Am I a TEI for a FEDVIP vision plan (TEI-V) based on my concurrent enrollment in a TRICARE health plan?
5 C.F.R. § 894.803
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, a TEI-V is an individual who is concurrently enrolled in and/or covered pursuant to:
(1) 10 U.S.C. 1076d (TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS));
(2) 10 U.S.C. 1076e (TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR));
(3) 10 U.S.C. 1079(a) (uniformed services active duty family members concurrently enrolled in TRICARE Select or TRICARE Prime);
(4) 10 U.S.C. 1086(c) (uniformed services retirees and retiree family members or former spouses concurrently enrolled in TRICARE Select or TRICARE Prime); or
(5) 10 U.S.C. 1086(d) (TRICARE for Life (TFL)), as set forth in 32 CFR 199.3. The provisions of TFL require Medicare eligible retirees and individual Medicare eligible retiree family members or former spouses to enroll in Medicare Part B (requires payment of applicable premiums), otherwise they are not a TEI-V.
(b) An individual covered under any of the following programs is not aTEI-V:
(1) TRICARE Young Adult provisions of 10 U.S.C. 1110b;
(2) Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP), 10 U.S.C. 1145(a);
(3) Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP), 10 U.S.C. 1078a; or
(4) Foreign Military (including NATO) sponsor/family coverage.
(c) An active duty member of the uniformed services under 10 U.S.C. 1074(a) is not a TEI-V.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-5.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026