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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§8960 Studies, reports, and audits

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart G— - Insurance and Annuities › Chapter CHAPTER 89A— - ENHANCED DENTAL BENEFITS › § 8960

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Contracts must require the qualified company to give the Office any reports it needs and let the Office and the Government Accountability Office inspect the company’s records. Federal agencies must keep records, make required certifications, and give the Office or the company any information or reports the Office asks for. The Office must review the plans regularly and work with the Government Accountability Office on evaluations. These reviews must include a comparison of dental benefits under chapter 89 to help ensure the plans remain competitive.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §8960

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Each contract shall contain provisions requiring the qualified company to—
(1)furnish such reasonable reports as the Office determines to be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this chapter; and
(2)permit the Office and representatives of the Government Accountability Office to examine such records of the qualified company as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b)Each Federal agency shall keep such records, make such certifications, and furnish the Office, the qualified company, or both, with such information and reports as the Office may require.
(c)The Office shall conduct periodic reviews of plans under this chapter, including a comparison of the dental benefits available under chapter 89, to ensure the competitiveness of plans under this chapter. The Office shall cooperate with the Government Accountability Office to provide periodic evaluations of the program.

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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. § 8960

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73