5 U.S.C. § 8958
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2016-Subsec. (c)(3), (4). Pub. L. 114-328 added pars. (3) and (4).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2016 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 114-328 applicable with respect to the first contract year for chapter 89A or 89B of this title, as applicable, that begins on or after Jan. 1, 2018, see section 715(c) of Pub. L. 114-328 set out as a note under section 8951 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATESection 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.
- Member
- The term "Member" means a Senator in, a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
- Office
- The term "Office" means the Office of Personnel Management.
- covered TRICARE-eligible individual
- 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.
- eligible individual
- 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.
- employee
- The term "employee" means an employee defined under section 8901(1) and an employee of the District of Columbia courts.
- qualified company
- 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).