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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§8954 Benefits

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart G— - Insurance and Annuities › Chapter CHAPTER 89A— - ENHANCED DENTAL BENEFITS › § 8954

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Office may set minimum standards for enhanced dental plans and the companies offering them. Contracts can offer multiple benefit levels to eligible people. Plans can cover 9 dental care areas: diagnostic, preventive, emergency, restorative, oral/maxillofacial surgery, endodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, and orthodontics. Companies must serve the Office's required area and cover dentally underserved areas. If someone has both a chapter 89 health plan and a plan here, the chapter 89 plan pays first.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §8954

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Office may prescribe reasonable minimum standards for enhanced dental benefits plans offered under this chapter and for qualified companies offering the plans.
(b)Each contract may include more than 1 level of benefits that shall be made available to all eligible individuals.
(c)The benefits to be provided under enhanced dental benefits plans under this chapter may be of the following types:
(1)Diagnostic.
(2)Preventive.
(3)Emergency care.
(4)Restorative.
(5)Oral and maxillofacial surgery.
(6)Endodontics.
(7)Periodontics.
(8)Prosthodontics.
(9)Orthodontics.
(d)A contract approved under this chapter shall require the qualified company to cover the geographic service delivery area specified by the Office. The Office shall require qualified companies 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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 23, 2004, and applicable to contracts 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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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 8954

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73