph (1), (2), or (8), without regard to whether the individual is enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89.
(4) The term “Office” means the Office of Personnel Management.
(5) The term “qualified company” means a company (or consortium of companies or an employee organization defined under section 8901(8)) that offers indemnity, preferred provider organization, health maintenance organization, or discount dental programs and if required is licensed to issue applicable coverage in any number of States, taking any subsidiaries of such a company into account (and, in the case of a consortium, considering the member companies and any subsidiaries thereof, collectively).
(6) The term “employee organization” means an association or other organization of employees which is national in scope, or in which membership is open to all employees of a Government agency who are eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89.
(7) The term “State” includes the District of Columbia.
(8) The term “covered TRICARE-eligible individual” means an individual entitled to dental care under chapter 55 of title 10, pursuant to section 1076c of such title, who the Secretary of Defense determines should be an eligible individual for purposes of this chapter.
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 8956
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
Office. The Office shall require qualified compa-
nies to include dentally underserved areas in
their service delivery areas.
(e) If an individual has dental coverage under
a health benefits plan under chapter 89 and also
has coverage under a plan under this chapter,
the health benefits plan under chapter 89 shall
be the first payor of any benefit payments.
(Added Pub. L. 108–496, § 2, Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat.
4003.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Dec. 23, 2004, and applicable to con-
tracts that take effect with respect to the calendar
year 2006, see section 7 of Pub. L. 108–496, set out as a
note under section 8951 of this title.
§ 8955. Information to individuals eligible to en-
roll
(a) The qualified companies 1 at the direction
and with the approval of the Office, shall make
available to each individual eligible to enroll in
a dental benefits plan information on services
and benefits (including maximums, limitations,
and exclusions), that the Office considers nec-
essary to enable the individual to make an in-
formed decision about electing coverage.
(b) The Office shall make available to each in-
dividual eligible to enroll in a dental benefits
plan, information on services and benefits pro-
vided
by
qualified
companies
participating
under chapter 89.
(Added Pub. L. 108–496, § 2, Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat.
4004.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Dec. 23, 2004, and applicable to con-
tracts that take effect with respect to the calendar
year 2006, see section 7 of Pub. L. 108–496, set out as a
note under section 8951 of this title.
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