§ 894.510 When may I decrease my type of enrollment?

5 CFR 894.510(a)(a) You may decrease your type of enrollment:

5 CFR 894.510(a)(1)(1) During the annual open season;

5 CFR 894.510(a)(2)(2) If you have a QLE that is consistent with decreasing your type of enrollment; or

5 CFR 894.510(a)(3)(3) You are an enrollee, and under § 894.403(b) your FEDVIP premiums are not paid on a pre-tax basis, and your family member or TEI family member becomes eligible for dental or vision benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. An enrollee must submit the request within 60 days after notification that your family member or TEI family member is eligible for dental or vision benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

5 CFR 894.510(b)(b) Decreasing your type of enrollment means going from:

5 CFR 894.510(b)(1)(1) Self and family to self plus one;

5 CFR 894.510(b)(2)(2) Self and family to self only; or

5 CFR 894.510(b)(3)(3) Self plus one to self only.

5 CFR 894.510(c)(1)(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section, you may decrease your type of enrollment only during the period beginning 31 days before your QLE and ending 60 days after your QLE.

5 CFR 894.510(c)(2)(2) You may make any of the following enrollment changes at any time beginning 31 days before a QLE listed in § 894.511(a):

5 CFR 894.510(c)(2)(i)(i) A decrease in your self plus one enrollment;

5 CFR 894.510(c)(2)(ii)(ii) A decrease in your self and family enrollment to a self plus one enrollment, when you have only one remaining eligible family member or TEI family member; or

5 CFR 894.510(c)(2)(iii)(iii) A decrease in your self and family enrollment to a self only enrollment, when you have no remaining eligible family members or TEI family members.

5 CFR 894.510(d)(1)(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (d)(2) of this section, your change in enrollment is effective the first day of the first pay period following the one in which you make the change.

5 CFR 894.510(d)(2)(2) If you are making an enrollment change described in paragraph (c)(2) of this section, your change in enrollment is effective on the first day of the first pay period following the QLE on which the enrollment change is based.

5 CFR 894.510(e)(e) You may not change from one dental or vision plan or option to another, except as stated in § 894.507(b).